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Sagas, poetry and modern literature
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- Who wrote Independent People (Sjálfstætt fólk), a 1934-35 novel about a sheep farmer?
- Which novel by Halldór Laxness follows the fisher girl Salka Valka?
- Which Icelandic poet, born in 1807, wrote the poem Ísland, farsælda frón?
- Who wrote the text of the Icelandic national anthem Lofsöngur?
- Which saga tells of the poet and warrior Egill Skallagrímsson?
- Which saga is centred on the love triangle involving Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir?
- Which saga tells of the outlaw Gísli Súrsson?
- Which collection of mythological stories in prose was written by Snorri Sturluson?
- Which work by Snorri Sturluson is a history of the kings of Norway?
- What are 'skalds'?
- Which feature of Old Norse poetry is the repetition of the same initial sounds in the stressed syllables of a line?
- Which of the following is an Icelandic letter that represents the sound as in the English word 'think'?
- Which of the following is an Icelandic letter that represents the voiced 'th' as in 'this'?
- How many letters are in the modern Icelandic alphabet?
- What is the Icelandic word for 'thank you'?
- What is the Icelandic word for 'yes'?
- What does 'Góðan daginn' mean?
- What is the Icelandic word for 'island'?
- Which Icelandic word means 'glacier'?
- Which Icelandic word means 'volcano'?
- What does the word 'foss' mean in Icelandic place names such as Gullfoss?
- Which Icelandic word means 'geyser' or 'hot spring' and is the source of the English word?
- What does a typical Icelandic name such as 'Björnsson' show?
- Which of the following is an Icelandic tradition on the Christmas season?
- What is Þorrablót?
- Which Icelandic author wrote the crime novels featuring Detective Erlendur?
- Which Icelandic writer wrote the lyrics for Björk's film Dancer in the Dark and the novel The Blue Fox?
- Which Icelandic singer-songwriter is known internationally for the album Homogenic?
- Which Icelandic band is known for the album Ágætis byrjun?
- Which Icelandic grammatical gender does not exist in the language?
- Which Icelandic case is used for the direct object of most verbs?
- Which Icelandic case is the case of the subject of a sentence?
- How is the definite article usually added in Icelandic, as in 'hús' (house) and 'húsið' (the house)?
- Which language is Icelandic most closely related to?
- Why has modern Icelandic changed less than other Nordic languages since the Middle Ages?
- Which Icelandic scholar collected manuscripts in the early eighteenth century that were later returned from Denmark?
- What is a 'rímur' in Icelandic literature?
- Which period of Icelandic literature included the work of the poet Hallgrímur Pétursson?
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