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Which creature kills Beowulf in his final fight?
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Who names Vinland in the Icelandic sagas?
Answer: Leif Erikson
Why: Norse ruins found in 1960 at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland proved that Norse sailors reached America centuries before Columbus.
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What did Edward III grant Chaucer every day for life?
Answer: A pitcher of wine
Why: Four years later, Chaucer traded the daily wine for a cash payment of 20 marks a year.
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What was Cædmon before a dream made him a poet?
Answer: A cowherd
Why: Before his gift appeared, he would slip away from feasts when the harp came round, since he knew no songs.
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Which animal's French name comes from a medieval trickster?
Answer: The fox
Why: Before the trickster Renart made his name the common word, the French word for fox was goupil.
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What nearly destroyed the only Beowulf manuscript in 1731?
Answer: A fire
Why: The flames scorched the edges of its pages, which kept crumbling until each leaf was set in a paper frame in 1845.
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Where does Brunhild rule as queen in the Nibelungenlied?
Answer: Iceland
Why: Any suitor must beat her in three contests of strength: the javelin, the stone throw and the leap.
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