Test Your Scottish Knowledge with Our Fun Quiz! (13th Week)

1.Which element was discovered by Sir William Ramsay?
a. helium 
b. potassium 
c. nitrogen

Sir William Ramsay was one of the fathers of modern
nuclear science whose work on inert gases like helium
won him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1904.

2.Who played the role of Ugandan dictator in the 2007 film The Last King of Scotland?
a. Forest Whitaker 
b. Will Smith 
c. Samuel L Jackson

3.Which clan has Lord Reay as its chief?
a. MacInnes 
b. MacKinnon 
c. MacKay

4.Off which island did the ship the SS Politician, the inspiration for Whisky Galore, sink in 1941?
a. Jura 
b. Coll 
c. South Uist

5.For which of the arts was Allan Ramsay famous?
a. theatre 
b. music 
c. painting

6.What is now banned as a punishment in Scottish schools?
a. learning Latin 
b. tawse 
c. reading novels by Sir Walter Scott

The tawse was a thick leather strap with a split forked
end used for punishing schoolchildren, either on the
hand or on other parts of the body. Traditionally made
in Lochgelly, Fife, it has now, not unsurprisingly, been
outlawed.

7.Who is known as the ‘father of colloid science’?
a. Thomas Graham 
b. George Cleghorn 
c. Bruce MacGregor

8.Which bird returned to Loch Garten in 1958?
a. golden eagle 
b. albatross 
c. osprey

9.Troon Golf Course has the longest ‘hole’ in Britain. How long is it?
a. 477 yards 
b. 577 yards 
c. 677 yards

10.Which Glasgow-born football manager was the first to be knighted whilst still working?
a. Kenny Dalgleish 
b. Jock Stein 
c. Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson was born in Govan in 1941. He
played for Queen’s Park, St Johnstone, Dunfermline,
Rangers, Falkirk and Ayr United. After his playing
career finished he managed various Scottish teams,
with a very successful spell at Aberdeen, before
becoming manager of Manchester United in 1986.