Q 01/05

In which magazine did Asterix first appear, on 29 October 1959?

A) Pilote

B) Vaillant

C) Tintin

D) Spirou

Answer · why

A) Pilote

Pilote. For the new magazine its creators first planned a strip about Reynard the Fox, learned a rival artist was already drawing one, and invented As...

Q 02/05

In Asterix, which plant does the druid Getafix cut with a golden sickle for his magic potion?

A) Hawthorn

B) Foxglove

C) Mistletoe

D) Wild garlic

Answer · why

C) Mistletoe

Mistletoe. The detail is borrowed from the Roman writer Pliny, who described white-robed druids climbing an oak to cut mistletoe with a golden sickle ...

Q 03/05

Every Asterix album opens in 50 BC with one village holding out in which French region?

A) Brittany

B) Provence

C) Auvergne

D) Alsace

Answer · why

A) Brittany

Brittany, in ancient Armorica. Uderzo had lived there during the war and chose it; his co-author asked only that the village lie by the sea, so the he...

Q 04/05

What are the four Roman camps around Asterix's village called?

A) Delirium, Tedium, Opprobrium and Odium

B) Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium

C) Maximum, Minimum, Medium and Optimum

D) Forum, Circus, Atrium and Stadium

Answer · why

B) Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium

Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium. Totorum, a tot o' rum, was coined to keep the joke of the French original, Babaorum, which is named after ...

Q 05/05

What is the druid of Asterix's village called in the original French editions?

A) Abraracourcix

B) Panoramix

C) Assurancetourix

D) Getafix

Answer · why

B) Panoramix

Panoramix. Most Asterix names are puns that only work in French, so translators coin new ones: English readers know him as Getafix, the druid from who...