{"id":13976,"date":"2026-04-20T02:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/runic-alphabet-of-the-viking-age\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:03:51","slug":"runic-alphabet-of-the-viking-age","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/runic-alphabet-of-the-viking-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Runic alphabet of the Viking Age?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which runic alphabet was predominantly used in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, including in Denmark?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elder Futhark<\/li>\n<li>Younger Futhark<\/li>\n<li>Anglo-Saxon Futhorc<\/li>\n<li>Gothic alphabet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1902,1901],"subject":[1899],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-13976","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-ancient-history-of-denmark","topic-ancient-scandinavia","subject-european-history","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"During the Viking Age (roughly late 8th to 11th centuries CE), the Younger Futhark was the main runic alphabet used across Scandinavia, including Denmark. It developed from the older Elder Futhark and reduced the number of runes, reflecting linguistic changes in the Norse language. The Anglo-Saxon Futhorc was used in England, while the Gothic script is a distinct writing system used for the Gothic language.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Elder Futhark"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Younger Futhark"},{"right":"no","answer":"Anglo-Saxon Futhorc"},{"right":"no","answer":"Gothic alphabet"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1899,"title":"European History","slug":"european-history"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1902,"title":"Ancient History of Denmark","slug":"ancient-history-of-denmark"},{"id":1901,"title":"Ancient Scandinavia","slug":"ancient-scandinavia"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/13976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=13976"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=13976"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=13976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}