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More Scottish Trivia.
Scotland Quiz I
- The Glasgow School of Art building is often considered the masterpiece of which famous architect?
- Which Scottish commercial bank, formed in Glasgow in 1838, is the smallest of the three Scottish banks?
- At the Highland Games, in the tossing the caber event what type of tree is a caber usually made from?
- Which declaration was written in 1320 and proclaimed Scotland’s status as an independent sovereign state?
- Can you name the largest settlements on the following Scottish islands: (a)Lewis and Harris, (b)Shetland, (c)Orkney, and (d)Mull?
- Which loch is actually the deepest freshwater body of water in the British Isles?
- What is Scotland's national animal?
- Who was the first Scot to be UK Poet Laureate?
- Which patriotic song did Scotland's football team use as its anthem for the 1982, 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups?
- Which king ruled Scotland from 1040 to his death in battle in 1057?
- Law dictates that Scotch Whisky must be matured for a minimum of how many years in Scotland to earn the name? And is whisky that comes from Scotland spelled with or without an 'e'?
- The popular winter sports resort of Aviemore is located in which mountain range?
- What is sometimes called the Stone of Destiny, and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stone?
- What would you most associate with the village of Crathie?
- Donald Trump's mother was born in the village of Tong, on which Scottish Island?
- Which 1810 poem by Sir Walter Scott was set in the Trossachs region of Scotland?
- Edinburgh Old Town and New Town, The Heart of Neolithic Orkney, and New Lanark are three of the six World Heritage Sites in Scotland; can you name the other three?
- Why is the name 'Quintinshill' sadly in the record books?
Answers:
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- Clydesdale
- A larch tree
- The Declaration of Arbroath (a letter written in Latin and sent to the pope by Scottish Barons and Nobles)
- (a)Stornoway, (b)Lerwick, (c)Kirkwall, and (d)Tobermory
- Loch Morar
- Unicorn
- Dame Carol Anne Duffy (in 2009)
- Scotland the Brave
- Macbeth
- 3 years. Without the 'e'.
- Cairngorm Mountains
- The Stone of Scone
- Balmoral Castle
- Isle of Lewis
- The Lady of the Lake
- St. Kilda, The Antonine Wall, and The Forth Bridge
- Quintinshill rail disaster (1915 - Britain's deadliest ever rail crash)
Scotland Trivia II
- What sort of lift is the famous rotating Falkirk Wheel?
- The Scottish soap opera Take the High Road was set in which fictional village?
- What part of traditional male Scottish Highland dress is a pouch that derives its name from the Scottish Gaelic for 'purse'?
- Towering above the Forth and Clyde Canal, what exactly are 'The Kelpies' sculptures of?
- Ninewells Hospital is renowned teaching hospital near which Scottish city?
- Can you name the 19th-century Skye Terrier who became famous for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner?
- In which Scottish castle was Princess Margaret born?
- The Robert Gordon University is in which Scottish city?
- Name the only Scottish Premiership club based in the actual city of Edinburgh?
- The Wealth of Nations is considered to be the magnum opus of which Scottish economist?
- On what date is St. Andrew's Day?
- Queen of the South is an alternative nickname given to which market town?
- Which Scottish explorer was the first Westerner to have travelled to the central region of the Niger River?
- Which famous castle, one of the most visited in Scotland, sits on the shores of Loch Ness?
- Can you translate the Scottish Gaelic phrase 'Failte gu Alba'?
- Which motorway connects Scotland's two largest cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh?
- Which loch is the largest inland stretch of water in Great Britain by surface area? And what is Inchmurrin?
- Which soft drink is often described with tongue in cheek as 'Scotland's other national drink'?
Answers:
- A boat lift
- Glendarroch
- A sporran
- Horses - the largest pair of equine sculptures in the world
- Dundee
- Greyfriars Bobby
- Glamis Castle
- Aberdeen
- Hearts (Hibernian are based in Leith in the north of Edinburgh)
- Adam Smith
- November 30th
- Dumfries
- Mungo Park
- Urquhart Castle
- Welcome to Scotland
- M8
- Loch Lomond. Inchmurrinn is an island in Loch Lomond and the largest fresh water island in the British Isles.
- Irn-Bru