SCOTTISH QUIZ – 3

Q1. A statue in Glasgow famously always has a traffic cone on its head – but who is the statue
of?

a) Duke of Edinburgh
b) Duke of Rothesay
c) Duke of Wellington

Q2. Which Scottish sports star owns Cromlix house hotel?

a) Sir Chris Hoy

b) Sir Andy Murray
c) Sir Jackie Stewart

Q3. The title of which famous American novel is based on a poem by Robert Burns?

a) Catcher In The Rye

b) Catch 22
c) Catch me If You Can

Q4. Which Scottish racing driver won two world championships and the Indianapolis 500?

a) Jim Clark
b) David Coulthard
c) Allan McNish

Q5. On which Scottish Island did George Orwell write his novel 1984?

a) Orkney
b) Jura
c) Barra

Q6. Which was the first British football club to reach the UEFA Cup Final?

a) Celtic
b) Hearts
c) Rangers

Q7. Scottish curling stones made from what type of rock?

a) Gabbro
b) Granite
c) Lewisian Gneiss

Q8. The first recorded distillation of whisky in Scotland was in what year?

a) 1494
b) 1594
c) 1694

Q9. Nicola Sturgeon is the MSP for which constituency?

a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West

b) Glasgow Southside
c) East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

Q10. 10. Which important document from Scottish history proclaimed Scotland’s status as an
independent sovereign state in 1320?

a) Declaration of Arbroath
b) Declaration of Freedom
c) Declaration of Indulgence