A Scots language Quiz for Burns night

What do you think the word aqua vitae means?

• water

• whisky

• coke

• milk

Answer explanation

Translates to water of life which some Scots feel whisky is!

What does backet mean?

• bucket

• piggy back

• back

• haggis

Answer explanation

climbing the stairs with backets of peat or wood.

Is a chap a girl or a boy?

• Girl

• Boy

What does the word dragon refer to in Scots?

• a dragon ... dur!

• a kite

• a brush

• a turnip

Answer explanation

A paper kite.

What does eldmoder mean in Scots?

• elderflower

• granny

• Mrs McGlone

• dinna ken

Answer explanation

eld - old

moder - mother

Is this a flae?

• aye

• naw

What is a gilpey

• a young boy

• a young girl

• a donkey

• a horse

Answer explanation

A lively young girl ... like a tomboy

Put it on the ingle- lowe means to chuck it in the ...

• fridge

• bag

• washing machine

• fire

nicht means ...

• day

• night

Answer explanation

Its a braw bricht moonlicht night the nicht

A targe is ...

• a barge

• something large

• a sporran

• a shield

Answer explanation

a light round shield