Test Your Scottish Knowledge with Our Fun Quiz! (First week)

1.Who won an Oscar for her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
a. Maggie Smith
b. Dame Judi Dench
c. Peggy Ashcroft

2.Where are the headquarters of the Scottish National Party (SNP)?
a. Edinburgh
b. Inverness
c. Aberdeen

3.Who was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1874?
a. David Livingstone
b. Robert Louis Stevenson
c. Arthur Conan Doyle

4.In what part of Scotland does Forfar lie?
a. Lothian
b. Grampian
c. Angus

5.Whose books feature the policeman Jack Laidlaw?
a. Ian Rankin
b. John Buchan
c. William McIlvanney

6.What did John Lawson Johnston from Edinburgh invent?
a. Bovril
b. hot chocolate
c. tea

7.Where did General Charles Gordon die in 1885?
a. Khartoum
b. Calcutta
c. Kabul

8.Which of the following areas is particularly renowned for the quality of its beef?
a. Fife
b. Lanarkshire
c. Aberdeenshire

9.What is a ‘whang o’ kebruch’?
a. lump of cheese
b. bowl of soup
c. bag of oatmeal

10.Who looks after the network of canals in Scotland?
a. Scottish Water
b. Scottish Hydro
c. British Waterways