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A general knowledge test about Scotland.
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1
The capital of Scotland is
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Inverness
Aberdeen
2
The most internationally popular festival of bagpipe performance in Scotland is
The Atholl Gathering
The Edinburgh Tatoo
The Braemar Gathering
World Pipe Band Championship
3
Robert the Bruce defeated the English army at which battle?
Bannockburn
Culloden
Flodden
Stirling Bridge
4
Scotland is best known for producing which liquor?
Brandy
Gin
Vodka
Whisky
5
What fish-eating bird of prey lives by certain Scottish highland lochs?
Merlin
Sparrowhawk
Osprey
Golden Eagle
6
Which Scottish football club did Sir Alex Ferguson manage before he went to Manchester United?
Celtic
Aberdeen
Motherwell
Rangers
7
The Wallace Monument is near which Scottish town?
Kilmarnock
Perth
Stirling
Falkirk
8
Which Scottish hero did Mel Gibson play in the movie 'Braveheart'?
Robert the Bruce
Rob Roy
Macbeth
William Wallace
9
Balmoral is the highland residence of
JK Rowling
Scottish First Minister
Billy Conolly
The Royal Family
10
The Glasgow shipyards were beside which river?
Forth
Spey
Tay
Clyde
11
The Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth has the world's largest colony of
Puffins
Penguins
Gannets
Shags
12
The Forth Bridge joins which two Scottish counties?
East Lothian and Perthshire
Midlothian and Fife
Midlothian and Kinross-shire
West Lothian and Fife
13
Bonnie Prince Charles' attempt to seize the British throne ended with which battle?
Culloden
Flodden
Stirling Bridge
Bannockburn
14
The band Simple Minds emerged from which Scottish city?
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Inverness
Glasgow
15
Which Scottish actor played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel films?
Robert Carlyle
Ewen Bremner
Ewan McGregor
James McAvoy
16
The biggest city in Scotland is
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Inverness
Glasgow
17
JK Rowling was living in which Scottish city when she wrote the first Harry Potter book?
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Inverness
18
The Highland Clearances were to clear people off the land to make way for which animal?
Sheep
Deer
Cows
Goats
19
Comedian Billy Connolly is from which Scottish city?
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Dundee
20
Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded during the reign of which English monarch?
Elizabeth 1st
Charles 1st
Henry VIII
James 1st
21
The Scottish national football team plays its home internationals at which stadium?
Murrayfield
Ibrox
Hampden Park
Parkhead
22
The highest mountain in Britain is Scotland's
Ben Lomond
Ben Lawers
Ben Nevis
Ben Macdui
23
'Treasure Island' was written by which Scottish author?
Robert Louis Stephenson
Robert Burns
Sir Walter Scott
Irvine Welsh
24
The 'Old Firm' derby is between which two football teams?
Dundee and Dundee United
Celtic and Rangers
Hibs and Hearts
Celtic and Motherwell
25
Which one of The Beatles bought a farm in Scotland's Mull of Kintyre?
Ringo Starr
John Lennon
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
26
The monument that commemorates the arrival of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Scotland is at
Loch Ness
Culloden
Glenfinnan
Edinburgh
27
The song lyrics 'By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes' is about which Scottish loch?
Loch Tay
Loch Ness
Loch Maree
Loch Lomond
28
The Roman wall on the border between Scotland and England is called
Aurelian Wall
Antonine's Wall
Anastasian Wall
Hadrian's Wall
29
Poet Robert Burns is associated with which Scottish county?
Perthshire
Ayrshire
Dumfries
Fife
30
The band Franz Ferdinand emerged from which Scottish city?
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Inverness
Edinburgh
