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I wrote a quiz for a quiz night and in chatroom they told me to put it on.
Rules one answer a day of everyone.

1. Where will you find Swilken Burn in Scotland?
2. What is an Arbroath Smokie?
3. In which city is The Scotsman newspaper published?
4. The ForthRailwayBridge connects Edinburgh to which other city/town?
5. In which year was the Act of Union in which Scotland was incorporated into the United Kingdom?
6. What did the Romans call Scotland?
7. What was created by the Scotland Act 1998?
8. Who became King of Scotland in 1306?
9. In which city can the Tolbooth Jail be found?
10. 10 The Tay Rail Bridge spans which river?
11. True of False Loch Ness holds more fresh water than is held in England and Wales reservoirs combined?
12. Which ScottishCity’s nickname is The Granite City Kathleen firth Aberdeen
13. Which Highland Games is the finale and has the queen as patron and is held in September?
14. What is Uisgne Beatha better known as?
15. Which Scottish city in the 19th century had the title SecondCity of the British Empire?
16. Glasgow has just been awarded the Commonwealth Games in 2014. When did Edinburgh have the commonwealth games?
17. What is Scotland’s flag called?
18. Which city had the first pavements in 1688?
19. What date was Robert Burns born
20. Where is the stone of destiny or the stone of scone?
21. What are the Honours of Scotland?
22. What is tennis player Andy Murray’s brother called?
23. The film Braveheart was about which Scottish person?
24. Who was the founder of the SAS
25. What is the tallest mountain in Scotland?

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12..... is it aberdeen

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Thats right kath

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yey...... ... ... ....

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7 the scotish parliment....................:)

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15/ Glasgow...though I argue that the second city of the British Empire was Manchester.:D

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2. It's smoked haddock.

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1.......saint andrews golf course.

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All correct!!!

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23..... wallace.?

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3....edinburgh

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sorry william wallace

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sorry william wallace

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10. Is it the Firth of Tay?

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Just updated them all

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No. 14 Uisge Beatha means the water of life. There's a whisky bar of that name in Glasgow and let's face it, whisky is the water of life to the old Glaswegians LOL :D

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24/ David Stirling

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4/Fife......................

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5/ ..........1707

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1. Where will you find Swilken Burn in Scotland? On the old course at St Andrews Rishton Blue
2. What is an Arbroath Smokie? Yerself Smoked Haddock
3. In which city is The Scotsman newspaper published? brfc1974 Edinburgh
4. The ForthRailwayBridge connects Edinburgh to which other city/town? Buttonsmum Fife
5. In which year was the Act of Union in which Scotland was incorporated into the United Kingdom? Garinda 1707
6. What did the Romans call Scotland?
7. What was created by the Scotland Act 1998? Grannyclaret Devolved Scottish Parliament
8. Who became King of Scotland in 1306?
9. In which city can the Tolbooth Jail be found?
10. 10 The Tay Rail Bridge spans which river? Egg and Chips River Tay
11. True of False Loch Ness holds more fresh water than is held in England and Wales reservoirs combined?
12. Which ScottishCity’s nickname is The Granite City Kathleen firth Aberdeen
13. Which Highland Games is the finale and has the queen as patron and is held in September?
14. What is Uisgne Beatha better known as? Lilly Whisky water of life
15. Which Scottish city in the 19th century had the title SecondCity of the British Empire? Garinda Glasgow
16. Glasgow has just been awarded the Commonwealth Games in 2014. When did Edinburgh have the commonwealth games?
17. What is Scotland’s flag called?
18. Which city had the first pavements in 1688?
19. What date was Robert Burns born
20. Where is the stone of destiny or the stone of scone?
21. What are the Honours of Scotland?
22. What is tennis player Andy Murray’s brother called?
23. The film Braveheart was about which Scottish person? Beechy William Wallace
24. Who was the founder of the SAS James 1234 David Stirling
25. What is the tallest mountain in Scotland? Willow the Whisp Ben Nevis

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# 17 saltaire (sp?)

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6) Caledonia?

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both correct steeljack and accylass27.

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9,,,Edinburgh

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8... robert bruce

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22..............jamie murray.

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All correct grannyc, beechy and rishton blue


Now to get back to the quiz for tonight!!!

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20. Edinburgh Castle

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16.....1986.

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21..scotish crown jewels..

