Scotland Quiz 3 Medium
- 20 questions
- about 25 minutes to run
- published 10 Nov 2025
- updated
1. A Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet high is called a Munro. To the nearest ten, how many Munros are there?
2. What is the famous 1934 photograph of the Loch Ness Monster usually called?
3. Which engineer built the Caledonian Canal through the Great Glen?
4. After which Roman emperor is the wall built between the Forth and the Clyde named?
5. What is the usual explanation of the name "Picts"?
6. Who is traditionally regarded as the first king of the united Picts and Scots, in 843?
7. The real King Macbeth was killed in 1057. Who killed him?
8. Which woman helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to Skye disguised as her maid?
9. The Jacobites wanted to restore which royal house to the throne?
10. In the Highland Clearances, tenants were evicted from their land mainly to make way for what?
11. After the 1745 rising, a law banned Highland dress, including tartan. In which year was the ban lifted?
12. What is a sporran?
13. How many drones does the Great Highland bagpipe have?
14. What Gaelic word is used for a social evening of traditional music and dancing?
15. What is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland?
16. If the weather is "dreich", what is it like?
17. At what time is a gun fired every day, except Sundays, from Edinburgh Castle?
18. What breed of dog was Greyfriars Bobby, said to have guarded his master's grave for 14 years?
19. In which year did Glasgow host the Commonwealth Games?
20. Which Scottish island is known for its tweed, woven by islanders at home?
ANSWERS
1. 280 (there are 282)
They are named after Sir Hugh Munro, who published the first list in 1891. The total changes now and then as mountains are resurveyed.
2. The Surgeon's Photograph
It was revealed as a hoax in the 1990s. The "monster" was a toy submarine with a model head attached.
3. Thomas Telford
4. Antoninus Pius (the Antonine Wall)
5. "Painted people" (from Latin "Picti", probably referring to tattoos or body paint)
6. Kenneth MacAlpin (Kenneth I)
7. Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore)
The real Macbeth reigned for 17 years and was generally a successful king. Shakespeare's villain owes more to Tudor history writers than to fact.
8. Flora MacDonald
9. The House of Stuart
10. Sheep
11. 1782
12. A pouch worn at the front of a kilt (because kilts have no pockets)
13. Three (two tenor drones and one bass drone)
14. A ceilidh
15. Alba
16. Dull, grey and wet
17. 1 pm (the One O'Clock Gun)
It was started in 1861 so that ships in the Firth of Forth could set their clocks.
18. A Skye terrier
19. 2014
20. Harris (Harris Tweed)
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