The answer preceded by *** is the correct answer to the question.



201. Which of the following is NOT true about the legends surrounding Holger Danske?

1. He sleeps in Kronborg castle at Helsingør until Denmark is in dire distress.
2. ***He was the only pagan knight in the court of Charlemagne, and fought Saracens.
3. He was bewitched by Morgana and taken to Avalon to dwell with King Arthur.
4. His legend began in the medieval French epic poems Chansons de Geste.
5. He was probably based on Autcharius Francus, a Frankish knight who served Charlemagne’s brother Carloman.
6. The largest Danish resistance group of World War II, Holger Danske, was named after his legend.

202. Which statement is TRUE about most mail armor in the Viking era?

1. It was assembled with riveted rings in each row.
2. The ends of the rings were butted together.
3. ***The rings were riveted with wedge-shaped rivets.
4. The steel had a high carbon content to resist rust.
5. A mail shirt weighed less than a helmet.

203. Which of the following is NOT true of Skírnir?

1. He is Freyr’s messenger and servant.
2. He has a magic wand named Gambantein that he’s willing to use.
3. He delivers Freyr’s sword to Gerðr so she will marry Freyr, who later dies without it.
4. ***He avenges Freyr’s death by retrieving Freyr’s sword and killing Surtr.
5. He works with mountain dwarves to forge the rope Gleipnir to hold Fenris.

204. How does Odin learn of the coming events of Ragnarok?

1. He see the events in Mimir, the well.
2. The howls of the hound Garmr come to him as language.
3. ***A völva relates them to him.
4. Odin converses with the head of Mimir, beheaded in the Aesir-Vanir war.  

205. Who avenges the death of Odin at Ragnarok?

1. ***His son Viðarr, tearing Fenrir’s jaws apart
2. Thor, before he perishes from Jormundgandr’s poison
3. His wife Frigg, brandishing the spear Gungnir
4. The god Hœnir, before he spreads seed to re-sow the world

206. What does NOT happen after Ragnarok?

1. The earth reappears from the water.
2. An eagle flies over a waterfall hunting fish on a mountain
3. The surviving Aesir meet together at the field of Iðavöllr and discuss the runic alphabet.
4. The Aesir find the golden game pieces that the gods once used.
5. ***The reemerged fields grow within days of being sown.
6. The gods Höðr and Baldur return from Hel and live happily together.

207. What single item of property was worn exclusively by free men ? 

1. A neck ring
2. A leather belt
3. ***A knife
4. A finger ring
5. Leather shoes

208. The Knarr, as we know it, typically had rowing positions for how many able bodied Vikings? 

1. 2
2. ***4
3. 8
4. 16
5. 32
6. All of the above  

209. From Norse Mythology, Heiðrun was known for: 

1. Being one of the two goats that pulled Thor in his chariot through the heavens above.
2. Killing the beast Saehrimnir to provide meat for the Einherjar in Valhalla.
3. ***Providing mead for the Einherjar in Valhalla
4. b and c above.
5. All of the above.

210. Which sea is Bjorn Ironside particularly famous for having sailed? 

1. The Baltic Sea
2. The Greenland Sea
3. ***The Mediterranean Sea
4. The Black Sea

211. In what orientation is the longitudinal axis of the majority of the horsemen’s shields depicted on the Bayeux Embroidery?

1. Generally near vertical
2. ***Generally near horizontal

212. Ragnar Loðbrok, the famous Viking, was killed by? 

1. Spears
2. Swine
3. His Wife
4. ***Snakes

213. What is Hrungnir a reference to? 

1. A state of fasting that some warriors would go through before battle
2. A mythical creature said to be able to run faster than any land creature
3. A title that was given to select sea-going Norse
4. ***The greatest of the giants who beat Odin and nearly beat Thor in battle  

214. How is a Viking weaving sword used? 

1. Beating down
2. Beating horizontally
3. ***Beating up  

215. This is a 3-part question series based upon a Viking age artifact. All 3 must be answered correctly to get the 3 points.

Visual Recognition: What is it? 

1. Anglo-saxon box
2. Viking sea chest
3. ***Mastermyr box

216. Archaeological location: Where was it found? 

1. ***Gotland, Sweden
2. Hedeby, Jutland
3. Kaupang, Norway

217. Contents: How many items were discovered inside it? 

1. 12
2. 43
3. 120
4. ***200  

218. Which of these statements is NOT associated with Skaði?

1. She was a giantess, one of the Jötunn, associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter and mountains.
2. ***She chose her husband by looking only at his hands, thinking they were Baldur’s.
3. She married the god Njöðr, in part to compensate her for the Aesir killing her father Þjazi.
4. Her second husband was Odin.
5. Skaði is responsible for placing the serpent that drips venom onto the bound Loki.

219. Which of these statements is NOT associated with Skaði?

1. She would not have sex with her first husband.
2. She wanted to live in her father’s home in the mountains, named Þrymheimr.
3. ***Her first husband wanted to live by a river that flowed to the sea.
4. Loki tied his testicles to a nanny goat’s beard to make her laugh.
5. Odin made two stars from her father’s eyes.

220. Which route was most frequently used to the eastern European interior?

1. ***The Dnieper River
2. The Seine River
3. The Danube River
4. The Tajo River
5. The Ural River  

221. What is wrong with this re-creation of Viking archery?

1. ***Nothing whatsoever

222. Who or what is Gjallar? 

1. A little-known deity who was a friend of Heimdall
2. A nickname referring to Haakon II Sigurdsson, Jarl
3. A woven bag hung over entrances
4. ***The horn that Heimdall owns that he will blow at Ragnarok  

223. What was Staraya Ladoga?

1. The battle on the Dnieper River which solidified Rus’ Viking control of Kiev
2. ***On the Volkhov River, one of the most important Viking trading ports of Eastern Europe
3. A settlement ceded by Ingigerd of Sweden to Yaroslav of Novgorod as part of their marriage arrangement
4. A trade agreement between the Bulgars and the Rus’, agreed upon in 894
5. A battle formation used by the Khazads using sleds and carts

224. Which of the following was NOT a Viking ring fortress?

1. Aggersborg
2. Borgeby
3. Borrering
4. Fyrkat
5. ***Hedeby
6. Nonnebakken
7. Rygge
8. Trelleborg

225. Among those listed, who will be alive after Ragnarok? 
 1 - Vili, Vidar
 2 - Baldur, Hod, Hoenir, Magni, Modi, Njord and the daughter of Sol
 3 - Two humans, by hiding inside the trunks of Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life

1. 1 & 2
2. 2
3. 2 & 3
4. ***1 & 2 & 3

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Sources (among many others):

• Dr. Jackson Crawford, YouTube Lecture Series
• Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology
• John Grant, An Introduction to Viking Mythology
• John Haywood, Encyclopaedia of the Viking Age
• Judith Jesch, Women in the Viking Age
• lifeinnorway.net/norwegian-trolls
• Niels Lund,ed., Two Voyagers at the Court of King Alfred -
  The ventures of Ohthere and Wulfstan
  together with the Description of Northern Europe From the Old English Orosius
• Fiona Macdonald, 100 Facts - Vikings
• norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/
• NOVA, multiple episodes
• Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm - A History of the Vikings
• Wikipedia.com

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