A) Italian B) Russian C) English D) French
A) Lerwick B) Kirkwall C) Stornoway D) Inverness
A) Puffin B) Peacock C) Flamingo D) Parrot
A) Agriculture B) Mining C) Tourism D) Fishing
A) Baltic Sea B) Arctic Ocean C) Mediterranean Sea D) North Sea
A) Campbell B) Murray C) Sinclair D) MacDonald
A) Fair Isle B) Intarsia C) Cable D) Argyle
A) Merino Sheep B) Suffolk Sheep C) Shetland Sheep D) Dorper Sheep
A) Ann Cleeves B) J.K. Rowling C) Agatha Christie D) Stephen King
A) Yell B) Unst C) Fetlar D) Mainland
A) October B) July C) March D) January
A) Norse B) Danish C) Finnish D) Swedish
A) About 50 miles to the northwest B) About 140 miles to the northeast C) About 110 miles to the northeast D) About 50 miles to the northeast
A) Mediterranean climate B) Desert climate C) Continental climate D) Oceanic climate
A) 10th century B) 11th century C) Late 8th and 9th centuries D) 12th century
A) To pay off a war debt B) As security for the unpaid dowry of his daughter Margaret C) As a gift to Scotland D) To establish a trade agreement
A) 1500 B) 1468 C) 1472 D) 1469
A) Unity in diversity B) Strength through unity C) Með lögum skal land byggja D) Land of the free
A) A classical musical style B) A modern musical style C) A strong musical tradition D) A weak musical tradition
A) It is a famous battle cry B) It appears on the Council's coat of arms C) It is a tourist slogan D) It is a modern slogan
A) 10 B) 25 C) 20 D) 16
A) 373 sq mi (967 km2) B) 200 sq mi (518 km2) C) 500 sq mi (1296 km2) D) 1000 sq mi (2590 km2)
A) 23,190 B) 30,000 C) 15,000 D) 50,000
A) It marks the northernmost region of the United Kingdom B) It marks the westernmost region of the United Kingdom C) It marks the easternmost 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) Caused environmental degradation D) Significantly boosted Shetland's economy, employment and public-sector revenues
A) Cat B) Pictish C) Haemodae D) Caledones
A) Pliny the Elder B) Tacitus C) Pomponius Mela D) Julius Caesar
A) Haemodae B) Acmodae C) Insi Catt D) Thule
A) Tacitus B) Pliny the Elder C) Cicero D) Pomponius Mela
A) Insi Acmodae B) Insi Hjalt C) Insi Catt D) Insi Thule
A) Acmodae B) Caledones C) Haemodae D) Cat
A) Zetland B) Hjaltland C) Hetland D) Acmodae
A) Haemodae B) Thule C) Catland D) Hiltland
A) 1190 B) 1431 C) AD 77 D) AD 43
A) Hetland B) Zetland C) Hjaltland D) Acmodae
A) Norn B) Greek C) Latin D) Old English
A) Yogh B) Z C) C D) H
A) H B) Y C) Z D) C
A) Latin B) Old English C) Pictish D) Greek
A) False B) Norse C) Latin D) True
A) Out Stack B) Mousa C) Noss D) St Ninian's Isle
A) Ophiolite B) Limestone C) Granite D) Old Red Sandstone
A) A volcanic eruption B) An earthquake C) A meteor impact D) A tsunami caused by the Storegga Slide
A) Unst Hill B) Yell Hill C) St Ninian's Hill D) Ronas Hill
A) Unst B) Scalloway C) Lerwick D) Bressay
A) 50,000 ha B) 41,833 ha C) 60,000 ha D) 30,000 ha
A) Mainland B) Muness C) Unst D) Yell
A) Lerwick B) Skaw C) Scalloway D) Unst
A) Fair Isle B) Noss C) Mousa D) Foula
A) About 6,958 people B) About 10,000 people C) Fewer than 1,000 people D) About 22,920 people
A) Foula B) Out Stack C) Mousa D) Noss
