Scotland Quiz 1 (Questions only)

1. Edinburgh is Scotland's capital. Which is its largest city?

2. What is Scotland's (and Britain's) highest mountain?

3. What is Scotland's longest river?

4. Loch Ness holds the most water, but which is Scotland's largest loch by surface area?

5. The Battle of Culloden in 1746, the last pitched battle on British soil, was fought near which city?

6. Which Catalan architect designed the Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood?

7. In which Ayrshire village was Robert Burns born?

8. Haggis is traditionally made from a sheep's "pluck". Which three organs make up the pluck?

9. Skara Brae, a Neolithic village older than Stonehenge and the pyramids, is in which group of islands?

10. What is the Falkirk Wheel?

11. The Kelpies, two 30-metre steel sculptures near Falkirk, show the heads of which animals?

12. In which month is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe held?

13. At the Highland Games, what is the long wooden pole that competitors toss end over end?

14. Which inventor, born in Helensburgh, gave the first public demonstration of television in 1926?

15. Which Ayrshire-born scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?

16. Which two Glasgow football clubs make up the "Old Firm"?

17. Which company makes Irn-Bru?

18. In the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, members of which clan were killed by soldiers who had been their guests?

19. In which English castle was Mary, Queen of Scots, executed in 1587?

20. "Flower of Scotland" was written by Roy Williamson of which folk group?