Questions
- Which Scottish city is nicknamed the Granite City?
- Which Scottish town is the most northernmost on the British mainland?
- What name is given to mountains in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet?
- Name the largest town in South Lanarkshire, which was also designated Scotland's first new town in May 1947?
- Which Norwegian city is 220 miles due east of the Shetland Islands?
- The landmark 'Journey's End' signpost was installed in 1964 as a visitor attraction in which village?
- Portree is the largest town on which island?
- Which range of rolling hills straddle the English-Scottish border?
- What's the name of the famous 449-foot red sandstone sea stack on the Orkney archipelago?
- Which town is the second largest settlement in the Highlands of Scotland with around 10,000 inhabitants?
- Which loch is the is the largest inland body of water in Great Britain?
- Name the capital of the Isle of Mull?
- Can you name the second highest mountain in the United Kingdom after Ben Nevis?
- Which river in Scotland, its third longest, is important for whisky production and salmon fishing?
- Aviemore is a town and tourist resort in which national park?
- Which motorway, the busiest in Scotland, connects Glasgow and Edinburgh?
- Which waterway connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach, near Fort William?
- Which village, three miles east of Inverness, has a name which means 'back of the small pond' in Scottish Gaelic?
- The city of Perth in central Scotland is located on the banks of which river?
- Which town is nicknamed the Lang Toun, with reference to the early town's mile long 16th and 17th century main street?
- Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement found on the largest island of which archipelago?
- Which historic county, bounded by Sutherland and the sea, is home to Wick airport?
- Which Scottish city is promoted as 'One City, Many Discoveries' in honour of its history of scientific achievement?
- Which Scottish market town is nicknamed Queen of the South?
- Which body of water in the Orkney Islands is sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy?
Answers:
- Aberdeen
- Thurso
- Munro's
- East Kilbride
- Bergen
- John o' Groats
- Skye
- The Cheviot Hills
- The Old Man of Hoy
- Fort William
- Loch Lomond
- Tobermory
- Ben Macdui
- River Spey
- The Cairngorms National Park
- M8
- The Caledonian Canal
- Colloden
- River Tay (Note: Perth is known as The Fair City)
- Kirkcaldy
- Orkney
- Caithness
- Dundee
- Dumfries
- Scapa Flow
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