- 1. Which river is the longest in Scotland?
A) River Spey
B) River Tay
C) River Forth
D) River Clyde
- 2. What is the highest mountain peak in Scotland?
A) Ben Macdui
B) Ben Nevis
C) Cairn Gorm
D) Ben Lomond
- 3. Which city in Scotland is known as the 'Athens of the North'?
A) Aberdeen
B) Dundee
C) Edinburgh
D) Glasgow
- 4. What is the famous battleground in Scotland where the Battle of Bannockburn took place in 1314?
A) Inverness
B) Dundee
C) Perth
D) Stirling
- 5. Which body of water separates Scotland from Northern Ireland?
A) Irish Sea
B) Firth of Forth
C) Solway Firth
D) North Channel
- 6. Which Scottish castle is said to be haunted by the ghost of Lady Janet Douglas?
A) Edinburgh Castle
B) Glamis Castle
C) Dunnottar Castle
D) Stirling Castle
- 7. Which Scottish clan is known for its association with the Isle of Skye and the Jacobite cause?
A) MacDonald
B) MacLeod
C) Stewart
D) Campbell
- 8. Which river flows through the city of Glasgow?
A) River Dee
B) River Forth
C) River Tweed
D) River Clyde
- 9. In what year did the Act of Union between England and Scotland take place?
A) 1745
B) 1801
C) 1707
D) 1603
- 10. Which Scottish island is famous for being the ancestral home of the Clan MacLeod?
A) Isle of Skye
B) Isle of Mull
C) Isle of Arran
D) Isle of Lewis
- 11. What is the name of the sea loch located in the Scottish Highlands, known for its stunning natural beauty?
A) Loch Lomond
B) Loch Katrine
C) Loch Ness
D) Loch Awe
- 12. Which island group lies to the west of Scotland?
A) Maldives
B) Hawaiian Islands
C) Caribbean
D) Hebrides
- 13. Which Scottish clan played a prominent role in the ousting of the Stewart monarch James VII in the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
A) MacDonald
B) Campbell
C) MacLean
D) MacGregor
- 14. What is the traditional musical instrument of Scotland?
A) Piano
B) Violin
C) Flute
D) Bagpipes
- 15. In which city did the assassination attempt on Cardinal David Beaton take place in 1546?
A) Dundee
B) St Andrews
C) Aberdeen
D) Glasgow
- 16. Which Scottish architect designed the iconic Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse?
A) William Wallace
B) Sir William Bruce
C) Robert Adam
D) Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- 17. Which Scottish university, founded in 1582, played a significant role in the intellectual and cultural development of Scotland?
A) University of Edinburgh
B) University of Aberdeen
C) University of Glasgow
D) University of St Andrews
- 18. In which body of water is the Isle of Skye located?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Arctic Ocean
- 19. Which Scottish queen was beheaded in 1587 by order of Queen Elizabeth I of England?
A) Margaret Tudor
B) Isabella MacDuff
C) Mary, Queen of Scots
D) Anne Stuart
- 20. Which castle in Edinburgh has been called the 'most besieged place in Great Britain'?
A) Edinburgh Castle
B) Stirling Castle
C) Urquhart Castle
D) Inverness Castle
- 21. Which famous Scottish inventor and engineer built the first practical steam engine?
A) Thomas Telford
B) Alexander Graham Bell
C) John Logie Baird
D) James Watt
- 22. Which Scottish king was known for his patronage of the arts and the establishment of the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle?
A) James I
B) James III
C) James IV
D) James II
- 23. What is the largest city in Scotland by population?
A) Aberdeen
B) Dundee
C) Glasgow
D) Edinburgh
- 24. Which Scottish poet and lyricist wrote the famous song 'Auld Lang Syne'?
A) Hugh MacDiarmid
B) Allan Ramsay
C) Robert Burns
D) Walter Scott
- 25. Which Scottish explorer discovered the Falkland Islands in 1592?
A) John Davis
B) David Livingstone
C) Sir William Edmond Logan
D) Alexander Mackenzie
- 26. Which famous Scottish architect designed the Glasgow School of Art?
A) Charles Rennie Mackintosh
B) Frank Lloyd Wright
C) Le Corbusier
D) Zaha Hadid
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