Packet 13: Bonus 7
Specific Term Required. Thorfinn Karlsefni’s expedition was attacked by these people after a bull broke loose from his camp. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these people encountered by Viking settlers near Vinland. Etymologists believe the words “dried skin” may have given rise to the Norse term for these Inuit peoples.
ANSWER: skrælings (“SKRAY-lingz”) [accept skrælingi or skrælingjar]
[10e] Skrælings were encountered near Vinland by this son of Erik the Red several hundred years before Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
ANSWER: Leif Erikson [accept Leif the Lucky; prompt Leifr; prompt on Erikson]
[10m] Leif Erikson’s encounters with skrælings were depicted in one of these texts named for Erik the Red. The Völsung family was described in a “heroic” one of these texts.
ANSWER: sagas [accept Saga of Erik the Red or Eiríks saga rauða; accept the Völsunga saga or the saga of the Volsungs]
<History - European, Charan Shreekumar> | VAULT II Packet 13 (Finals 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 71% | 29% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight Bus to Vista | Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |