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