In Development

Odin's Challenge is an interactive flash application (game) that tests and builds your knowledge of Norse mythology, Icelandic sagas, Viking history, and modern Viking appearances in pop culture. Source material for each question/answer is cited and linked. PICTURES are included when appropriate or gratifying. Questions and answers are randomized so that the experience is different every time you play. The application is intended to be educational, not a time-wasting trivia game; by including some of the source material and linking to external resources, users can explore the topics they find interesting.

Features

• Easy to add additional questions (mechanism still to be determined).
• Questions are categorized by topic and difficulty, both of which can be controlled in the Options menu.
  • Difficulty: 1-4
  • Categories: Eddas, Egil's Saga, Volsunga Saga, Other Sagas, Modern Appearances/Pop Culture, History
• Time limit on questions prevents cheating
• After a question has been answered, source material and supplementary resources are provided.
  • Quotes from the source material (i.e. Poetic Edda)
  • Link to full source material online
  • Related media and pictures with links back to their sources
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Screenshot 1: Title Screen

Screenshot 2: Odin asks a question, user answers correctly, supplemental information is displayed on the right frame. Clicking the title of the supplemental information, namely Prose Edda, links to the Havamal online. Clicking the picture in the lower right links to the Creative Commons version, available in higher resolution. The number 8 is the timer; you only have a set amount of seconds to answer, in order to thwart cheaters.

Test Flash application: Yes, PBWorks will (just barely) tolerate Flash.