How much do you know about the Vikings.
1. When did the raid at Lindesfarn take place?
759AD
800AD
793AD
797AD
2. How many legs did Odins horse Slipnere have?
4
12
10
8
3. When was the battle of Edington?
852AD
903AD
878AD
892AD
4. Which Viking ruler was king of Norway, Denmark, parts of Sweden and England?
Eric Bloodaxe
Harald Bluetooth
Sweyn Forkbeard
Cnut the Great
5. Who was the Viking god of war?
Odin
Tyr
Thor
Loki
6. What was the name given to the home of the Norse gods?
Yggdrasil
Valhalla
Midgard
Asgard
7. What was the name given by the Norse to the home of the Dwarves?
Niflheim
Svartalfheim
Jotunheim
Alfheim
8. Who was the first Viking king of the whole of England?
Eric Bloodaxe
Cnut Sweinson
Swein Forkbeard
Guthrum
9. Viking berserkers were associated with which Viking god?
Odin
Loki
Thor
Balder
10. Which of these famous Vikings distinguished himself as a Varangian Guard?
Eric the Red
Harold Hardrada
Cnut the Great
Ragnor Lothbrok
11. What was a Scandinavian court poet called?
Thjotholf
Skald
Hvinis
Eddas
12. Who was the first Viking to site America?
Erik the Red
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Leif Eiriksson
Bjarni Herjolfsson
13. The Vikings had many different types of sea vessel what was the Knorr used for?
Invading
Trading
Travelling
Coast Sailing
14. How were sails marked to show that it was a kings ship?
Shield
Striped
Sword & Spear
All of these
15. The Vikings had a portable way to take fire with them. They collected a fungus and boiled it in what liquid?
Water
Urine
Cows milk
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