Trivia Quiz:

 

Which Lord of the Rings' character was taken directly from The Poetic Edda, a Norse book?

(source: http://www.indiana.edu/~wfiu/ethergame/trivia/newquiz_vikings.htm)

 

What was melomel?

 

Who was the queen who went with her husband, Louis King of France, on the second Crusade?

 

The historical prince whom Stoker based his vampire count in his books?

 

What was the name of the Scandinavians who served as guards to the Byzantine emperors?

 

Which battle helped secure the throne of Scotland for Robert the Bruce?

 

In Norse myth, what is the land of the giants?

 

A horse that was barded was...

 

What is a hauberk?

 

In what language did Geoffrey Chaucer write The Canterbury Tales?

 

In Heraldry, what is an Annulet?

 

(source: http://historymedren.about.com)