Norse

Question 1

Which king unified Norway and converted it to Christianity?

Answer 1

Olaf Tryggvason

Question 2

What raid marked the beginning of the Viking Age?

Answer 2

The raid on Lindisfarne

Question 3

What were the trance-like Viking warriors called?

Answer 3

Berserkers

Question 3

Who became the first Duke of Normandy?

Answer 3

Rollo

Question 4

What was the Viking assembly called?

Answer 4

Althing

Question 4

Who ruled the North Sea Empire from 1016?

Answer 4

Canute the Great

Question 5

What was the Byzantine Emperor’s Norse guard called?

Answer 5

The Varangian Guard

Question 6

Who colonized Greenland?

Answer 6

Erik the Red

Question 7

What text contains compiled Norse mythology?

Answer 7

The Prose Edda

Question 8

What is the world tree that connects the nine worlds?

Answer 8

Yggdrasil

Question 9

Which wolf is destined to kill Odin?

Answer 9

Fernir

Question 10

What is Odin’s hall for fallen warriors?

Answer 10

Valhalla

Question 11

Who is the goddess of love and beauty?

Answer 11

Freya

Question 12

What is the name of the World Serpent?

Answer 12

Jörmungandr

Question 13

Who are the three Norns?

Answer 13

Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld

Question 14

The Nine worlds

Answer 14

Asgard (home of the Æsir)
Midgard (realm of humans)
Jötunheim (land of giants)
Niflheim (world of ice and mist)
Muspelheim (realm of fire)
Alfheim (home of light elves)
Svartalfheim (home of dwarves)
Vanaheim (home of the Vanir)
Helheim (realm of the dead)