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 Asterix
| Asterix is the central character of the book and the story is all about his adventures protecting his village in Gaul from the Romans. In the story who is his best friend? | All About Asterix
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Obelix. Obelix is a menhir delivery-man. A menhir is a tall upright monumental stone and Obelix can be seen throughout the book carrying one on his back. Getafix is the druid who brews up the magic potions for the villagers, Cacofonix is the village musician and a terrible one at that. Vitalstatistix is the chief of the tribe and is very brave but he is scared that the sky may fall on his head tomorrow.
Wild boar. He is addicted to wild boar and is constantly eating it throughout the book. As long as there is the promise of wild boar he will do anything.
| In the story, Gaul has been taken over by the Romans, apart from a small village (the home of Asterix). In what year was this? | All About Asterix
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50 BC. The Roman Emperor at the time was Julius Caesar who sent the legionaries to capture the village but they were unsuccessful. In most instances Asterix would be able to fight off the Romans all at the same time with the magic strength potion.
a druid. He carried a golden sickle with him for cutting up mistletoe. The best time to cut mistletoe was on the sixth day of the new moon.
| Who was NOT allowed to take the potion that gave everyone superhuman strength? | All About Asterix
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Obelix. Obelix couldn't have any because when he was a baby he fell into a cauldron which caused permanent damage. As can be seen in the book he is twice the size of any of the other characters.
| Mistletoe was the main ingredient in the magic potion that gave the villagers their strength. What was added for flavor? | All About Asterix
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lobster. The secret recipe for the potion was handed down through the years to each druid. Getafix advised that the lobster was only an added extra. It was not needed for the potion, it was just to make it taste better.
| The Romans who were wanting to take over the village, but could not because of the strength potion of the villagers, decided to send in a spy. What was his name? | All About Asterix
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Caligula Minus. He entered the village in disguise wearing a false moustache. When it was discovered he was not a Gaul he managed to escape back to the Roman camp of Compendium and tell the Romans the secret.
| During the course of their adventures Asterix and Getafix were captured by the Romans. Getafix gave the Romans a potion which they thought would give them the superhuman strength. Sadly, they were wrong. What did the potion do? | All About Asterix
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It grew massive amounts of hair on their bodies. This was only a short term solution for our heroes so it would give them time to prepare the real solution so they could break out of the camp.
| When Julius Caesar found out there was a takeover plot by the Romans in the area, where did he send them? | All About Asterix
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Outer Mongolia. Asterix told Caesar of the plot and so he was released, until next time of course.
Panoramix, the druid. Panoramix, rousing the village with his gros mots (a lot of swearing), breaks his own golden sickle on the second page of the album. He must have a new golden sickle because only mistletoe cut with one will have magic powers. He can't go to an upcoming druid convention without it.
No. No, this album takes place before 'Le Tour de Gaule,' in which Obélix first encounters (and adopts) Idéfix. He is therefore not present.
Lutèce. Panoramix says, "The best, the only ones which I accept are those made by the renowned Amérix, in far-away Lutèce..." Rather picky, I should think.
a menhir. Yes, menhirs are one thing he has a lot of. "Little gifts maintain a friendship," Obélix says. For him, a menhir is a little gift. Also, four boars is a little snack.
wolves and bandits. Our heroes aren't afraid of anything. "We Gauls do not know the meaning of fear!" (Though a terrified Gaulish wood-gatherer begs to differ.) They do meet both wolves and a bandit --- the wolves have chased the bandit up a tree. They rescue him, but even he doesn't want to go deeper in the forest. "I may be a bandit, but I'm not crazy!"
a dolmen. Lutèce only has one dolmen (a menhir laid horizontally over two upright menhirs at each end). "The poor people," sighs Obélix sadly, who really is quite fond of menhirs. The dolmen marks a trap door to an underground passage...
Gracchus Pleindastus, the prefect. To everyone's surprise, the eternally bored prefect has been masterminding the sickle-smuggling all along. When he's caught, he admits it all willingly and looks forward to the excitement of being thrown to the lions ("That'll be fun!"). You see? This is what decadence leads to.
chained in a cellar. The prefect has had Amérix kidnapped and keeps him on ice in the cellar, making sickles for the black market.
Obélix. If you've read any Astérix albums, this is a freebie. Obélix loves le sanglier (wild boar). A common gag in the albums: both our heroes enter an inn. Asterix says, "Two boars!" And Obélix says, "Two boars for me too!"
| When Astérix is in a cell with chains around his arms, unable to reach his gourd of magic potion, who frees him? | Asterix 2: 'La Serpe d'Or'
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his drunken cell-mate. The drunk is hard to convince and threatens to sulk. Astérix, ever the clever one, promises him a taste if he'll give Astérix a drink from his gourd of magic potion. He does, and then goes on his merry, drunken, super-powered way. Well, c'est le fin. I hope you enjoyed taking the quiz as much as I enjoyed reading the album. And if it inspired you to go back and re-read the adventures, all the better. A bientot!
Romans. "That, quite simply, was Julius Caesar, en route to invade Britain with his entire army and navy!"
| What is the name of the British chief who rules the tiny village in Cantium that is holding out against the invaders? | "Asterix" in Britain
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Unionjax. Chief Unionjax is similar to Chief Macroeconomix in that he leads a village against the Romans.
The Laughing Boar. Obelix thinks it's called The Laughing Boar for its portions (quite unlike Obelix's usual entire boar).
Habeas Corpus. He declares, "By writ of Habeas Corpus, search all public houses and seize all barrels..."
LVII. They originally bash in house LVIII, but it turns out the house wasn't LVII. An I had fallen down.
| What was the name of the pub which had sold the barrel of magic potion to the rugby teams? | "Asterix" in Britain
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Jolly Sixpax. Jolly Sixpax it was! "I'm proud I sold my barrel to the players from Camulodunum!"
Durovernum. Durovernum it is, indeed!
no. Asterix says, "I'm so eager to get back to Gaul that even if we encounter pirates, I suggest going on without stopping." When they get back, they ask Magigimmix what the name of the herb was that Chief Unionjax said would be made national drink of Britain. It was TEA!
| What is the name of the Inspector General, who tries to rouse the Roman camp of Compendium against the Gaulish village? | "Asterix" and the Banquet
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Overanxius. Inspector General Overanxius leads Compendium against the Gaulish village. Our friends, aided by their magic potion, send them to the sick bay.
| When Obelix wants to split the Romans with Asterix, Asterix replies, "Obelix, you're being very selfish! The others have a right to their bit of fun! Romans are ______." What two words go in the blank? | "Asterix" and the Banquet
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common property. If it weren't for Asterix, greedy Obelix would have all the fun beating up the Romans.
ham. Aside from experiencing nasty traffic in Lutetia, the two pick up Dogmatix!
| What is the name of the Roman soldier who, inadvertently, aids Asterix and Obelix in getting past the roadblock? | "Asterix" and the Banquet
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Spongefingus. When they eventually ditch Spongefingus, he comes back to meet them in Durocotorum.
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