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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 […]

1.When was the Hollywood epic Braveheart released?a. 1975 b. 1985 c. 1995 The original script for Braveheart was written by astruggling American writer, Randall Wallace, after avisit to Edinburgh in 1983. 12 years later it becamea box office hit in the hands of actor, director andproducer, Mel Gibson. 2.Which regiment is also known as ‘Princess Louise’s’?a. Black […]

1.What made the first crossing of the Atlantic from East Lothian to New York in 1919?a. airship b. balloon c. airplane 2.‘Sika’, ‘Roe’ and ‘Fallow’ are all types of which animal?a. pony b. sheep c. deer 3.What sort of person is a ‘dubskelper’?a. drunk b. violent c. reckless 4.The mother of one of America’s most […]

1.Who wrote The Steps to the Empty Throne?a. Nigel Tranter b. Iain Banks c. Ian Rankin Nigel Tranter was a prolific historical novelist whowrote over 110 books including The Steps to theEmpty Throne. He was born in Glasgow, and diedin 2000. 2.When was North Sea Oil first discovered?a. 1960s b. 1970s c. 1980s 3.Through observations […]

1.Whose great-great grandparents were Claud Wilson and Peggie Downie from Paisley? a. Ronald Reagan b. George W Bush c. Elvis Presley 2.What is the most popular paid tourist attraction in Scotland? a. Loch Ness Visitor Centre b. Edinburgh Castle c. The Palace of Holyroodhouse The rock on which the imposing and impressiveEdinburgh Castle stands was […]