The Code
The Anglo-Saxons
Trivial Pursuits
100
Fate
What is wyrd?
100
Composers and storytellers
What is a scop?
100
Beowulf's loyal follower who helps him slay the dragon
Who is Wiglaf?
200
The custom of paying a slain man's family to atone for his death
What is wergild?
200
A two-word metaphorical name for something
What is a kenning?
200
A Dane who is jealous of Beowulf
Who is Unferth?
300
The Germanic code of loyalty
What is comitatus?
300
Stressed syllable with the same sound
What is alliteration?
300
The clan from which England's name derives
Who are the Angles?
400
A universally recognized element which recurs across literature
What is an archetype?
400
a pause found in Anglo-Saxon poetry
What is caesura?
400
The Anglo-Saxon King who united Britain
Who is King Alfred the Great?
500
The mead hall in Beowulf
What is Herot?
500
The central figure in a long narrative that reflects the values and heroic ideals of a particular society
What is an epic hero?
500
He defeats Beowulf in a swimming race
Who is Brecca?
M
e
n
u