The Witcher Trivia
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195 free The Witcher trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This Witcher trivia quiz covers all three lives of the franchise. It starts with Andrzej Sapkowski's books: the 1986 short story that came third in a magazine contest, the five-novel Saga, what 'wiedźmin' actually means, and Elder Speech. It moves on to CD Projekt Red's games, above all The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, its two expansions, Gwent, the 36 endings and the sales that made it one of the biggest games ever, plus the royalty dispute the author later picked with the studio. Then comes the Netflix series: Henry Cavill and his replacement, Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra, the song that went viral in episode two, where it was filmed, and the spin-offs Blood Origin, Nightmare of the Wolf and Sirens of the Deep. Questions range from easy (Geralt's horse) to expert (which sorceress ended up on the cover of Polish Playboy). Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Before he created The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski worked as a travelling salesman dealing in what?
Furs
Furs took Sapkowski to trade fairs abroad, where his first stop each year was a bookshop for the latest fantasy novels; in his late thirties he finally entered a magazine story contest himself.
Q 02By Sapkowski's account, why did his first Witcher story place only third in a 1986 magazine contest?
Fantasy was seen as childish
Fantasy was seen as childish in 1980s Poland, he says, so the jurors thought his story the best but gave it third prize; readers then asked for more, and he kept writing.
Q 03Which kingdom does Geralt name himself after, although he was neither born nor raised there?
Rivia
Rivia was a practical choice: young witchers were told a surname would make clients trust them, so Geralt took one and even learned the accent to match.
Q 04What name does Geralt give to every horse he owns?
Roach
Roach is the name Geralt gives every horse he owns; the Polish original, Płotka, is a pet form of the word for the roach, a small river fish, and has nothing to do with cockroaches.
Q 05What does 'Gwynbleidd', Geralt's Elder Speech nickname, mean?
White Wolf
White Wolf is what Gwynbleidd means in the Elder Speech, the old tongue of the elves; the name follows Geralt because of his striking white hair.
Q 06Ciri is the princess of which kingdom?
Cintra
Cintra is ruled by Ciri's grandmother, Queen Calanthe, the Lioness of Cintra; when the capital falls to an invading army, Calanthe dies in the slaughter and the young princess escapes the burning city.
Q 07What does Ciri's Elder Speech name, Zireael, mean?
Swallow
Swallow is what Zireael means in the Elder Speech, the name the elves give Ciri; it is why the fourth novel is called The Tower of the Swallow, after the tower she sets out to find.
Q 08Yennefer is a sorceress from which city?
Vengerberg
Vengerberg, capital of Aedirn, is Yennefer's home, but Geralt first meets her far from it, in a town where he has come to ask a sorceress to heal his badly injured friend.
Q 09Why did Sapkowski say he created Yennefer?
To complicate Geralt's love life
To complicate Geralt's love life: Sapkowski said he was bored by fantasy heroes who could have any woman they wished, so he wrote one who refuses to be a stereotype.
Q 10The bard Dandelion's Polish name, Jaskier, refers to which flower?
Buttercup
Jaskier is Polish for buttercup; English translations renamed the bard Dandelion, while the Netflix series kept Jaskier.
Q 11In Netflix's The Witcher, the cursed knight who claims Princess Pavetta's hand has the face of which animal?
A hedgehog
A hedgehog's face is what the knight's helmet hides: the queen orders him killed on sight, then relents and blesses the marriage, and with that the curse lifts and he turns back into a man.
Q 12Which novel, published in 1999, closes the five-book Witcher Saga?
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake frames the ending as a tale Ciri tells Sir Galahad, who mistakes her for the lady of legend; she warns him it has no happy ending, then says she could claim it closes with a wedding.
Q 13Which Witcher book was published in 2024, showing Geralt fresh out of training?
Q 21Who is Ciri fleeing from in The Witcher 3?
The Wild Hunt
Ciri is hunted by the Wild Hunt, spectral elven riders led by Eredin who want her Elder Blood; their general Imlerith kills Vesemir at Kaer Morhen.
Q 22At the end of the Witcher Saga, Geralt is struck down in a riot by which weapon?
