History of Iceland Quiz - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What group of people settled Iceland starting in 874 AD?	Norse	98%
What country did Iceland gain its independence from in 1918?	Denmark	97%
What country invaded and peacefully occupied Iceland during WWII in 1940?	United Kingdom	85%
What type of alcoholic beverage was prohibited until 1989?	Beer	78%
Iceland's Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was world's first ______ who was democratically elected as president.	Female	75%
Who was the first European to have set foot on continental North America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus?	Leif Erikson	75%
What female singer has recorded 22 top 40 hits in the United Kingdom?	Björk	74%
For fishing what type of fish (also fishing rights) did Iceland and the United Kingdom mainly get in a dispute in the 20th century?	Cod	66%
What was the name of the settlement he established in Canada?	Vinland	65%
What work refers to a traditional story about the settlement and history of Iceland?	Saga	64%
In what sports event did Iceland become the least populous country to ever play in 2018?	FIFA World Cup	63%
The Alþingi, founded in 930 AD, is said to be the world's oldest. What is it?	Parliament of Iceland	59%
In which of the fields of the Nobel Prize did Halldór Laxness win one in 1955?	Literature	55%
What American chess player beat Boris Spassky to become world champion in a famous match held in Reykjavík in 1972?	Bobby Fischer	44%
What volcano erupted in 2010, grounding European flights?	{Eyja}fjallajökull	32%
What children's live TV series was created by Magnús Scheving?	{Lazy}Town	32%
What "self-governing", actually a liberal-conservative party, has dominated the Icelandic politics since 1934?	Independence Party	11%

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