Scotland Quiz 3: multiple choice
6 of the 19 questions have four options to choose from; the others stay as normal questions, because no fair wrong answers could be found for them. Tap an option to see if you are right.
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?
The Surgeon's Photograph
3. Which engineer built the Caledonian Canal through the Great Glen?
Thomas Telford
4. After which Roman emperor is the wall built between the Forth and the Clyde named?
Antoninus Pius (the Antonine Wall)
5. What is the usual explanation of the name "Picts"?
"Painted people" (from Latin "Picti", probably referring to tattoos or body paint)
6. Who is traditionally regarded as the first king of the united Picts and Scots, in 843?
Kenneth MacAlpin (Kenneth I)
7. The real King Macbeth was killed in 1057. Who killed him?
Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore)
8. Which woman helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to Skye disguised as her maid?
Flora MacDonald
9. The Jacobites wanted to restore which royal house to the throne?
The House of Stuart
10. In the Highland Clearances, tenants were evicted from their land mainly to make way for what?
Sheep
11. After the 1745 rising, a law banned Highland dress, including tartan. In which year was the ban lifted?
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?
A ceilidh
15. What is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland?
Alba
16. If the weather is "dreich", what is it like?
Dull, grey and wet
17. At what time is a gun fired every day, except Sundays, from Edinburgh Castle?
1 pm (the One O'Clock Gun)
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. D 280
2. The Surgeon's Photograph
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)
8. Flora MacDonald
9. The House of Stuart
10. Sheep
11. D 1782
13. D Three
14. A ceilidh
15. Alba
16. Dull, grey and wet
17. 1 pm (the One O'Clock Gun)
18. B A Skye terrier
19. C 2014
20. D Harris