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