Irish Myth and Folklore Trivia | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast #363

Happy New Year, gang! It’s 2026 and it’s time for more trivia. This week, it’s another listener requested show. It’s Celtic Myth and Folklore trivia.

If you’re looking for more Irish trivia, check out our episode of Ireland Trivia.

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Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

Ever since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can’t pay his rent. He’s alienating his friends. He can’t even recall the last time he took a shower. The only professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man.

And just when it seems things can’t get any worse, in saunters the Winter Queen of Faerie. She has an offer Harry can’t refuse if he wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over him—and hopefully end his run of bad luck. All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queen’s right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queen’s name.

It seems simple enough, but Harry knows better than to get caught in the middle of faerie politics. Until he finds out that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this case. No pressure or anything…

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Episode Intro

Happy New Year, gang! It’s 2026 and it’s time for more trivia. This week, it’s another listener requested show. It’s Celtic Myth and Folklore trivia.

As always, it’s three rounds of ten questions each. If you’re hunting for rules or score cards, visit DorkyGeekyNerdy.com

I’m your lantern-carrying host, Brian Rollins, this is episode 363 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast, and here we go.

The Dorky Round

Who was the crow goddess of battlefields?
a. The Morrigan
Who is the “mother goddess” in Irish Myth?
a. Danu
What was the Great God in Irish Myth?
a. The Dagda
What feast marked the Celtic new year?
a. Samhain.
Which festival celebrated summer’s start?
a. Beltane
What was the land of eternal youth?
a. Tir na nÓg
Which hero visited Tir na nÓg?
a. Oisin
Like most ancient mythology, how were stories from Irish Myth handed down?
a. They were passed down orally. They wouldn’t be written down until Christian scribes arrived in Ireland
The sídhe and other figures from Celtic Myth appear in what book series by Jim Butcher?
a. The Dresden Files
What creature, from Irish Myth, appears as an old woman with frightening eyes and possesses a wail that signals impending doom?
a. The Banshee

The Geeky Round

Which goddess presides over poetry, smithcraft, and healing?
a. Brigid
Nuada Airgetlám lost what in battle?
a. His hand. In fact, his name means Silver-Hand
What bird often symbolized prophecy?
a. The raven
The gods and goddesses of Irish Myth belonged to what race? Tuatha Dé Danann
Used to hide the Tuatha De Danann, what was the Féth fíada?
a. It was the magic mist
What ancient race were the enemies of the Tuatha De?
a. The Fomorians
In Arthurian legend, what name is given to Tir na nÓg?
a. It’s called Avalon
Leprechauns are what, by trade?
a. Shoemakers
What was the name given to mermaids and mermen in Irish folklore?
a. Merrow
Clad in a dark coat, what Irish creature is a shapeshifter that can bring both good and bad fortune?
a. The Púca

The Nerdy Round

What musical instrument summons the seasons and orders men to peace?
a. Dagda’s harp, Uaithne
What power did the Dagda’s cauldron hold?
a. It never ran empty and none left unsatisfied.
The Lorg Mór is what?
a. Dagda’s club
What two powers are ascribed to the opposite ends of the Lorg Mor?
a. One end kills while the other end revives
When Medieval Christians wrote about the Tuatha De Danann, what did they call them?
a. Fallen angels
According to legend, the Oilliphéist ate what kind of musician?
a. A piper. The piper, unaware of being swallowed, kept playing his pipe. The creature, annoyed by the constant music, spits the piper out.
The Dullahan is often depicted as a horseman carrying what?
a. His own head
Fairies in Irish folklore are divided into what two groups?
a. The Seelie (good fairies) and the Unseelie (darker, mischievous ones)
What creature from Irish folklore may have served as inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula?
a. The Abhartach.
What leader of the Formorians could unleash destruction with his gaze?
a. Balor of the Evil Eye

Episode Conclusion

Close the mists because we are done. How did you do? If you’re in the mood, check out my episode of Ireland Trivia from way back in Season Two.

How is your 2026 treating you thus far? Good, I hope. Hopefully you’ve got goals and plans for the year. Me? I’ve got a few I hope to get going on. I’m also winding down Season 7. The finale drops the last week in February. Season 8 will have some changes in it that should make the show more interesting and bring in a wider audience. I’ll get you more details in February. It’s not earth-shattering stuff, so fear not.

Next week, we’re back with more comic book trivia. Here’s a hint:

What comic book duo were sometimes known as Heroes for Hire?

Good luck and I hope to see you back here every Wednesday in 2026. Have a great week and a great year.

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