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