1. Where did the Vikings come from?
- A) Sweden
- B) Denmark
- C) Norway
- D) All of the above
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Answer: All of the above
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2. What does the term Viking refer to?
- A) A sailor
- B) A warrior
- C) A raider
- D) A farmer
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Answer: Raider
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3. Who were known as the Vikings in Scandinavian culture?
- A) All Scandinavians
- B) The warriors who protected their homeland
- C) Those who took to the sea to acquire wealth by raiding other land
- D) All of the above
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Answer: Those who took to the sea to acquire wealth by raiding other land
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4. Which monastery did armed Viking raiders attack in AD 793?
- A) Monk Bretton Priory in Barnsley
- B) Binham Priory in Norfolk
- C) Calder Abbey in Cumbria
- D) The Priory on Lindisfarne
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Answer: The Priory on Lindisfarne
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5. Which island did Viking colonists, led by Ingólfur Arnarson, settle upon in AD 874?
- A) Ireland
- B) Greenland
- C) Iceland
- D) Britain
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Answer: Iceland
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6. Which kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England was the only one to evade Viking occupation?
- A) East Anglia
- B) Wessex
- C) Northumbria
- D) Mercia
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Answer: Wessex
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7. A Viking sunstone made from crystal was discovered in a Tudor shipwreck; what purpose did it initially have?
- A) It was used as an amulet of protection
- B) It was used to navigate the sea
- C) It was used to prophetize the future
- D) It was used to indicate if a cup of wine had poison within
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Answer: It was used to navigate the sea
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8. What caused Harald Bluetooth of Denmark to convert to Christianity?
- A) He decided it would bring peace to his kingdom
- B) A beautiful missionary convinced him
- C) He got drunk, and someone convinced him Jesus Christ was more powerful than Thor
- D) He never converted to Christianity
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Answer: He got drunk, and someone convinced him Jesus Christ was more powerful than Thor
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9. Which Viking is thought by some to have also been the founding father of the royal dynasty of Dublin’s Viking kingdom?
- A) Ivar the Boneless
- B) Erik the Battle-Ready
- C) Swein Forkbeard
- D) Einar Buttered-Bread
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Answer: Ivar the Boneless
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10. Every Viking longed to go to Valhalla after their death. However, if they died in battle but did not go to Valhalla, where was their destination?
- A) The sky to fly with Odin Ravens
- B) Hel
- C) The sea to sail for eternity
- D) The fields of Freya
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Answer: The fields of Freya
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11. What was the most important attribute for a Viking warrior to have?
- A) To act quickly in war
- B) To show courage
- C) To be remembered for great deeds
- D) To be the best sailor
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Answer: To be remembered for great deeds
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12. Which of these Vikings supposedly discovered the Americas before Columbus
- A) Erik the Red
- B) Leif Erikson
- C) Harald Hadrada
- D) Eric Bloodaxe
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Answer: Leif Erikson
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13. What alphabet did the Vikings use?
- A) Ogham
- B) Runes
- C) Devanagari
- D) Latin
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Answer: Runes
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14. The Vikings were perhaps the earliest culture to use ice skates. What did they make them from?
- A) Old swords
- B) Cattle bones
- C) Pottery
- D) All of the above
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Answer: Cattle bones
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15. In what century was the term “Viking” first used by historians?
- A) 5th century
- B) 9th century
- C) 15th century
- D) 18th century
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Answer: 18th century
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