A Saga of Ten Questions.
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Of these, which was NOT known to Norse navigators?
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Kyiv/Kiev
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Newfoundland
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Spitsbergen
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By what name did the Vikings call Newfoundland?
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Skraeling
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Torshavn
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Vinland
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The Norse Goddess Freya or Freyja, rides a chariot pulled by two?
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Reindeer
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Wolves
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Cats
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Question of
In English, the name of what weekday derives from Odin, the chief God?
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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The first major Viking raid on the British Isles, 793, saw which island plundered?
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Iona
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Lindisfarne
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Rathlin
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Question of
England was often ruled, or partially-ruled, by which Nordic people?
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Danes
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Norwegians
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Swedes
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Question of
Which of these Norsemen converted to Christianity in the mid-10th century?
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Harald Bluetooth
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Ivar the Boneless
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Thorfinn Skull-splitter
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Question of
Name Harald’s son, who would become King of England?
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Sweyn Forkbeard
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Harald Hardrada
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Cnut or Canute
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The Scandinavian warrior, Rollo, was granted what territory in 911 in an exchange for peace?
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Brittany
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Normandy
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Isle of Man
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The ‘Lordship of the Isles’ (Hebrides & Western Isles) officially remained under Norwegian control, until what battle in 1263?
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Largs
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Oban
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Troon
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