99 The Vikings Trivia Questions with Answers
99 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Viking-era Norwegian town was known in Old Norse as Niðaróss?
Answer
Trondheim
Which Viking settlement in Greenland was known as the Western Settlement?
Answer
Vestribyggð
What is the name of the reconstructed Viking ship that sailed from Denmark to Dublin in 2007?
Answer
Sea Stallion from Glendalough
Which Viking king gave his name to Bluetooth wireless technology?
Answer
Harald Bluetooth
What was the name of the large Viking battle fought near York on 25 September 1066?
Answer
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Which Viking-age ruler is traditionally regarded as the first king to unite Norway?
Answer
Harald Fairhair
What was the name of the Viking sword type marked with the inscription “Ulfberht”?
Answer
Ulfberht sword
Which Old Norse literary form celebrated heroes and gods in alliterative verse?
Answer
Eddaic poetry
Which Viking king ruled England, Denmark and Norway as part of a North Sea empire?
Answer
Cnut the Great
What was the name of the Viking settlement in Newfoundland excavated at L’Anse aux Meadows?
Answer
L’Anse aux Meadows
What is the name of the Viking rune alphabet with 16 characters used in Scandinavia?
Answer
Younger Futhark
Which battle in 1066 is commonly considered the end of the Viking Age?
Answer
Battle of Stamford Bridge
What was the name of the Viking army that invaded Anglo-Saxon England in 865?
Answer
Great Heathen Army