A) Russian B) French C) Italian D) English
A) Kirkwall B) Inverness C) Stornoway D) Lerwick
A) Puffin B) Parrot C) Peacock D) Flamingo
A) Agriculture B) Mining C) Fishing D) Tourism
A) Baltic Sea B) North Sea C) Arctic Ocean D) Mediterranean Sea
A) Sinclair B) Murray C) MacDonald D) Campbell
A) Cable B) Fair Isle C) Argyle D) Intarsia
A) Merino Sheep B) Shetland Sheep C) Suffolk Sheep D) Dorper Sheep
A) Ann Cleeves B) Stephen King C) J.K. Rowling D) Agatha Christie
A) Unst B) Fetlar C) Mainland D) Yell
A) October B) March C) January D) July
A) Norse B) Danish C) Swedish D) Finnish
A) About 110 miles to the northeast B) About 50 miles to the northwest C) About 140 miles to the northeast D) About 50 miles to the northeast
A) Desert climate B) Continental climate C) Mediterranean climate D) Oceanic climate
A) 10th century B) Late 8th and 9th centuries C) 11th century D) 12th century
A) As security for the unpaid dowry of his daughter Margaret B) To establish a trade agreement C) As a gift to Scotland D) To pay off a war debt
A) 1500 B) 1472 C) 1469 D) 1468
A) Land of the free B) Með lögum skal land byggja C) Strength through unity D) Unity in diversity
A) A classical musical style B) A modern musical style C) A weak musical tradition D) A strong musical tradition
A) It is a famous battle cry B) It appears on the Council's coat of arms C) It is a tourist slogan D) It is a modern slogan
A) 20 B) 25 C) 10 D) 16
A) 200 sq mi (518 km2) B) 1000 sq mi (2590 km2) C) 500 sq mi (1296 km2) D) 373 sq mi (967 km2)
A) 30,000 B) 23,190 C) 15,000 D) 50,000
A) It marks the westernmost region of the United Kingdom B) It marks the northernmost region of the United Kingdom C) It marks the southernmost region of the United Kingdom D) It marks the easternmost region of the United Kingdom
A) Led to a decline in Shetland's economy B) Caused environmental degradation C) Had no significant impact D) Significantly boosted Shetland's economy, employment and public-sector revenues
A) Caledones B) Haemodae C) Cat D) Pictish
A) Julius Caesar B) Tacitus C) Pliny the Elder D) Pomponius Mela
A) Insi Catt B) Acmodae C) Thule D) Haemodae
A) Cicero B) Pliny the Elder C) Tacitus D) Pomponius Mela
A) Insi Hjalt B) Insi Catt C) Insi Acmodae D) Insi Thule
A) Cat B) Haemodae C) Acmodae D) Caledones
A) Zetland B) Acmodae C) Hjaltland D) Hetland
A) Thule B) Hiltland C) Haemodae D) Catland
A) 1190 B) 1431 C) AD 77 D) AD 43
A) Hetland B) Acmodae C) Hjaltland D) Zetland
A) Greek B) Norn C) Old English D) Latin
A) Yogh B) Z C) H D) C
A) H B) Z C) C D) Y
A) Old English B) Pictish C) Greek D) Latin
A) False B) Norse C) True D) Latin
A) World War I B) The Napoleonic Wars C) World War II D) The Crimean War
A) 65,000 tonnes B) 70,000 tonnes C) 75,767 tonnes D) 80,000 tonnes
A) Noss B) Fair Isle C) Foula D) Mousa
A) Limestone B) Granite C) Ophiolite D) Old Red Sandstone
A) The British League B) The Hanseatic League C) The Norse League D) The Scottish League
A) SIBC B) Shetland Radio C) Shetland Sound D) Shetland FM
A) Long barrows B) Bell barrows C) Heel-shaped cairns D) Round barrows
A) Unst B) Yell C) Mainland D) Muness
A) The 10th Cruiser Squadron B) The Shetland Bus C) The Royal Navy D) The Gordon Highlanders
A) 31,670 B) 17,814 C) 25,000 D) 40,000
