Vikings

Test your viking knowledge with these five questions

Medieval warrior berserk Viking with tattoo with axes attacks enemy. Concept historical photo
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True or false: the Vikings were a genetically related, homogenous group of blond, blue-eyed Scandinavians.

A. True

B. False

C. It’s complicated

B. False. A new extensive genetic analysis of Viking remains has revealed that being a “Viking” was more defined by a lifestyle than genetics. Some Vikings even had Southern European or Asian ancestry.

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