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Vikings quiz
How well do you really know Vikings? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Vikings questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
Where did Vikings come from, and name one modern country in that region.
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- Vikings came from Scandinavia in northern Europe.
- Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are examples of modern countries in Scandinavia.
- Warm-up
In Norse stories, which god wielded a mighty hammer, what was the hammer called, and what force of nature was he linked to?
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- The god was Thor.
- His hammer was called Mjölnir (also spelled Mjolnir).
- Thor was linked to thunder.
- Medium
Coins weren’t the only Viking way to pay: what precious metal could be chopped into trading pieces, and what tool could weigh it?
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- Silver, often cut into pieces called hacksilver, was used in trade.
- Balance scales weighed the silver.
- Hard
What Norse name did Vikings use for the settlement that became Dublin, and what does that name mean?
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- The Norse name was Dyflin.
- The name means “black pool.”
- Dyflin is linked to the older Irish name Dubh Linn.
- Hard
Which Viking-age site in Newfoundland shows Norse settlement in North America, and what kinds of remains were found there?
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- The site is L’Anse aux Meadows.
- It contains remains of Norse buildings, including turf structures.
- Artifacts found there provide evidence of Norse occupation.
- Hard
What metalworking evidence was found at L’Anse aux Meadows, and what did it show about the visitors?
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- Archaeologists found evidence of ironworking, including iron slag and a furnace.
- The evidence showed that visitors worked iron at the site.
- Ironworking helped confirm a Norse presence around the year 1000.
- Hard
A Viking-age inscription can look like a code: what was the common Norse runic alphabet called, and how many characters did it have?
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- It was called the Younger Futhark.
- It had 16 characters.
- It was used in Viking-age Scandinavia.
- Boss
Who was Iceland’s law-speaker around the year 1000, and what major religious decision is he traditionally said to have helped make?
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- Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði (also called Þorgeir of Ljósavatn) was the law-speaker.
- He presided over the Alþingi, Iceland’s assembly.
- Tradition credits him with helping Iceland adopt Christianity around the year 1000.
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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