Lore Test (June 3rd Edition)
Nichole: Assembles wedding guests. She changes CD over to processional MUSIC. The guests should stand when the procession begins.
Lore Test
25 questions, all multiple choice
1. In Njal's Saga, What is the Name of Hrut's troublesome niece?
a) Thorgrim
b) Mary Mother of Jay-sus
c) Thorgerd
d) Hallgerd
2. In Alvissmal, Thor was glad to see the sun coming up because:
a) He was running out of questions to ask that he knew the answers to
b) All talk and less hammer-pounding makes for a hungry Thor
c) Alvis was a dwarf and the sun turned him to stone
d) Alvis could now use the morning light to see his way home
3. What was the one thing that Frigga did not approach and enlist from a promise not to kill her son?
a) The Ash tree - because the world tree could not harm the gods that protect it
b) The Mistletoe - because it was too small to do anyone harm
c) The Canary - because annoying as they may be, they cannot sing anyone to death
d) The Inchworm - because it is too slow to worry about
4. What is the name of the first European to be born in North America?
a) Snorri
b) Leif
c) Hakon
d) Thor
5. What happened in 925 AD?
a) Venerable Bede wrote his history
b) Athelstan became king
c) Stefn Thorsman was born
d) Snorri Sturluson was made godhi
6. When was Offa king of Mercia?
a) 757-796
b) 1050-1100
c) 713-743
d) 824-870
7. Who is Skadhi’s second husband?
a) Thor
b) Odin
c) Njord
d) Björn
8. Who is the mother of Fjolne?
a) Gefion
b) Sif
c) Freyja
d) Gerd
9. Why did Dag the Wise plunder Varna?
a) It was a good idea at the time
b) A peasant killed a sparrow
c) In order to win the land from Dygve
d) Because Yngvi killed his kinsman, Alf
10. Why was Olaf the Tree-Feller burnt to death in his house?
a) The Swedes used him as a sacrifice to Odin for good crops
b) He cut down too many trees for his own good
c) He had raised an army to plunder Varna
d) He ordered his guests burned in a new hall at Upsalla
11. When was Lindisfarne sacked?
a) June 15, 796
b) June 8, 793
c) June 4, 652
d) June 16, 1250
12. If he lived, what would be one thing Grendel could not do?
a) Ride a horse
b) Dance a jig
c) Raise a horn
d) Applaud
13. What is referred to as: “Riding is to the warrior in the hall easy/But very strenuous for one who sits on top/Of a powerful horse over the long miles?”
a) Rad
b) Nyd
c) Cen
d) Eh
14. Where do sybils come from?
a) Vanaheim
b) Vidolf
c) Vilmeid
d) Ljosalfheim
15. Who is Narfi’s daughter?
a) Mani
b) Sunna
c) Day
d) Night
16. Where does Saga live?
a) Fensalir
b) Sessrumnir
c) Near Long Beach
d) Sokkvabekk
17. Who is Vali’s mother?
a) Rind
b) Freyja
c) Zisa
d) Gefjion
18. When did the oceans recede?
a) When Odin rode Sleipnir to Helheim
b) When Thor went fishing with an ox-head
c) When they saw Patty awake in the morning
d) When Thor drank from Utgard-Loki’s horn
19. What is Aegir’s fire?
a) mead
b) the sun
c) gold
d) his temper
20. What did Gudrun serve to King Atli?
a) Roast wild boar and savory potatoes
b) Mead served in goblets made from his son’s skulls
c) The liver of his closest battle-leader
d) A vodka martini, shaken not stirred
21. Why does Freyr no longer have a sword?
a) He decided he’d rather use a stag’s antler
b) He lost it betting on a horse race
c) He gave it up for love of a girl
d) He is the god of frith, and needs no weapon
22. What was the Danelaw?
a) a parchment relating how Danes were to be buried
b) a region of England roughly north of the Thames to London
c) half the reason Hamlet had to kill his uncle
d) the Danish occupation of England circa 1100-1300
23. Who are Mani’s servants?
a) Syn and Eir
b) Bil and Hiuki
c) Troius and Cressida
d) Hoenir and Odur
24. Who or what are Dain, Dvalin, Duneyr, and Durathror?
a) The dwarves who created Brisingamen and slept with Freyja
b) Four or Valhalla’s most prominent warriors
c) The four stags that feed off of Yggdrasil
d) The dwarves that uphold Ymir’s skull
25. What are the names of Thor’s goats?
a) Tanngnost and Tanngrisnir
b) Heidrun and Lerad
c) Gullinbursti and Freyfaxi
d) Dæg and Demarus
!!EXTRA CREDIT!!
Which of these is an example of Hallgerd’s “orney-ness?”
a) Throwing a horn of mead at her uncle, Hrut
b) Refusing to marry Thorstein
c) Kicking over the High Seat during spae
d) Having her foster father, Thjostolf, kill two of her husbands
For the answers, email Patty.
-TRK-
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