History Quiz: Vikings

These were ring fortresses or trelleborgs.

One of them is believed to spell "Halfdan carved these runes".

The griffin was a creature that featured in Ancient Egyptian and Persian legends, as well as in those of nearby cultures and in southern Europe.

It was created as part of the treaties between Alfred the Great and the Danish warlord Guthrum.

Ships with thirteen rowing benches were the smallest considered for military use. Karvi had six to sixteen and were mainly used for fishing and trade; however, they were sometimes commissioned for military use.

The other two describe the worlds of Muspelheim and Niflheim, respectively.

Seville, then under Muslim control, was briefly taken over by Vikings before being reclaimed by the Emirate of Córdoba. Vikings also occupied Paris after they besieged the city, and only left when Charles the Bald paid them in 2,570 kg of gold and silver.

Egill Skallagrímsson was a warrior and a poet, and Gunnar Hámundarson was an Icelandic chieftain. Völgarr, on the other hand, is a video game character.

Freydís Eiríksdóttir and Leif Erikson both headed west from Iceland, landing in North America.

Draugr were reanimated corpses that often guarded the treasure in their burial mounds.

It is home to the oldest Christian church in Denmark.

Though only under favourable conditions.

This was a field or meadow ruled over by the goddess Freyja. Vanaheim was home to the gods known as the Vanir, those associated with nature, fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. Hel was a place where the dead went, just not those who had died in battle, although there is not one clear answer in Norse mythology as to who would go there.

The statue is the Piraeus Lion, on display at the Venetian Arsenal but originally from the port of Athens, Piraeus. The inscriptions are in the shape of the mythical lindworm.

Sweyn Forkbeard and Harald Bluetooth were also members of the dynasty, being Cnut's father and grandfather respectivey. It is also known as the House of Knýtlinga, based off of Cnut's name. Harald Fairhair and Eric Bloodaxe both belonged to the Fairhair dynasty.