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Which Viking hero may never have existed as one man?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which king burned cakes while hiding from Vikings, says legend?

    Answer: Alfred the Great

    Why: The earliest known version of the cake story comes from a Life of St Neot, written about a century after Alfred died.

  2. 2 Medium

    Where are most runestones found?

    Answer: Sweden

    Why: Sweden's Uppland province alone holds nearly 1,200 runic inscriptions in stone.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which Norse deity shared those killed in battle with Odin?

    Answer: Freyja

    Why: Not every fallen warrior went to Valhalla: Freyja chose half of them each day for her own field, Fólkvangr.

  4. 4 Easy

    What were Viking round shields mostly made of?

    Answer: wood

    Why: The Gokstad ship burial in Norway held 64 wooden shields, their planks painted yellow or black.

  5. 5 Medium

    Where did Vikings raid a monastery in 793?

    Answer: Lindisfarne

    Why: Iona, the other famous island monastery, was raided two years later, in 795.

  6. 6 Hard

    What was Norse Greenland's main export to Europe?

    Answer: Walrus ivory

    Why: Ancient DNA shows that by the 1100s, Greenland supplied nearly all the walrus ivory reaching Western Europe.

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