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Quiz about Viking Culture
Quiz about Viking Culture

Viking Culture Trivia Quiz


Some interesting tidbits on the early period of the Vikings, ca. 750-1000 A.D. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
26,254
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
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2118
Last 3 plays: Reamar42 (5/10), Guest 112 (3/10), Guest 47 (3/10).
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1. The Vikings were perhaps the earliest culture to ice-skate. What material did they carve their skates primarily from? Hint


2. The Vikings practiced early-forms of Landnam, due to a series of bad crops. What does this word, for raiding translate to? Hint


3. The Vikings, sailing with their mighty Gokstads, invaded the aborigine peoples of Newfoundland. What was the derogatory term the Vikings used to call these people? Hint


4. The Vikings were good farmers, but also good at taming animals. What animal did they train to hunt ducks? Hint


5. The first assembly (Althing) met ca. 930 AD in which place in Iceland?

Answer: (One Word)
6. The Beothuk Indians were the first aborigine people to come in contact with the Vikings. Subsequently, they were wiped out except for one tribe. Which tribe, and their descendants, continued trading with the Vikings (furs for steel-products)? Hint


7. The Vinland Saga, contain the voyages and adventures of the Viking's travels. What are the 2 main tales called? Hint


8. What material, obtained at L'Anse aux Meadows, did the Vikings use to start their fires? Hint


9. What were the homes, which resembled tent-houses, called? Hint


10. Who was the person responsible for the Christian conversion of the Danish people, greatly influencing Gizur the White Tesson to make Christianity the main religion? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The Vikings were perhaps the earliest culture to ice-skate. What material did they carve their skates primarily from?

Answer: cattle bones

2. The Vikings practiced early-forms of Landnam, due to a series of bad crops. What does this word, for raiding translate to?

Answer: land taking

3. The Vikings, sailing with their mighty Gokstads, invaded the aborigine peoples of Newfoundland. What was the derogatory term the Vikings used to call these people?

Answer: skraelings

4. The Vikings were good farmers, but also good at taming animals. What animal did they train to hunt ducks?

Answer: peregrine falcon

5. The first assembly (Althing) met ca. 930 AD in which place in Iceland?

Answer: Thingvellier

6. The Beothuk Indians were the first aborigine people to come in contact with the Vikings. Subsequently, they were wiped out except for one tribe. Which tribe, and their descendants, continued trading with the Vikings (furs for steel-products)?

Answer: Dorset

7. The Vinland Saga, contain the voyages and adventures of the Viking's travels. What are the 2 main tales called?

Answer: Greenlander, Erik the Red

8. What material, obtained at L'Anse aux Meadows, did the Vikings use to start their fires?

Answer: Jasper

9. What were the homes, which resembled tent-houses, called?

Answer: budir

10. Who was the person responsible for the Christian conversion of the Danish people, greatly influencing Gizur the White Tesson to make Christianity the main religion?

Answer: Tryggvason

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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