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13. The Braemar Highland Gathering

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1. Where will you find Swilken Burn in Scotland? On the old course at St Andrews Rishton Blue
2. What is an Arbroath Smokie? Yerself Smoked Haddock
3. In which city is The Scotsman newspaper published? brfc1974 Edinburgh
4. The ForthRailwayBridge connects Edinburgh to which other city/town? Buttonsmum Fife
5. In which year was the Act of Union in which Scotland was incorporated into the United Kingdom? Garinda 1707
6. What did the Romans call Scotland? Accylass27 Caledonia
7. What was created by the Scotland Act 1998? Grannyclaret Devolved Scottish Parliament
8. Who became King of Scotland in 1306? Beechy Robert the Bruce
9. In which city can the Tolbooth Jail be found? Grannyclaret Edinburgh
10. 10 The Tay Rail Bridge spans which river? Egg and Chips River Tay
11. True of False Loch Ness holds more fresh water than is held in England and Wales reservoirs combined?
12. Which ScottishCity’s nickname is The Granite City Kathleen firth Aberdeen
13. Which Highland Games is the finale and has the queen as patron and is held in September? yerself Braemar Highland Gathering
14. What is Uisgne Beatha better known as? Lilly Whisky water of life
15. Which Scottish city in the 19th century had the title SecondCity of the British Empire? Garinda Glasgow
16. Glasgow has just been awarded the Commonwealth Games in 2014. When did Edinburgh have the commonwealth games? Rishton Blue 1986
17. What is Scotland’s flag called? Steeljack The Saltire Flag of Scotland
18. Which city had the first pavements in 1688?
19. What date was Robert Burns born
20. Where is the stone of destiny or the stone of scone? Yerself Edinburgh Castle
21. What are the Honours of Scotland? Beechy Scottish Crown Jewels
22. What is tennis player Andy Murray’s brother called? Rishton Blue Jamie Murray
23. The film Braveheart was about which Scottish person? Beechy William Wallace
24. Who was the founder of the SAS James 1234 David Stirling
25. What is the tallest mountain in Scotland? Willow the Whisp Ben Nevis


Updated.

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19. robert burns was born Jan 25th 1759

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18. Was it Nottingham???? sure thats what my aunty told me :pblush:

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beat you to it willow, lol :pnowink:

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:pdry: So I noticed - too late :D

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Robbie Burns was born on the 25 Jan 1759. You were both right harwood red and willow and it goes to harwood red.

Harwood Red did you not see the post everyone one answer a day? Anyway you were wrong theres a clue if you look on the first one i posted it's all to do with scotland - ran the quiz this was on st andrews day.

Good luck

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sorry jen, only looked at this thread when you updated the answers so never read the start of it, doh!!! and it annoys me when other people reply without reading the whole thread

SORRY :pwub:

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so yer annoyed at yerself n so ya should be.:pwink:

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11. True...........The Jock's are full of wind and water.:psmile:

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All correct Edinburgh was the first to have pavements, true there is more water in loch ness than in the reservoirs in england and wales.

Do you want another one? Its up to you. These are all questions i used in a quiz at the end of November and there was four rounds, scotland, entertainment, sports and general knowledge.

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Yes please :)

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1. Where will you find Swilken Burn in Scotland? On the old course at St Andrews Rishton Blue
2. What is an Arbroath Smokie? Yerself Smoked Haddock
3. In which city is The Scotsman newspaper published? brfc1974 Edinburgh
4. The ForthRailwayBridge connects Edinburgh to which other city/town? Buttonsmum Fife
5. In which year was the Act of Union in which Scotland was incorporated into the United Kingdom? Garinda 1707
6. What did the Romans call Scotland? Accylass27 Caledonia
7. What was created by the Scotland Act 1998? Grannyclaret Devolved Scottish Parliament
8. Who became King of Scotland in 1306? Beechy Robert the Bruce
9. In which city can the Tolbooth Jail be found? Grannyclaret Edinburgh
10. 10 The Tay Rail Bridge spans which river? Egg and Chips River Tay
11. True of False Loch Ness holds more fresh water than is held in England and Wales reservoirs combined? Yerself True
12. Which ScottishCity’s nickname is The Granite City Kathleen firth Aberdeen
13. Which Highland Games is the finale and has the queen as patron and is held in September? yerself Braemar Highland Gathering
14. What is Uisgne Beatha better known as? Lilly Whisky water of life
15. Which Scottish city in the 19th century had the title SecondCity of the British Empire? Garinda Glasgow
16. Glasgow has just been awarded the Commonwealth Games in 2014. When did Edinburgh have the commonwealth games? Rishton Blue 1986
17. What is Scotland’s flag called? Steeljack The Saltire Flag of Scotland
18. Which city had the first pavements in 1688? Willow Edinburgh
19. What date was Robert Burns born Harwood Red 25th January 1759
20. Where is the stone of destiny or the stone of scone? Yerself Edinburgh Castle
21. What are the Honours of Scotland? Beechy Scottish Crown Jewels
22. What is tennis player Andy Murray’s brother called? Rishton Blue Jamie Murray
23. The film Braveheart was about which Scottish person? Beechy William Wallace
24. Who was the founder of the SAS James 1234 David Stirling
25. What is the tallest mountain in Scotland? Willow the Whisp Ben Nevis


The quiz is now finished!!

Congratulations to everyone for the right answers.