Scotland Quiz

Where did President Eisenhower of the United States have a residence in Scotland?

• Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

• Glamis Castle, Angus

• Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh

• Edinburgh Castle

The Gaelic for whisky is Uisge Beatha. What is its literal meaning?

• Spirit of Scotland

• Heart-warming liquid

• Good Health

• Water of Life

Which famous US novel based its title from a poem by Robert Burns?

• ‘Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D. Salinger

• ‘Catch 22’ by Joseph Heller

• ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ by Ken Kesey

• ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ by John Steinbeck

Roughly, how many golf courses does Scotland have?

• 250

• 350

• 450

• 550

This castle is said to be one of Scotland’s most haunted. What is it?

• Fyvie Castle near Aberdeen

• Glamis Castle in Angus

• Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran

• Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish Highlands

In the Scots language what does it mean to ‘haver’?

• Talk profoundly

• To boast

• Brood in silence

• Talk nonsense

Gerard Butler is one of Scotland’s most successful actors, but what did he originally train to become?

• A lawyer

• A doctor

• A teacher

• An accountant

The first ever Scotland football team was made up entirely of players from which club?

• Inverness Caledonian Thistle

• Queen’s Park

• Heart of Midlothian

• Motherwell

Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire is said to have inspired which tale of horror?

• ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley

• ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker

• ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

• ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ by Edgar Allan Poe

What is the longest river in Scotland?

• River Tay

• River Clyde

• River Don

• River Dee