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