What was the treasure a Viking was buried with called?
Grave goods.
What was the knorr used for?
Trading n stuff.
Who is considered the father of gods in Norse mythology?
Odin.
What language did the Vikings write in?
Runescript.
What are the main three countries that make up Scandinavia?
Denmark, Norway, Sweden.
How did Erik the Red earn his nickname?
He had a huge, long red beard.
When did sailing-boats first appear in Scandinavia?
600-700 A.D.
Who rode a chariot pulled by goats?
Thor.
The word "viking" is based upon the word "vik," meaning a creek, inlet or bay. From which language does the word "vik" originate?
Norse.
Vinland was the name the Vikings gave to what land?
Newfoundland.
The Emperors of which Eastern empire employed Vikings as their bodyguards?
Byzantine.
What was the private boat-type? (HINT: Was used for local traveling.)
Karv.
What is the name of the mythical Viking afterlife?
Valhalla.
Many people know that the Vikings used short, straight lines to form the carved writing known as runes, but what did they call their alphabet?
The futhark.
Created in 930 AD, where is the world's oldest functioning legislature known as the Althing?
Iceland.
King Canute was the scion of the Danish royal house. Who was his father?
Sweyn Forkbeard.
Their longships have become an integral part of the Viking image but what were their smaller cargo ships called?
Knarrs.
Name the 9 realms in Norse Mythology, connected by the Yggdrasil tree.
Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, Niflheim, Muscenters, Helheim, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, and Vanaheim.
The Vikings practiced early-forms of Landnam, due to a series of bad crops. What does this word, for raiding translate to?
Land taking.
In 885 Danish Vikings besieged a European city with 300 ships and 40,000 troops. Which city was it?
Paris.
Which famous Viking explorer is believed to have reached north America around the year 1000 AD?
Leif Erikson.
What was the Viking navy called?
Leidang.
Which symbol is associated with Odin? (If pictures do not load, attempt to draw the symbol.) OR… What was the name of the squirrel who ran up and down Yggdrasil carrying messages between the eagle on top and the serpent entwined below?
2. OR… Ratatoskr.
What is the traditional Viking greeting?
Skål (extra 100 points for spelling).
What name was given to the eastern region of England, conquered and occupied by the Danish armies in the ninth century, which had its own legal customs and laws?
The Danelaw.