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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Vikings

Which Viking-age town, known as Jórvík, stood on the site of modern York in England?

Answer

York

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Vikings

Which Viking-age city in Sweden was a major trading center on the island of Björkö?

Answer

Birka

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Vikings

What is the name of the Viking ship burial discovered at Oseberg in Norway in 1904?

Answer

Oseberg ship

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Vikings

Which battle in 1066 is commonly considered the end of the Viking Age?

Answer

Battle of Stamford Bridge

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Vikings

What was the name of the Viking army that invaded Anglo-Saxon England in 865?

Answer

Great Heathen Army

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Vikings

Which Viking king commissioned the larger Jelling Stone in Denmark, calling himself Denmark’s ruler?

Answer

Harald Bluetooth

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Vikings

What was the name of the Viking ship type built mainly for carrying cargo rather than warfare?

Answer

Knarr

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Vikings

Which Viking explorer is widely regarded as the first European to reach North America, around 500 years before Columbus?

Answer

Leif Erikson

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Medieval Knights And Chivalry

Which French knight was known as “the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Blame”?

Answer

Pierre Terrail de Bayard

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Medieval Knights And Chivalry

What was the medieval knight’s mail shirt, worn beneath plate armor, called?

Answer

Hauberk

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Medieval Knights And Chivalry

At the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, which English king commanded the victorious army?

Answer

Henry V

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Medieval Knights And Chivalry

Which medieval title, meaning “knight” in French, was commonly used for an armored horseman?

Answer

Chevalier

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