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