People of the Book
Dungeons and Dragons
A Little Irish Deity
Folk Music
Arthurian Characters
800

John Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder

What is Catch-22?

800

Dungeons & Dragons comes from the company called this.

What is Wizards of the Coast?

800

Originally worshipped as a Goddess, this woman is now considered one of the most Important Saints in Ireland.

Who is St. Brigid?

800

Woodie Guthrie once observed that "all music is folk music; I ain't never heard no machine sing a song." In fact, IBM managed to make a computer sing this song, 7 years before HAL would in 2001: A Space Odyssey

What is Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)?

800

In Idylls of the King this legendary queen finishes her life as an abbess in the nunnery at Almesbury

Who is Guinevere? 

1600

Athos, Porthos, D'Artagnan 

What is The Three Musketeers

1600

Called the decider, an icosahedron die has this many faces

What is 20?

1600

This Deity is usually considered the most prominent among the Irish deities, having the power to control the weather and the seasons. 

Who is (the) Dagda?

1600

In Traditional Irish Songs, the words never change, regardless of the gender of the person singing. Which can give Homoerotic overtones to this song, which starts with 'The Pipes, The Pipes are Calling', when sung by a man.

What is Danny Boy?

1600

This chivalric knight is traditionally the father of Galahad

Who is Lancelot?

2400

Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Sima Yi

What is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

2400

An ability score in Dungeons & Dragons it refers to skill with the hands or body

What is Dexterity?

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This Irish Deity is known as the Goddess of Horses, and was worshipped in Rome following the conquest of Britain. She shares a name with the player's horse in 'The Ocarina of Time'.

Who is Epona?

2400

The main character in 'Kubo and the Two Strings' plays a two-stringed version of this box instrument, often called a 'Japanese Guitar'. You play it with a Plectrum called a Bachi. 

What is a Shamisen?

2400

You know, this lady happens to have a name--actually several including Nimue or Vivien depending on the source

Who is the Lady of the Lake?

3200

Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Marvin the Paranoid Android

What is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

3200

D&D settings often have places with Fantastical-Sounding names, such as this city, which could also be called 'Always-Summer'.

What is Neverwinter?

3200

The Irish Pantheon is referred to collectively by this phrase, which translates to 'the folk of the goddess Danu'.

What is the Tuatha DĂ© Danann?

3200

This European style of singing is thought to have developed as a way for farmers in the Alps to communicate over long distances.

What is Yodeling? 

3200

Before he battled the Green Knight this hero appeared as Gwalchmei in ancient Welsh tales

Who is Gawain?

4000

Lucie Manette, Madame Defarge

What is A Tale of Two Cities?

4000

Most Dungeons and Dragons creatures are pulled from the public domain, with a few notable exceptions, such as this floating creature. You might find something beautiful in it's eyes- er, eye.

What is a Beholder?

4000

The Gods of Irish Mythology are said to live in this mythical realm, which translates to 'Land of Youth Everlasting'.

What is Tir na nOg?
4000

This instrument, invented by the Shona people of Zimbabwe, is often called a finger harp. You play it by plucking the metal tines with your thumb.

What is a Kalimba (or, Thumb Piano)?

4000

This man who killed Arthur is frozen with the traitors in the 9th circle of hell in Dante's Inferno

Who is Mordred?