Home Art Literature Raids Religion Runes Settlement Ships Thing Sites Weapons Return to Main Menu 0 votes, 0 avg 149 What do you know about the Vikings? 1 / 10 This runestone records the name of king who “made the Danes Christians”. Who was that king? Haraldr inn Hárfagri Harald Sigurdsson Harald Hardrada Harald Blåtand Further information 2 / 10 The ring-chain design running down the centre of this cross is an insular form of the Borre style. This interlace is named after the man who carved the cross. What was his name? Thorleif Thorstein Grim Gaut Further information 3 / 10 This sculpture shows the god Thor fishing for Jörmungandr (the Midgard Serpent). Where is this sculpture? Lythe Gosforth Sockburn Penrith Further Information 4 / 10 This fragment of an Isle of Man cross slab shows a figure holding a book and a cross who is trampling a snake on one side and Fenrir Wolf swallowing Odin on the other. Where is this cross? Jurby Maughold Braddan Andreas Further Information 5 / 10 This whalebone plaque came from a boat burial in the United Kingdom. Where was this burial? Balladoole Knock y Doonee Port an Eilean Mhòir Scar Further Information 6 / 10 This small silver cup has given its name to a Viking Age art style. Which art style is it? Mammen Style Ringerike Style Jellinge Style Urnes Style Further information 7 / 10 This peninsula is a naturally fortified site in Orkney. Excavations here show that the settlement was probably the stronghold of a Viking chieftain. Where is it? Brough of Bigging Brough of Deerness Brough Head Brough of Birsay Further Information 8 / 10 This Ringerike style sculpture was found in the churchyard of an English town. Which town? Derby Nottingham York London Further Information 9 / 10 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles for 851 record “hæþne men ærest ofer winter sæton” (the heathens [i.e. the Vikings] now for the first time remained over winter). Where did they remain over winter? Isle of Thanet Isle of Wight Isle of Oxney Isle of Sheppey Further information 10 / 10 This Norse farmhouse was destroyed when Mount Hekla erupted in 1104. Excavations also discovered the remains of a small church and a graveyard. A reconstruction of the farm has been constructed on a site nearby. Where is the excavated farmhouse? Stöng Eiríksstaðir Ólafsvík Hrísbrú Further information Your score is The average score is 50% 0% Restart quiz Restart the Quiz