Scotland Quiz - 73 Trivia Questions!

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What is the most common carbonated soft drink in Scotland?

Irn-Bru
Orange juice
Coca-Cola
Coke

Which Greek sailor is credited with the first written reference to Scotland in 320BC?

Pytheas
Theodosius
Apollonius
Diomedes

Who was crowned King of Scotland in 1292?

John Balliol
Edward I
Henry VIII
King William I

Which Deputy Führer of Nazi Germany crashed his plane at Bonnyton Moor in an attempt to make peace?

Hitler
Karl Marx
Karl Goebbels
Rudolf Hess

What is the largest city in Scotland?

Glasgow
Edinburgh

What is the name of Scotland's national broadcaster?

The BBC
BBC World Service
BBC News
BBC Scotland

Where in Edinburgh would you find the National Monument to Scottish soldiers lost in the Napoleonic Wars?

Edinburgh Castle
The Castle
Inverlochy Castle
Calton Hill

The Treaty of Perpetual Peace was signed in 1502 between James IV of Scotland and which English king?

Henry VI of England
Edward I
Henry VII
King Henry VIII of England

Which country was covered by ice sheets during the Pleistocene Ice Age?

China
Scotland
Australia
South America

Who was the first Scottish poet to be appointed Poet Laureate?

David Roberts
Carol Ann Duffy
Anneliese Osmond
John Betjeman

What is the average life expectancy for males in Scotland?

77.1 years
60.5 years
61.5 years
79.5 years

What religion is the Samye Ling Monastery near Eskdalemuir in Scotland?

Evangelical
Hindu
Buddhist
The Scottish Nationalist

Who was the first First Minister of Scotland?

Donald Dewar
Ian Paisley
John Smith
David Hume

What is the name of the company that owns and operates the railway system in Scotland?

HS2
Network Rail
Scottish Trains
Southern rail

Who chaired the Scottish Independence Referendum Commission?

Baron Smith of Kelvin
Lord Ashcroft
Lord Robertson
David Cameron

Who was the Roman general who first invaded Scotland in 79 AD?

Brutus
Pompey
Agricola
The Roman general Octavian

Which organisation manages the motorway network in Scotland?

Transport Scotland
The Scottish Roads Authority
Scottish government
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Which is the most northerly RAF base in the UK?

RAF Lochalsh
RAF Loch Ness
RAF Northumbria
RAF Lossiemouth

Which is the financial centre of Scotland?

Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow
Perth.
Edinburgh

Who is the author of 'Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian Times to the Seventeenth Century'?

MacGibbon
Ian McLeod
John Wilson
Peter Robertson

What is the main export of Scotland?

Food
Coffee
Clothing
Whisky

What is the name of Scotland's national rugby union stadium?

Murrayfield
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh
The Murrayfield Hotel & Restaurant

Which company is the principal operator of ferries between the Scottish mainland and the Inner and Outer Hebrides?

MV Avalon
The Hebrides Express
Caledonian MacBrayne
Hebrideslink

Scotland comprises the northern third of which island?

The Irish Republic
New Zealand
Great Britain
The Channel Islands

Which bank underwrites the value of Scottish banknotes?

Scottish government
Bank of England
Scottish Financial Inclusion
The Bank of Scotland

What was the Roman name for the Scottish Highlands?

Caledonia
Scotland
Inverlochy Castle
The Gaelic Peninsula

Who has won four consecutive Indycar World Championships?

Dario Franchitti
Michael Waltrip
Byron Scott
Michael Shank

In which Scottish town was the coldest temperature ever recorded in the UK in February 1895?

Inverlochy
Edinburgh
Perth
Braemar

Who was the first missionary to the Picts and Northumbria in the 6th century?

The Romans
The king of the Picts
Saint David
Saint Columba

Who was the first Lord Protector of England and Scotland?

The Parliament of England
Charles I of England
Oliver Cromwell
Henry VIII

Who is the leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party and currently the First Minister of Scotland?

Ian Paisley
Humza Yousaf
John Sweeney
George Osborne

Who were the first two teams to play in an international football match?

England and France
Scotland and England
Spain and England
South Africa and England

Which Scottish DJ was the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2023?

David Guetta
Liam Payne
John Legend
Calvin Harris

Who is the current Lord advocate for Scotland?

David Hume
John Murray
Robert Graham
Dorothy Bain

What is the third official language of Scotland, after English and Scots?

English and Scottish
French
German
Gaelic

Which island groups were acquired from Norway in 1472?

