Scotland Council Quiz - Orkney Islands - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Largest town on the Orkney Islands Kirkwall
97%
449 foot red sandstone sea stack off the island of Hoy Old {Man} of Hoy
90%
Name given to someone from the Orkney Islands Orcadian
89%
Remarkable prehistoric village which is one of Orkney's most-visited ancient sites {Skara} Brae
80%
Small, fertile island, to the north of the island of Westray. The two islands are connected by the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world at under two minutes {Papa} Westray
77%
Second-most populous town which has a ferry service to Scrabster on the mainland Stromness
77%
Ornate Catholic place of worship in the Orkney Islands, built during WW2 by POWs {Italian} Chapel
75%
Sheltered body of water in the Orkneys which was the main British naval base during WW2 Scapa Flow
75%
Protective causeways linking some of the islands, intended to prevent enemy submarines from entering the above body of water and attacking the fleet {Churchill} Barriers
69%
The village of Burwick on this island is the closest Orkney harbour to the Scottish mainland South {Ronaldsay}
69%
Orkney born physician Thomas Stewart Traill edited the 8th edition of this prestigious encyclopaedia while a Professor at the University of Edinburgh Encyclopaedia {Britannica}
67%
Large stone circle dating from the late Neolithic period, which has a ditch and causeways {Ring} of Brodgar
67%
Britain’s most northerly Cathedral, known as the ‘Light in the North’ St. Magnus
64%
In October 1939, this battleship, moored in the Orkneys, was sunk by a German U-boat Royal Oak
44%
According to the 'Orkneyinga Saga' this man was the most powerful of all the earls of Orkney Thorfinn the {Mighty}
28%
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