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