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WorksheetsThe great Scottish quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A 'Munro' is the name for a Scottish mountain above which height?
1,000 feet
2,000 feet
3,000 feet
4,000 feet
Where did President Eisenhower of the United States have a residence in Scotland?
Culzean Castle, Ayrshire
Glamis Castle, Angus
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Castle
The Gaelic for whisky is Uisge Beatha. What is its literal meaning?
Spirit of Scotland
Heart-warming liquid
Good Health
Water of Life
Where do the smoked haddock known as 'smokies' come from?
Aberdeen
Oban
Arbroath
Peterhead
Which famous US novel based its title from a poem by Robert Burns?
Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger
'Catch 22' by Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey
The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck
Roughly, how many golf courses does Scotland have?
250
350
450
550
Which castle is said to be one of Scotland's most haunted?
Fyvie Castle near Aberdeen
Glamis Castle in Angus
Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran
Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish Highlands
In the Scots language what does it mean to 'haver'?
Talk profoundly
To boast
Brood in silence
Talk nonsense
Gerard Butler is one of Scotland's most successful actors, but what did he originally train to become?
A lawyer
A doctor
A teacher
An accountant
The first ever Scotland football team was made up entirely of players from which club?
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Queen's Park
Heart of Midlothian
Motherwell
Which famous Scottish figure was depicted in the film Braveheart by Angus Macfadyen in 1995?
William Wallace
Rob Roy
Thomas Muir
Robert the Bruce
Towards the end of the Victorian era, Dundee was famous for its three Js - Jam, Jute and what?
Jokes
Joinery
Jigsaws
Journalism
Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire is said to have inspired which tale of horror?
'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley
'Dracula' by Bram Stoker
'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson
'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe
What is the longest river in Scotland?
River Tay
River Clyde
River Don
River Dee
What Scottish title was given to Prince William and Kate Middleton once they married?
Lord and Lady of Balmoral
Duke and Duchess of Glamis
Earl and Countess of Strathearn
Count and Countess of Linlithgow
St Andrews is Scotland's oldest university. When was it founded?
1412
1413
1414
1415
Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in the USA. But where was he born?
Dunfermline, Fife
Glasgow
Blantyre, Lanarkshire
Greenock
McCaig's Tower overlooks which Scottish town?
Pitlochry
Peterhead
Oban
Rosyth
On which Scottish Island did George Orwell write his novel 1984?
Iona
Islay
Jura
Skye
What are curling stones traditionally made of?
Granite
Limestone
Iron
Marble
