Q 01/05

Which animated series features its hero celebrating Leif Erikson Day?

A) The Fairly OddParents

B) SpongeBob SquarePants

C) Phineas and Ferb

D) Adventure Time

Answer · why

B) SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants. In the episode 'Bubble Buddy' he wakes up thrilled that it is Leif Erikson Day, finds no friend free to celebrate, and makes hi...

Q 02/05

According to one saga, how did Leif Erikson's father, Erik the Red, die?

A) In a shipwreck off Greenland

B) In a duel over land

C) In a hunting accident

D) In a winter epidemic

Answer · why

D) In a winter epidemic

In a winter epidemic. The Saga of the Greenlanders says sickness struck the winter after Leif came home from Vinland, and Erik's death left his son to...

Q 03/05

By what nickname is Erikson also known?

A) Leif the Bold

B) Leif the Lucky

C) Leif the Fair

D) Leif Ironside

Answer · why

B) Leif the Lucky

Leif the Lucky. The sagas give him the name for a rescue he made on the voyage home from Vinland, not for finding a new land.

Q 04/05

Vinland, the name Leif Erikson gave the land he found, is usually translated as the land of what?

A) Friends

B) Wind

C) Wine

D) Victory

Answer · why

C) Wine

Wine. The sagas say his crew found grapevines there, and wine was a luxury that Norse chieftains prized; some scholars read the name as 'meadow-land' ...

Q 05/05

In which modern country is L'Anse aux Meadows, the Norse site often linked to Leif Erikson's settlement?

A) Iceland

B) Greenland

C) United States

D) Canada

Answer · why

D) Canada

Canada. It sits on Newfoundland's northern tip, and the 'Meadows' is thought to be an English reshaping of an older French name for the cove, from the...