Viking Age Quiz
Instructions: Set sail with the Norsemen and test your knowledge of Viking exploration, culture, and legendary warriors.
- 1.
From which modern-day countries did the Vikings primarily originate?
AEngland, Scotland, and IrelandBGermany, Austria, and SwitzerlandCDenmark, Norway, and SwedenDFinland, Estonia, and Latvia - 2.
Which Viking explorer is credited with reaching North America around 1000 AD?
AErik the RedBLeif EriksonCRagnar LothbrokDHarald Hardrada - 3.
What was the Viking afterlife hall where warriors slain in battle were said to go?
AValhallaBAsgardCHelDMidgard - 4.
What type of ship were the Vikings famous for building?
ATriremesBGalleonsCCarracksDLongships - 5.
Which Viking leader founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland?
AErik the RedBRolloCBjorn IronsideDLeif Erikson - 6.
What writing system did the Vikings use for inscriptions?
ACuneiformBHieroglyphicsCOghamDRunes - 7.
In Norse mythology, who was the chief of the gods?
AThorBLokiCFreyaDOdin - 8.
What English monastery was famously raided by Vikings in 793 AD, marking the beginning of the Viking Age?
AGlastonbury AbbeyBCanterbury CathedralCLindisfarneDWestminster Abbey - 9.
What was the 'Thing' in Viking society?
AA trade routeBA type of weaponCA burial ceremonyDA governing assembly - 10.
Which Viking leader was granted land in France that became known as Normandy?
ASweyn ForkbeardBRagnar LothbrokCCanute the GreatDRollo - 11.
What name did the Vikings give to North America when they explored it?
AMarklandBHellulandCVinlandDNorland - 12.
Which Norse god wielded the hammer Mjolnir?
AOdinBTyrCBaldurDThor - 13.
What was a 'berserker' in Viking culture?
AA religious priestBA Viking merchantCA type of shipDA fierce warrior who fought in a trance-like fury - 14.
Which Viking king united Denmark, Norway, and England under his rule?
AHarald BluetoothBHarald HardradaCOlaf TryggvasonDCanute the Great - 15.
What was the Norse term for the end of the world, a great battle between gods and giants?
ABifrostBNiflheimCYggdrasilDRagnarok