A pitchfork
A pitchfork fells the famous monster slayer: he wades into a mob to defend his dwarven friends during a pogrom against non-humans, and a rioter runs him through.
Q 23In season two of Netflix's The Witcher, what is Jaskier secretly doing under the alias 'the Sandpiper'?
Smuggling elves to safety
Crossroads of Ravens
Crossroads of Ravens opens with a newly trained Geralt's first good deed going wrong: he kills a deserter attacking a girl, is sentenced for murder, and is saved from the noose by an ageing witcher, Preston Holt.
Q 14What does a witcher's medallion do to warn its wearer that magic or a monster is close by?
It vibrates
It vibrates and tugs on its chain when spells or magical creatures are near; in Netflix's second season a whole hall of medallions starts shaking mid-feast, exposing a monster among the witchers.
Q 15In The Witcher 3, which church holds sway in Novigrad, where its witch hunters hound the city's mages?
The Eternal Fire
The Eternal Fire keeps a flame burning atop its great temple in Novigrad while its witch hunters comb the streets, so the city's mages take refuge in a hidden slum run by one of its crime bosses.
Q 16What magical event brought monsters, werewolves and vampires into the world?
The Conjunction of the Spheres
The Conjunction of the Spheres was a collision of worlds that trapped ghouls, vampires and other creatures in a world where they have no natural place.
Q 17Which real languages is Elder Speech based on?
Welsh, English, French, Irish and Latin
Welsh, English, French, Irish and Latin are the main roots of the Elder Speech; Sapkowski wanted readers to follow it without footnotes, so its words echo ones they half know.
Q 18Geralt has distrusted portals ever since he saw a traveller step out of one in what state?
Cut in half
Cut in half is how the man arrived, early in the witcher's career; the sight turned Geralt against teleportation for good, however much time a portal would save him.
Q 19The mutations that create a witcher also leave every one of them unable to do what?
Have children
Witchers cannot have children: the mutations leave them all sterile, so no witcher can pass on his gifts, and Geralt's only child is his adopted daughter, Ciri.
Q 20What is the subtitle of The Witcher 2, the 2011 sequel?
Assassins of Kings
Assassins of Kings names the game's quarry: Geralt is left the only suspect in a royal murder, escapes prison and hunts the real kingslayers to clear his name.
Smuggling elves to safety is his secret trade in Oxenfurt, where he gets them onto ships; when Yennefer turns up on the run herself, he smuggles her out the same way.
Q 24At Kaer Morhen in the Netflix series, what does Vesemir hope Ciri's rare blood will let him do?
Create new witchers
Create new witchers: none had been made since the keep was sacked and the mutagens lost, and her blood is the missing ingredient; Ciri agrees, on condition that she goes first.
Q 25Which immortal nobleman contracts Geralt to kill a monster in Hearts of Stone?
Olgierd von Everec
Olgierd von Everec wished for immortality and got it with a heart of stone, unable to feel anything; the monster he sends Geralt to kill turns out to be a prince he had cursed himself.
Q 26Geralt appears as a playable guest character in which fighting game?
Soulcalibur VI
Soulcalibur VI is a duelling series in which every fighter wields a weapon, so the two-sworded witcher fitted in; he was announced as its guest character in March 2018, months before release.
Q 27Which actor voices Geralt in the English versions of the games?
Doug Cockle
Doug Cockle is an American who ran the acting course at Arts University Bournemouth in England, recording Geralt's growl for every main game alongside his day job as a lecturer.
Q 28Roughly how many copies had The Witcher 3 sold by May 2026?
65 million
65 million copies had sold by May 2026, eleven years after release; the Netflix series gave it a second wind, with physical sales in December 2019 running 554% above a year earlier.
Q 29How did Sapkowski originally sell CD Projekt the Witcher game rights, a deal he challenged in 2018?
For a lump sum
For a lump sum: offered a percentage, Sapkowski demanded all his money up front because he expected no profit at all; in 2018 he asked CD Projekt for more than 60 million zloty on top.
Q 30Which sorceress from The Witcher 2 appeared on the cover of Polish Playboy in May 2011?
Triss Merigold
Triss Merigold fronted the Polish edition of Playboy in May 2011 as part of the publicity for The Witcher 2, which launched that month with her as Geralt's companion.