| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| King nicknamed the unready | Æthelred II | 86%
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| The names of the seven kingdoms of the heptarchy | Wessex | 78%
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| Saxons | 72%
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| Mercia | 65%
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| Angles | 64%
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| East Anglia | 62%
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| Essex | 62%
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| Sussex | 59%
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| Northumbria | 58%
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| Which king allegedly tried to command the tide not to touch his feet. | Cnut | 55%
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| First King of England | Æthelstan | 53%
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| The raid on which monastery is often considered to be the beginning of the Viking Age in Europe. | Lindisfarne | 53%
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| What was the area of England that Alfred let the Vikings have control of | The Danelaw | 50%
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| Three main Germanic peoples who settled in England | Jutes | 47%
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| Kent | 47%
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| The modern name of the capital of the kingdom lead by Alfred the great | Winchester | 44%
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| Which king built a large dyke across the border of England and Wales | Offa | 42%
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| City built just west of the city of London | Westminster | 41%
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| Which Viking invaded and settled in Normandy | Rollo | 33%
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| What are the names of the two other kings who ruled over this empire | Harthacnut | 22%
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| Sweyn Forkbeard | 21%
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| Which Elite unit of the byzantine empire was primarily composed of Northern Europeans | Varangian Guard | 20%
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| Daughter of Alfred the great and lady of Mercia | Æthelflæd | 18%
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| The king of East Anglia who converted to Christianity after losing in battle to Alfred the great in battle | Guthrum | 17%
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| Horsa | 17%
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| The names of the two Danish mercenaries who landed in Ebbsfleet around 455 Ad | Hengist | 16%
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| What was the empire he ruled over | North sea Empire | 16%
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| ...What was the battle that he he lost | Edington | 13%
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| …Where Is he thought to have been buried. | Sutton Hoo | 13%
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| What in ancient Germanic law was the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family. | Wergild | 11%
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| First King of east Anglia to convert to Christianity is thought to have held his palace in Rendlesham | Rædwald | 10%
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| Name of the Viking kingdom based around modern day Dublin | Dyflin | 5%
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