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The great Scottish quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A 'Munro' is the name for a Scottish mountain above which height?

a)

1,000 feet

b)

2,000 feet

c)

3,000 feet

d)

4,000 feet

2.

Where did President Eisenhower of the United States have a residence in Scotland?

a)

Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

b)

Glamis Castle, Angus

c)

Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh

d)

Edinburgh Castle

3.

The Gaelic for whisky is Uisge Beatha. What is its literal meaning?

a)

Spirit of Scotland

b)

Heart-warming liquid

c)

Good Health

d)

Water of Life

4.

Where do the smoked haddock known as 'smokies' come from?

a)

Aberdeen

b)

Oban

c)

Arbroath

d)

Peterhead

5.

Which famous US novel based its title from a poem by Robert Burns?

a)

Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger

b)

'Catch 22' by Joseph Heller

c)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey

d)

The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck

6.

Roughly, how many golf courses does Scotland have?

a)

250

b)

350

c)

450

d)

550

7.

Which castle is said to be one of Scotland's most haunted?

a)

Fyvie Castle near Aberdeen

b)

Glamis Castle in Angus

c)

Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran

d)

Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish Highlands

8.

In the Scots language what does it mean to 'haver'?

a)

Talk profoundly

b)

To boast

c)

Brood in silence

d)

Talk nonsense

9.

Gerard Butler is one of Scotland's most successful actors, but what did he originally train to become?

a)

A lawyer

b)

A doctor

c)

A teacher

d)

An accountant

10.

The first ever Scotland football team was made up entirely of players from which club?

a)

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

b)

Queen's Park

c)

Heart of Midlothian

d)

Motherwell

11.

Which famous Scottish figure was depicted in the film Braveheart by Angus Macfadyen in 1995?

a)

William Wallace

b)

Rob Roy

c)

Thomas Muir

d)

Robert the Bruce

12.

Towards the end of the Victorian era, Dundee was famous for its three Js - Jam, Jute and what?

a)

Jokes

b)

Joinery

c)

Jigsaws

d)

Journalism

13.

Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire is said to have inspired which tale of horror?

a)

'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley

b)

'Dracula' by Bram Stoker

c)

'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson

d)

'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

14.

What is the longest river in Scotland?

a)

River Tay

b)

River Clyde

c)

River Don

d)

River Dee

15.

What Scottish title was given to Prince William and Kate Middleton once they married?

a)

Lord and Lady of Balmoral

b)

Duke and Duchess of Glamis

c)

Earl and Countess of Strathearn

d)

Count and Countess of Linlithgow

16.

St Andrews is Scotland's oldest university. When was it founded?

a)

1412

b)

1413

c)

1414

d)

1415

17.

Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in the USA. But where was he born?

a)

Dunfermline, Fife

b)

Glasgow

c)

Blantyre, Lanarkshire

d)

Greenock

18.

McCaig's Tower overlooks which Scottish town?

a)

Pitlochry

b)

Peterhead

c)

Oban

d)

Rosyth

19.

On which Scottish Island did George Orwell write his novel 1984?

a)

Iona

b)

Islay

c)

Jura

d)

Skye

20.

What are curling stones traditionally made of?

a)

Granite

b)

Limestone

c)

Iron

d)

Marble