Beowulf

Question 0

The Germanic tribe to which Beowulf belonged

Answer 0

Geats

Question 1

The Biblical ancestor of a race of monsters and giants supposedly representing the evil outcasts of the world

Answer 1

Cain

Question 2

The name of Beowulf’s sword that snaps in battle against the dragon

Answer 2

Naegling

Question 3

The king of the Danes whom Beowulf rescues from the curse of Grendel

Answer 3

Hrothgar

Question 4

Named for a deer, associated with patterns, violated by Grendel

Answer 4

Heorot

Question 5

The minstrel of a Germanic court who sang of the immortal Germanic heroes

Answer 5

Scop

Question 6

The Germanic god for whom Wednesday is named

Answer 6

woden

Question 7

The Germanic term for fate

Answer 7

Wyrd

Question 8

A Dane who is critical of Beowulf’s loss in a swimming race

Answer 8

Unferth

Question 9

Beowulf’s kinsman who stays with him in the time of the dragon

Answer 9

Wiglaf

Question 10

A beverage made from fermented honey and grain

Answer 10

Mead

Question 11

Beowulf’s uncle who is also the king of the Geats

Answer 11

Hygelac

Question 12

A German hero celebrated in a digression, a type of Beowulf

Answer 12

Sigemund

Question 13

The location of a sunken Anglo-Saxon ship filled with artifacts

Answer 13

Sutton Hoo

Question 14

Outlines the cardinal virtues of Beowulf

Answer 14

Hrothgar

Question 15

According to the Judeo-Christian tradition, the first recorded murder

Answer 15

Cain

Question 16

Loses honor by not wishing to fight against Grendel’s mother

Answer 16

Unferth

Question 17

Names twelve disciples to go with him

Answer 17

Beowulf

Question 18

A gift that fails to fulfill its purpose in battle with Grendel’s mother

Answer 18

Hrunting

Question 19

Receives a gold collar, war-shirt, and golden helmet, the last of the waegmindings

Answer 19

Wiglaf