99 The Vikings Trivia Questions with Answers
99 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Viking-age Norwegian king was nicknamed Olaf the Stout?
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Olaf II of Norway
Which Irish high king was killed at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014?
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Brian Boru
Which Norwegian Viking burial ship was excavated from the Oseberg mound in 1904?
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Oseberg Ship
Which Icelandic saga tells the story of Erik the Red’s voyages and the discovery of Greenland?
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Saga of Erik the Red
What name is given to the Viking Age helmet found at Gjermundbu in Norway?
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Gjermundbu helmet
Which Viking-age battle in 991 is commemorated by the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon?
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The Battle of Maldon
Which Viking settlement in Newfoundland is the earliest confirmed Norse site in North America?
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L’Anse aux Meadows
What name did Vikings give to the Byzantine emperor’s elite Scandinavian guard?
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Varangian Guard
What was the name of the 16-character runic alphabet used across much of the Viking Age?
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Younger Futhark
Which Viking king ruled England, Denmark and Norway in the early 11th century?
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Cnut the Great
Which Viking-founded settlement became the capital of Iceland?
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Reykjavík
Which Viking Age city in modern Germany was known as Hedeby?
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Haithabu
Which Viking Age battle in 878 led to Alfred the Great’s victory over the Great Heathen Army?
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Battle of Edington
Which Viking king was defeated and killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066?
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Harald Hardrada
Which Viking-era seafarer told King Alfred about sailing around the North Cape?
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Ohthere of Hålogaland
In Norse mythology, what was the name of the serpent that encircled Midgard?
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Jörmungandr
Which Norse poet and historian wrote Heimskringla, a history of Norway’s kings?
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Snorri Sturluson
What name did Norse settlers give Greenland, meaning “green land”?
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Greenland