Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers Quiz

Both Völuspá in the Poetic Edda and the Gylfaginning in the Prose Edda relate how the first two humans, were created from two driftwood trees by the gods. What were the names of the first two humans?

This neolithic monument contains Viking Age runic inscriptions. What is the name of the monument?

This Vendel Period helmet plate matrix was part of the grave goods of a burial. Where was that burial?

This Viking Age horizontal mill was excavated at which site in the Orkney Isles?

This Viking Age Ringfort is one of a number created across Denmark and Sweden during the late 1oth century. Which ringfort is it?

This photo shows part of a Viking hoard which consisted of over 8,600 items including silver coins and bullion, and dates to c. 905 AD. The hoard was discovered in 1840. Which hoard is this?

This scene from the Gosforth Cross compares the Crucifixion with the death of one of the Norse gods. Which god was it?

It is the opinion of the excavators of this site that they had found the remains of the ‘Earl’s Bu’, a drinking-hall mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga in AD 1136. Where is this site?

The Valknut is an Early Germanic symbol. In the Viking Age it is closely connected with one of the Norse gods. Which God?

The drawing shows a scene from the Gosforth Cross in which sentry for the Æsir who lives in Himinbjörg by Bifröst, the rainbow bridge that leads to Ásgarð, where he stands guard with his horn Gjöll. What is the name of the sentry?