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

1.James Lind, an 18th Century Royal Naval Surgeon, specialised in what field?
a. amputation 
b. alcoholism 
c. scurvy

2.What river runs through Glasgow?
a. River Clyde 
b. River Tweed 
c. River Tay

3.What is the ancient Scottish name for a wizard?
a. jester 
b. warlock 
c. waukrife

4.Who is patron of the Scottish Rugby Union?
a. Prince Charles 
b. Princess Anne 
c. Prince William

5.Who won a decisive victory for the future British Empire in India at Seringapatam in 1799?
a. General Charles Gordon 
b. Sir Robert Clive 
c. Sir David Baird

6.In which area is the old university town of St Andrews?
a. Angus 
b. Fife 
c. Argyll

7.Name the Scots actor who starred in the film The Full Monty.
a. Ewan McGregor 
b. Allan Cumming 
c. Robert Carlyle

8.Approximately how many bottles of Scotch whisky are consumed every year?
a. 1 billion 
b. 2 billion 
c. 5 billion

9.Who was nicknamed ‘Harry the Ninth, uncrowned King of Scotland’?
a. Sir Harry Lauder 
b. Sir Harold MacMillan 
c. Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville

10.What is the most southerly Munro (mountain over 3,000 feet) in Scotland?
a. Ben Lui 
b. Ben Lomond 
c. Ben Nevis

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