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