Viking quiz

Viking... going from inlet to inlet and other places doing their thing and another. Not a "race" or a nationality, but a lifestyle originally made famous by the tribes from the North, later joined by some others as well. We're talking about hopeful and/or opportunistic people, men, women and children, looking to improve their lives in a multitude of ways. Besides warriors, they were merchants, farmers, explorers, poets, musicians, carpenters, craftsmen, brewers and plenty more. Later prominent cultures re-imagined them as simplified and romanticized "noble beasts" from the North, skilled at war, battles, pillaging and other uncivilized beastly things (largely due to "wrong deity". After all, how could you be civilized worshiping your god and not mine, doing things your way and not mine)... Until more recent days whenceforth we have opened a treasure trove after another.

What do you know about Vikings? Have a try!

Sources: books, wikipedia, Britannica.com, History.com, Nationalgeorgraphic.com and more.
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Which year did the Viking age officially begin? (year or nearest "even century")
793
What type of event happened that year? The first known _____ ____.
Viking raid
What place fell victims?
Lindisfarne monastery
What are the Viking seafaring ships known as?
Longship
Vikings were the first known Europeans to reach... (name a large island)
Greenland
...and (name a continent)?
North America
Which modern day countries did Vikings most famously come from? (name any)
Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Which other modern day countries they often came from per historical records?
Finland, Estonia
Unsurprisingly, the predecessors to Vikings were pirates praying on _____ Sea?
Baltic
The French knew them as...
Norsemen / Northmen
The Irish knew them as...
pagans, foreigners
The Slavs knew them as...
Rus
The Germans knew them as...
Ashmen
Name one of the more commonly suggested reason for going Viking?
Riches, trade network, desire for slave labor, lack of marriageable women...
Unlike in many contemporary "civilized"/Christian societies, a Viking woman could...
Interpret gods' messages for the people, own and run her own business, represent herself in legal cases, inherit property, choose where and how to live (when unmarried), divorce
Viking legends are called what?
Sagas
According to the Grænlendinga one, North America was first discovered by Bjarni Herjólfsson, by accident. It is more famously told to have been discovered by ____ _____?
Leif Erikson / Leif the Lucky
What did the Vikigs call this newfound land?
Vinland
While the Viking explorers went much father south, the most famous North American settlement is called?
L’Anse aux Meadows
What modern day French area was colonized by the Vikings?
Normandy
Name one of the (first) trading towns Vikings established in Ireland. Current name.
Dublin / Waterford / Wexford / Limerick / Wicklow
Name one of the two most famous Viking settlements in Rus.
Kyiv / Novgorod
Byzantine emperors hired an elite force of mainly Viking warriors as bodyguards. What were they called?
Varangian Guard
Name the easternmost large city and a capital the Vikings went to?
Baghdad
Some of the Vikings begun to offer "peace for a fee". The extortion money, later a foundation for English taxation, was famously called _____?
Danegeld
A Holy Roman Empire ruler who ran campaigns of brutal holy wars against the Vikings causing the Vikings to become more brutal in return?
Charlemagne
Two Norwegian kings, Tryggvason and Haraldsson, hellbent to Christianize the North were named the same. What is the name?
Olav
Although the Viking activities continued long after, 1066 is considered the end of the Viking Age. Name either the notable king of Vikings that died in 1066 or the battle where it happened.
Harald Hardrada / Battle of Stamford Bridge
A type of Viking jewelry was popular in the Roman and Byzantine empires. What largely yellow, golden or orange material was used for this?
amber
A famous beer-like drink sweetened with honey.
mead
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