A) 22,920 B) 6,958 C) 1,000 D) 10,000
A) Lunnasting B) Mousa C) Noss D) Foula
A) Near 20 °C (68 °F) B) Near 10 °C (50 °F) C) Near 14 °C (57 °F) D) Near 18 °C (64 °F)
A) Cumulonimbus or towering cumulus showers B) Light snow showers C) Steady snowfall D) Blizzards
A) Eternal light B) Polar day C) Midnight sun D) Simmer dim
A) 900 hours B) 1500 hours C) 800 hours D) 1110 hours
A) Lerwick B) Baltasound C) Brae D) Scalloway
A) Three B) Five C) Eight D) Ten
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) Bell barrows B) Round barrows C) Long barrows D) Heel-shaped cairns
A) Viking leader Sigurd the Mighty B) Earl Rognvald Eysteinsson C) Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre D) King Bridei I of the Picts
A) 1195 B) 1098 C) 892 D) 875
A) Rognvald Eysteinsson B) King Olaf I Tryggvason C) Sigurd the Mighty D) Harald Maddadsson
A) The Viking Age B) The Bronze Age C) The Iron Age D) The Neolithic
A) The Pictish leaders B) The Viking leaders C) The Norwegian crown D) The Scottish crown
A) The Norse rebellion B) The Eyjarskeggjar rebellion C) The Shetland uprising D) The Pictish rebellion
A) James III B) Alexander III C) Alexander II D) Robert Stewart
A) Haakon IV Haakonsson B) Patrick Stewart C) William Sinclair D) Jon Haraldsson
A) 1380 B) 1266 C) 1470 D) 1469
A) James II B) James V C) James IV D) James III
A) The British League B) The Norse League C) The Scottish League D) The Hanseatic League
A) 1766 B) 1472 C) 1643 D) 1609
A) World War II B) The Crimean War C) World War I D) The Napoleonic Wars
A) 25,000 B) 31,670 C) 17,814 D) 40,000
A) 50% B) 70% C) 30% D) 90%
A) The Shetland Autonomy Act B) The Home Rule Act C) The Act of Union 1707 D) The Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886
A) 1880 B) 1915 C) 1920 D) 1905
A) The Gordon Highlanders B) The 10th Cruiser Squadron C) The Shetland Bus D) The Royal Navy
A) 50 trips B) 300 trips C) 100 trips D) Over 200 trips
A) Leif Larsen B) John Smith C) James Gordon D) William Gladstone
A) 31,670 B) 17,814 C) 20,000 D) 25,000
A) Conducting covert operations B) Transporting oil C) Fishing D) Tourism
A) Renewable energy B) Agriculture C) Mining D) Aquaculture
A) Norway B) Germany C) United States D) United Kingdom
A) Coal energy B) Clean renewable energy C) Nuclear energy D) Natural gas energy
A) Cod B) Herring C) Atlantic mackerel D) Haddock
A) £200 million B) £150 million C) £170 million D) £180 million
A) 65,000 tonnes B) 75,767 tonnes C) 70,000 tonnes D) 80,000 tonnes
A) Fishing B) Petroleum C) Tourism D) Agriculture
A) Nuclear B) Hydrogen C) Electric D) Solar
A) Tuna B) Sardines C) Salmon D) Monkfish
A) 1985 B) 1978 C) 1980 D) 1975
A) Two-thirds B) Half C) One-third D) Three-quarters
A) Anticipated visual impact B) Noise pollution C) Environmental damage D) Cost
A) August 2024 B) December 2022 C) January 2020 D) June 2023
A) Unusually fine wool B) Fast growth C) High meat yield D) Large size
A) Knitwear B) Pottery C) Painting D) Weaving
A) Bressay TV transmitter B) Shetland Radio Transmitter C) Sumburgh TV Facility D) Lerwick TV Station
A) Shetland Sound B) SIBC C) Shetland FM D) Shetland Radio |