A) Scalloway B) Lerwick C) Unst D) Bressay
A) Steady snowfall B) Cumulonimbus or towering cumulus showers C) Blizzards D) Light snow showers
A) The Viking leaders B) The Norwegian crown C) The Scottish crown D) The Pictish leaders
A) Lunnasting B) Noss C) Foula D) Mousa
A) Germany B) United States C) Norway D) United Kingdom
A) Simmer dim B) Eternal light C) Midnight sun D) Polar day
A) Yell Hill B) Ronas Hill C) St Ninian's Hill D) Unst Hill
A) James II B) James V C) James III D) James IV
A) A tsunami caused by the Storegga Slide B) A meteor impact C) A volcanic eruption D) An earthquake
A) Robert Stewart B) Alexander III C) James III D) Alexander II
A) Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre B) Viking leader Sigurd the Mighty C) King Bridei I of the Picts D) Earl Rognvald Eysteinsson
A) 60,000 ha B) 41,833 ha C) 50,000 ha D) 30,000 ha
A) 1766 B) 1609 C) 1643 D) 1472
A) 1470 B) 1380 C) 1266 D) 1469
A) 892 B) 875 C) 1195 D) 1098
A) About 10,000 people B) About 6,958 people C) About 22,920 people D) Fewer than 1,000 people
A) 900 hours B) 1110 hours C) 800 hours D) 1500 hours
A) Norse artifacts from the Viking Age B) Stone tools made from felsite from Northmavine C) Pottery shards found at Jarlshof D) Bronze weapons used in the Iron Age
A) Tourism B) Transporting oil C) Conducting covert operations D) Fishing
A) Coal energy B) Natural gas energy C) Clean renewable energy D) Nuclear energy
A) Near 14 °C (57 °F) B) Near 10 °C (50 °F) C) Near 20 °C (68 °F) D) Near 18 °C (64 °F)
A) Anticipated visual impact B) Cost C) Noise pollution D) Environmental damage
A) Hydrogen B) Electric C) Solar D) Nuclear
A) William Gladstone B) James Gordon C) Leif Larsen D) John Smith
A) The Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 B) The Home Rule Act C) The Shetland Autonomy Act D) The Act of Union 1707
A) Half B) Two-thirds C) One-third D) Three-quarters
A) £200 million B) £150 million C) £180 million D) £170 million
A) The Iron Age B) The Bronze Age C) The Viking Age D) The Neolithic
A) Renewable energy B) Mining C) Aquaculture D) Agriculture
A) Knitwear B) Weaving C) Painting D) Pottery
A) Atlantic mackerel B) Haddock C) Cod D) Herring
A) High meat yield B) Large size C) Fast growth D) Unusually fine wool
A) January 2020 B) June 2023 C) August 2024 D) December 2022
A) 1915 B) 1880 C) 1905 D) 1920
A) Baltasound B) Lerwick C) Brae D) Scalloway
A) Rognvald Eysteinsson B) Harald Maddadsson C) Sigurd the Mighty D) King Olaf I Tryggvason
A) Haakon IV Haakonsson B) William Sinclair C) Patrick Stewart D) Jon Haraldsson
A) 70% B) 90% C) 50% D) 30%
A) Skaw B) Scalloway C) Unst D) Lerwick
A) The Pictish rebellion B) The Norse rebellion C) The Eyjarskeggjar rebellion D) The Shetland uprising
A) 1980 B) 1985 C) 1975 D) 1978
A) Mousa B) Noss C) Foula D) Out Stack
A) Ten B) Three C) Eight D) Five
A) Lerwick TV Station B) Bressay TV transmitter C) Shetland Radio Transmitter D) Sumburgh TV Facility
A) Agriculture B) Tourism C) Petroleum D) Fishing
A) 50 trips B) 300 trips C) Over 200 trips D) 100 trips
A) Monkfish B) Salmon C) Tuna D) Sardines
A) 31,670 B) 25,000 C) 20,000 D) 17,814
A) Mousa B) Noss C) Out Stack D) St Ninian's Isle
A) 22,920 B) 10,000 C) 6,958 D) 1,000 |