1. Fionn mac Cumhaill’s martial arts tutor was:
A)
Aillen mac Midhna
B)
Liath Luachra
C)
Goll mac Morna
D)
Daire the Red
E) David Carridine
2. During the Battle Of Alesia, Julius Caesar built which device to defeat the Vercingetorix’s forces?
A)
a ramp over the city wall
B)
a catapult for Persain Fire
C)
a wall 13 miles around the city
D)
a siege engine to break down the city walls
E) a bordello to distract their attention
3. Hiding from his comrades, Guigemar wandered to a unknown harbour where he found a ship and sailed to the land of his true love. The ship was:
A)
grey with red striped sails
B)
unmanned with silk sails
C)
steered by an elf and had no sails
D)
made of clouds and mist and drawn across the sea by birds
E) the SS Minnow on a three hour tour
4. On the night of his birth, Pryderi disappeared while in the care of six ladies-in-waiting. To avoid blame, they claimed he was:
A)
carried away by a giant black eagle
B)
drowned by enemies of the family
C)
taken by an evil sorcerer in a flash of light and smoke
D)
eaten by his mother
E) stolen by a dingo
5. Boudicca was so outraged by the treatment of her daughters and her tribe at the hands of Roman soldiers, she led a rebellion against Rome, in which she:
A)
slaughtered all of London
B)
marched to the sea killing all Romans in her path
C)
burned Colchester to the ground
D)
defeated most of the Roman armies in Britain
E) sued Caesar for all he was worth
6. In order to have his clothes available when he shapeshifted back into a man,
Bisclavret hid them:
A)
in a cairn near a henge in the next valley
B)
under a bush near an ancient chapel
C)
with a hermit in a nearby cave
D)
under a grave slab in the churchyard
E) in a phone booth outside a petting zoo
7. Cú Chulainn was named champion of Ireland during which game at Bricriu’s Feast?
A)
Fidchell
B)
The Hole Game
C)
Hurley
D)
The Beheading Game
E) Foosball
8. Scathach granted Cú Chulainn three wishes: to train him in the arts of war, to marry her daughter Uathach and to tell his fortune, which she did by using:
A)
imbas forosnoi - charm of the palms
B)
three hazelnuts of wisdom
C)
dreanaireacht - divination by the flight of birds
D)
Amairghen’s cauldron of poesy
E) her air miles
9. Pictish King Cruithni had seven heroic sons: Cait, Ce, Circinn Fib, Fotla, Fortrui and
A)
Ferdiad
B)
Foirtchern
C)
Fidach
D)
Setanta
E) Sneezy
10. Lugh excelled on the battlefield. The Gaels called the Milky Way "Lugh’s Sling" because of his:
A)
skill with the slingshot
B)
prowess with the rod-sling
C)
ability to sling fiery arrows
D)
mighty catapult
E) mastery of the Singapore Sling