1.Who played the bagpipes during the battle of the ‘Alamo’ at San Antonio, Texas?a. Jim Bowie b. John McGregor c. Davy Crockett 2.Where was Scotland’s first lighthouse?a. Sumburgh Head (Shetland) b. Isle of May (Firth of Forth)c. Mull of Galloway 3.Which pop group had top 10 UK hits with ‘Happy Birthday’ and ‘I Could be […]

1.What does the Gaelic word ‘plaid’ mean?a. tartan b. blanket c. kilt 2.Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall attended primary school in which of the following towns?a. Arbroath b. St Andrews c. Largs 3.Which Scottish American made the ‘liberty or death’ speeches during the USA War of Independence?a. Andrew Hamilton b. Patrick Henry c. Benjamin Franklin 4.Which […]

1.Who was made a saint in 1249 by the church in Rome?a. Queen Gruoch b. Queen Matilda c. Queen Margaret Margaret (c.1046-93) was the Queen of MalcolmIII. She was actually born in Hungary and came toScotland after the Norman conquest of England in1066 – She was mother to three Scottish kings – Edgar,Alexander and David. […]

1.What do ‘Fat Bob’, ‘Soapy Soutar’ and ‘Wee Eck’ have in common?a. members of the Scottish Parliament b. actors in TV show Taggart c. characters in the Oor Wullie cartoon series The Oor Wullie cartoon strip appears every weekin The Sunday Post, Scotland’s biggest circulationSunday newspaper. This venerable institution featuresWullie, a miniature Scots philosopher with spiky hairusually […]

1.Where were the first ‘skyscrapers’ in 18th century Europe?a. Glasgow b. Dundee c. Edinburgh 2.In which three month period are you most likely to suffer from ‘midge bites’?a. April-June b. June-August c. August-October The Highland midge is a tiny, mosquito-like insect thatthrives in warm, humid conditions. On still summerevenings, especially on the west coast, the […]

1.Which foreign composer wrote the Scottish Symphony?a. Edwin Greig b. Hector Berlioz c. Felix Mendelssohn 2.Which clan’s motto is ‘This I’II defend’?a. Cunningham b. Hay c. MacFarlane 3.Which clan name comes from the Gaelic for ‘man of peace’?a. Forsyth b. Fraser c. Farquharson 4.What animal lies at the foot of the ‘Scott Monument’ in Princes […]

1.Which internal clan dispute resulted in the Battle of the North Inch at Perth in 1396?a. Fraser b. Murray c. Chattan 2.What does the name ‘Dunkeld’ in Perthshire mean?a. fort of the Celts b. the standing stones c. castle in the woods Dunkeld became a centre of Christianity back in thesixth century, with the founding […]

1.During clan marriages, the bride and the groom used to make payments to each other. What was the term given to the payment made by the bride?a. jigle b. tocher c. dowry 2.What film did James McAvoy star in with Keira Knightley?a. Atonement b. The Last King of Scotlandc. The Chronicles of Narnia 3.Who invented […]

1.Which Saint is said to have seen the Loch Ness Monster in the sixth century?a. St Mungo b. St Ninian c. St Columba 2.Approximately how many acres of steelwork are there in the Forth Railway Bridge?a. 65 b. 105 c. 145 The famous red, cantilevered bridge that carriestrains across the Firth of Forth to and […]