A) Russian B) French C) Italian D) English
A) Lerwick B) Kirkwall C) Inverness D) Stornoway
A) Parrot B) Peacock C) Puffin D) Flamingo
A) Fishing B) Mining C) Agriculture D) Tourism
A) Baltic Sea B) North Sea C) Mediterranean Sea D) Arctic Ocean
A) Campbell B) Murray C) MacDonald D) Sinclair
A) Cable B) Intarsia C) Fair Isle D) Argyle
A) Dorper Sheep B) Merino Sheep C) Suffolk Sheep D) Shetland Sheep
A) J.K. Rowling B) Ann Cleeves C) Agatha Christie D) Stephen King
A) Yell B) Unst C) Fetlar D) Mainland
A) July B) October C) January D) March
A) Swedish B) Finnish C) Norse D) Danish
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) Continental climate B) Desert 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) To pay off a war debt D) As a gift to Scotland
A) 1468 B) 1469 C) 1500 D) 1472
A) Land of the free B) Strength through unity C) Með lögum skal land byggja D) Unity in diversity
A) A weak musical tradition B) A classical musical style C) A strong musical tradition D) A modern musical style
A) It appears on the Council's coat of arms B) It is a famous battle cry C) It is a modern slogan D) It is a tourist slogan
A) 16 B) 20 C) 10 D) 25
A) 200 sq mi (518 km2) B) 500 sq mi (1296 km2) C) 373 sq mi (967 km2) D) 1000 sq mi (2590 km2)
A) 30,000 B) 15,000 C) 50,000 D) 23,190
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) 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) Caledones B) Haemodae C) Pictish D) Cat
A) Tacitus B) Julius Caesar C) Pliny the Elder D) Pomponius Mela
A) Haemodae B) Acmodae C) Insi Catt D) Thule
A) Cicero B) Pomponius Mela C) Pliny the Elder D) Tacitus
A) Insi Catt B) Insi Hjalt C) Insi Thule D) Insi Acmodae
A) Acmodae B) Cat C) Haemodae D) Caledones
A) Hjaltland B) Acmodae C) Zetland D) Hetland
A) Thule B) Catland C) Hiltland D) Haemodae
A) 1431 B) AD 77 C) 1190 D) AD 43
A) Acmodae B) Hjaltland C) Zetland D) Hetland
A) Norn B) Latin C) Greek D) Old English
A) C B) Z C) H D) Yogh
A) Z B) Y C) C D) H
A) Latin B) Old English C) Pictish D) Greek
A) Norse B) True C) Latin D) False
A) World War I B) World War II C) The Crimean War D) The Napoleonic Wars
A) 75,767 tonnes B) 80,000 tonnes C) 70,000 tonnes D) 65,000 tonnes
A) Mousa B) Fair Isle C) Foula D) Noss
A) Ophiolite B) Old Red Sandstone C) Granite D) Limestone
A) The Scottish League B) The Norse League C) The Hanseatic League D) The British League
A) SIBC B) Shetland FM C) Shetland Sound D) Shetland Radio
A) Bell barrows B) Long barrows C) Round barrows D) Heel-shaped cairns
A) Muness B) Mainland C) Yell D) Unst
A) The Shetland Bus B) The Royal Navy C) The Gordon Highlanders D) The 10th Cruiser Squadron
A) 17,814 B) 40,000 C) 31,670 D) 25,000
A) Bressay B) Scalloway C) Lerwick D) Unst
A) Steady snowfall B) Light snow showers C) Blizzards D) Cumulonimbus or towering cumulus showers
A) The Norwegian crown B) The Viking leaders C) The Scottish crown D) The Pictish leaders
A) Lunnasting B) Mousa C) Noss D) Foula
A) United States B) Germany C) United Kingdom D) Norway
A) Polar day B) Eternal light C) Simmer dim D) Midnight sun
A) Yell Hill B) St Ninian's Hill C) Unst Hill D) Ronas Hill
A) James II B) James III C) James IV D) James V
A) An earthquake B) A volcanic eruption C) A tsunami caused by the Storegga Slide D) A meteor impact
A) Alexander III B) Robert Stewart C) Alexander II D) James III
A) Viking leader Sigurd the Mighty B) Earl Rognvald Eysteinsson C) King Bridei I of the Picts D) Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre
A) 30,000 ha B) 41,833 ha C) 50,000 ha D) 60,000 ha
A) 1472 B) 1643 C) 1766 D) 1609
A) 1469 B) 1470 C) 1266 D) 1380
A) 1098 B) 892 C) 875 D) 1195
A) About 22,920 people B) About 10,000 people C) About 6,958 people D) Fewer than 1,000 people
A) 1500 hours B) 1110 hours C) 900 hours D) 800 hours
A) Stone tools made from felsite from Northmavine B) Norse artifacts from the Viking Age C) Pottery shards found at Jarlshof D) Bronze weapons used in the Iron Age
A) Conducting covert operations B) Transporting oil C) Fishing D) Tourism
A) Nuclear energy B) Coal energy C) Natural gas energy D) Clean renewable energy
A) Near 20 °C (68 °F) B) Near 18 °C (64 °F) C) Near 14 °C (57 °F) D) Near 10 °C (50 °F)
A) Anticipated visual impact B) Cost C) Noise pollution D) Environmental damage
A) Solar B) Electric C) Nuclear D) Hydrogen
A) John Smith B) James Gordon C) Leif Larsen D) William Gladstone
A) The Shetland Autonomy Act B) The Home Rule Act C) The Act of Union 1707 D) The Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886
A) Three-quarters B) Half C) Two-thirds D) One-third
A) £170 million B) £180 million C) £200 million D) £150 million
A) The Viking Age B) The Neolithic C) The Bronze Age D) The Iron Age
A) Renewable energy B) Agriculture C) Mining D) Aquaculture
A) Painting B) Weaving C) Knitwear D) Pottery
A) Haddock B) Atlantic mackerel C) Cod D) Herring
A) Fast growth B) High meat yield C) Unusually fine wool D) Large size
A) January 2020 B) August 2024 C) June 2023 D) December 2022
A) 1915 B) 1920 C) 1880 D) 1905
A) Brae B) Scalloway C) Lerwick D) Baltasound
A) Harald Maddadsson B) Sigurd the Mighty C) King Olaf I Tryggvason D) Rognvald Eysteinsson
A) Jon Haraldsson B) Patrick Stewart C) Haakon IV Haakonsson D) William Sinclair
A) 50% B) 70% C) 30% D) 90%
A) Scalloway B) Unst C) Skaw D) Lerwick
A) The Norse rebellion B) The Eyjarskeggjar rebellion C) The Shetland uprising D) The Pictish rebellion
A) 1975 B) 1978 C) 1985 D) 1980
A) Noss B) Mousa C) Out Stack D) Foula
A) Eight B) Five C) Ten D) Three
A) Bressay TV transmitter B) Lerwick TV Station C) Sumburgh TV Facility D) Shetland Radio Transmitter
A) Petroleum B) Fishing C) Agriculture D) Tourism
A) 100 trips B) 300 trips C) Over 200 trips D) 50 trips
A) Salmon B) Tuna C) Monkfish D) Sardines
A) 25,000 B) 17,814 C) 20,000 D) 31,670
A) Mousa B) Out Stack C) St Ninian's Isle D) Noss
A) 6,958 B) 1,000 C) 10,000 D) 22,920 |