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