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What do you know about the Vikings?

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This aerial photo shows several phases of Viking Age buildings on a site in Shetland. Where is this site?

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According to Norse mythology, the first two humans were created from driftwood logs by the gods Odin, Hönir and Lothur. What were the names of the humans?

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This Christian cross shows scenes from Norse mythology. Where is it?

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This early 12th century baptismal font shows Gunnar lying in the snake pit surrounded by four snakes and with a harp at his feet. A runic inscription reads 'svæn : kærðe' (Sveinn made me). Which font is this?

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This stone is believed to show Loki after he was bound. Which English church is it in?

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This tenth-century soapstone mould from Denmark produced both Thor’s hammers and Christian crosses. Whereabouts in Denmark was it found?

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This is a reconstruction of the first cathedral in Iceland. It was built in 1056. Where was it built?

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In the ninth-century a Viking carved his name on the parapet of a gallery in a church that was very distant from his homeland. Where was that church?

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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?

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DNA tests on the skeletons from this Danish grave suggest that they are mother and son. The woman is pinned down by two large rocks and the man may have been hanged. Where was this grave?

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