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