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