SCOTTISH QUIZ – 4

Q1. In what decade did Christmas Day become a national holiday in Scotland?

a) 1940s
b) 1950s
c) 1960s

Q2. The only reindeer in the UK live in which Scottish mountain range?

a) Arrochar Alps
b) Torridon Hills
c) Cairngorms

Q3. The coldest UK temperature on record is -27.2°C, recorded in Altnaharra in Sutherland in

1995 - and which Aberdeenshire town in 1982?

a) Braemar
b) Bamff
c) Banchory

Q4. In order to bring good luck, the first person to knock on your door on New Year's Day in
Scotland should have what shade of hair?

a) Light
b) Auburn
c) Dark

Q5. Sowans Nicht is a traditional Scots term for which festive holiday?

a) Hallowe'en
b) Christmas Eve
c) Hogmanay

Q6. In which century did Robert Burns write Auld Lang Syne?

a) 16th century
b) 17th century
c) 18th century

Q7. Traditionally Scots would burn a branch of which tree at New Year to ward off bad spirits in
the home?

a) Rowan
b) Ash
c) Hawthorn

Q8. What is the Scots for Merry Christmas?

a) Bonnie Yuletide
b) Yule Bricht
c) A Blithe Yule

Q9. Where in Scotland would you find the annual Fireballs festival on Hogmanay?

a) Stonehaven
b) Stornoway
c) Stirling

Q10. What would you be doing if you took part in the New Year’s Day Loony Dook?

a) Taking a hot bath

b) Swimming in the sea
c) Drinking whisky