Shetland and Shenandoah
Scotland and England
Shetland and Scotland
Orkney and Shetland

What has dominated religious life in Scotland for over 1,400 years?

Christianity
The Church of Scotland
Traditional religions
Traditional religion

What was the name of the treaty signed by Scotland and France in Paris in 1295?

The Treaty of Paris
The Union of Scotland and France
The Union of the Three Kingdoms
Auld Alliance

Which Scottish county has the highest average hourly wage?

Perth and Kinross
Dumfries and Galloway
East Renfrewshire
East Lothian

Which court ruled against holding a second Scottish independence referendum in 2022?

European Court
European Court of Human Rights
Parliament
Supreme Court

Who is the First Minister of Scotland?

The Queen
Alex Salmond
Nicola Sturgeon
David Cameron

At which battle of 1746 did the Jacobite forces effectively end their threat to the British throne?

Battle of the Somme
Edinburgh Castle
Culloden
Battle of Waterloo

In Scotland, St Andrew's Day falls during which month of the year?

November
March
August
July

Who is the Secretary of State for Scotland?

John Major
Andrew Marr
Alister Jack
Peter Hain

What was the name of Scotland in the 11th century?

Scotia
The Kingdom of Scotland
Scotland and England
England

What is the longest river in Scotland?

River Dee
River Thames
The River Forth
Tay

In which century was Scotland a separate state from England?

19th century
15th century
18th century
17th century

Who was Britain's commander on the Western Front during the First World War?

Charles Darwin
John Bull
John Howard
Douglas Haig

What is the name of the Scottish parliament?

The Scottish Parliament
Holyrood
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh

Which island in the Inner Hebrides is the sunniest in Scotland?

Skye
Loch Ness
Tiree
Eigg

What is the highest village in the Scottish Southern Uplands?

Loch Ness
The Cairngorms
Loch Lomond
Wanlockhead

Who was the first leader of the Scottish Labour Party?

David Cameron
Ian Paisley
John McDonnell
Keir Hardie

What was the name of the Royal Navy base on the Orkneys during World War II?

Scapa Flow
Hebrides
Hoy
Kirkwall

Who was the last king of the House of Stuart?

Charles I
James VII
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I

Who is the current King of Scotland?

The Queen
David Beckham
Charles III
Elizabeth

The Scottish Prison Service is managed by the Cabinet Secretary for what?

Health
Justice
Education
Environment

What is the name of the Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army?

The Royal Scottish Horse
Royal Regiment of Scotland
The British Empire Arms
The Royal Scots Volunteers

What is the tallest tree in the UK?

Oak
Fir
Tree of Life
Oak tree

At which Scottish golf course was the Open Championship first played in 1860?

Turnberry
Prestwick
Gleneagles
Carnoustie

Which is the highest paid local authority in Scotland?

Edinburgh
East Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Perth

What is the name of Scotland's supreme civil court?

The High Court
The Scottish Parliament
Court of Session
The House of Lords

What caused the demise of clans in the Highlands?

The extinction of the Clans
Highland Clearances
The Scottish Parliament
The loss of the land

What is the name of Scotland's national daily newspaper?

Daily Telegraph
Daily Record
Scottish News
News of the World

What is the only endemic bird to the UK?

Golden eagle
Bluebird
Goose
Crossbill

What was the title of Walter Scott's first novel, published in 1814?

The Last of the Summer Wine
A Tale of Two Cities
The Last Kingdom
Waverley

In the sixth century, Scotland was divided into Pictland, Northumbria and which other area?

Dál Riata
Pictish
Scotland
Lochaber

Which island group is separated from the Scottish mainland by the Moray Firth?

Isle of Man
The Scottish Islands
Loch Ness
Shetland

What is the national anthem of Scotland?

Flower of Scotland
Scottish Highlands
The Scottish National Anthem
Auld Lang Syne

In 1698, the Company of Scotland attempted to establish a trading colony on the Isthmus of where?

The Atlantic
Panama
Florida
South America

What is the third possible verdict in a criminal trial in Scotland?

Convincing
Defendant
Probable
Not proven

Her Majesty's Naval Base is on which Scottish river?

Loch Lomond
River Thames
Clyde
River Forth

What was the name of the Community Charge introduced by Margaret Thatcher in 1989?

The Council Tax
Tax on Motor Vehicles
Income Tax
Poll Tax

What was the name of the treaty that brought England and Scotland together in 1707?

Treaty of Union
Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Vienna
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