Statistics for Scotland Council Quiz - Orkney Islands

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General Stats

  • This quiz has been taken 53 times
  • The average score is 11 of 15

Answer Stats

HintAnswer% Correct
Largest town on the Orkney IslandsKirkwall
98%
449 foot red sandstone sea stack off the island of HoyOld {Man} of Hoy
91%
Name given to someone from the Orkney IslandsOrcadian
88%
Remarkable prehistoric village which is one of Orkney's most-visited ancient sites{Skara} Brae
86%
Sheltered body of water in the Orkneys which was the main British naval base during WW2Scapa Flow
84%
Ornate Catholic place of worship in the Orkney Islands, built during WW2 by POWs{Italian} Chapel
81%
Second-most populous town which has a ferry service to Scrabster on the mainlandStromness
79%
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
77%
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
74%
The village of Burwick on this island is the closest Orkney harbour to the Scottish mainlandSouth {Ronaldsay}
74%
Orkney born physician Thomas Stewart Traill edited the 8th edition of this prestigious encyclopaedia while a Professor at the University of EdinburghEncyclopaedia {Britannica}
72%
Large stone circle dating from the late Neolithic period, which has a ditch and causeways{Ring} of Brodgar
72%
Britain’s most northerly Cathedral, known as the ‘Light in the North’St. Magnus
67%
In October 1939, this battleship, moored in the Orkneys, was sunk by a German U-boatRoyal Oak
51%
According to the 'Orkneyinga Saga' this man was the most powerful of all the earls of OrkneyThorfinn the {Mighty}
40%

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