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by Ten Scottish questions with answers all starting with the letter “C”.
QUESTIONS
1. If Robert Burns was Sylvander, who was Nancy McLehose?
Robert Burns. Picture from Wikipedia
2. What traditional Scottish dessert is now usually made from a mixture of whipped cream, whisky, heather honey, raspberries and toasted oatmeal?
3. What is the surname of a Scottish author who wrote about a character named Professor Challenger in three novels and some short stories?
Professor Challenger. Picture from Wikipedia
4. What battle took place on 16th April, 1746 on mainland Britain?
5. Which island is linked by ‘The Strand’, a tidal causeway, to the island of Oransay?
6. By what name was a supporter of the Presbyterian system of church governance over the Episcopalian system being promoted by King Charles I known?
7. What golf course has hosted The Open Championship seven times including 1931, 1953, 1975 and 2007?
8. What was the title of Robert Louis Stevenson’s sequel to Kidnapped?
9. What is the oldest heraldic court in the world?
10. If a mountain over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) in height is known as a Munro what is one which is between 2,500 and 3,000 feet (762.0 and 914.4 m) in height?
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ANSWERS
Ten Scottish questions with answers which start with the letter ‘C’.
1. Clarinda
2. Cranachan
3. Conan Doyle (Arthur Conan Doyle)
4. Culloden
An incident in the rebellion of 1746, by David Morier. Picture from Wikipedia
5. Colonsay
6. Covenanter
Picture from Wikipedia
7. Carnoustie
Carnoustie. Picture from Wikipedia
8. Catriona
9. Court of the Lord Lyon (Scotland)
10. Corbett
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