Test Your Scottish Knowledge with Our Fun Quiz! (Third Week)

1.When was the world’s first female golf tournament held?
a. 1780 
b. 1810 
c. 1850

2.What was Sir David Brewster’s most famous invention?
a. spinning wheel 
b. kaleidoscope 
c. hurdy-gurdy

3.Which town in Malawi, Africa is named after David Livingstone’s birthplace?
a. Wishaw 
b. Lanark 
c. Blantyre

4.In what part of Scotland does Balmoral lie?
a. Deeside 
b. Fife 
c. Lanarkshire

5.What type of novels is Iain M Banks famous for?
a. horror 
b. science fiction 
c. romance

6.Where were the various parts of the Falkirk Wheel constructed and assembled?
a. Lanarkshire 
b. Derbyshire 
c. Aberdeen

7.In 1917, who became the world’s first professor of tuberculosis?
a. James Simpson 
b. John Premantle 
c. Robert Philip

8.How long is Scotland’s longest river, the River Tay?
a. 90 miles 
b. 120 miles 
c. 210 miles

9.When is Hogmanay celebrated in Scotland?
a. 31st December 
b. 25th January 
c. 1st July

10.Which famous Scot set up the charity ‘Scottish International Educational Trust’ to help young men and women?
a. Andrew Carnegie 
b. Sir Jackie Cooper 
c. Sir Sean Connery