Q 01/05

The Celtic compound behind the word "druid" is traditionally read as meaning what?

A) Oak-knower

B) River-priest

C) Fire-keeper

D) Star-watcher

Answer · why

A) Oak-knower

Oak-knower is the traditional reading, though some linguists prefer 'strong seer'. Pliny had already guessed in the 1st century that the priests took ...

Q 02/05

Which druid brews the magic potion that gives Asterix's village its superhuman strength?

A) Getafix

B) Cacofonix

C) Vitalstatistix

D) Geriatrix

Answer · why

A) Getafix

Getafix refuses the potion to Obelix, who fell into the cauldron as a baby and has been permanently strong ever since. In the original French the drui...

Q 03/05

In Pliny's famous account, a druid climbs a tree and cuts mistletoe with what?

A) A golden sickle

B) A bronze axe

C) A flint knife

D) An iron sword

Answer · why

A) A golden sickle

A golden sickle, and the cut mistletoe was caught by others in a cloak. This one passage largely shaped the popular image of the druid.

Q 04/05

Caesar said the druids met yearly in the land of which Gaulish people, whose name survives in Chartres?

A) Belgae

B) Aedui

C) Arverni

D) Carnutes

Answer · why

D) Carnutes

Carnutes: Caesar says their land was reckoned the centre of all Gaul, and that people brought their disputes to the druids' yearly gathering there for...

Q 05/05

According to Caesar, druidic teaching was said to have originated where?

A) Britain

B) Ireland

C) Germany

D) Gaul

Answer · why

A) Britain

Britain: Caesar added that keen students still travelled there to study the doctrine more closely.