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