Basic information
The people in Scotland are called
a) the Scotlanders
b) the Scots
c) the Scottish
b) the Scots
Scotland is
a) in the west of Great Britain
b) in the south of Great Britain
c) in the north of Great Britain
c) in the north of Great Britain
What is a kilt?
a) a typical Scottish instrument
b) a typical Scottish dish
c) a typical Scottish dress
c) a typical Scottish dress
What does the word "aye" mean?
a) wrong
b) little
c) yes
c) yes
What happened in 1999 in Scotland?
a) the wall between England and Scotland came down
b) Scotland got is own parliament
c) Scottish football team won championship
Scotland got is own parliament.
Which is a famous Scottish instrument?
the bagpipes
The capital of Scotland is
a) Glasgow
b) Edinburgh
c) Inverness
b) Edinburgh
Porridge is
a) a Scottish dish
b) a Scottish dance
c) a typical Scottish name
a) a Scottish dish
Where in Scotland do you find mostly moor and mountains?
In the Highlands. In the north and west of Scotland.
Braveheart was NOT
a) a film
b) William Wallace
c) the king of Scotland
d) a Scottish leader
c) the king of Scotland
Scotland's national flower is
a) a daffodil (Osterglocke)
b) a dandelion (Löwenzahn)
c) a thistle (Distel)
a thistle
Scotland has got
a) the longest river in Great Britain
b) a big island in the south
c) many lochs and mountains
c) many lochs and mountains
The official animal of Scotland is
a) the deer
b) the bear
c) the unicorn
c) the unicorn
Why do people call Aberdeen "the oil capital of Scotland"?
Because of the oil found in the North Sea, which brings a lot of jobs and money to Aberdeen.
Scotland is
a) a country
b) an English county
c) a geographical region
a) a country
Scotland's national poet is
a) William Shakespeare
b) Robert Burns
c) Wolfgang Goethe
b) Robert Burns
The most famous mountain in Scotland is
a) Ben Nevis
b) Mount Everest
c) Matterhorn
a) Ben Nevis
Which is a Scottish invention?
a) the wheel
b) gunpowder
c) the telephone
c) the telephone
What is a shinty?
a) a national dish in Scotland
b) a traditional Scottish sport
c) a traditional Scottish drink
b) a traditional Scottish sport
Haggis is
a) a famous Scottish dish
b) a lake in Scotland
c) a Scottish dance
a) a famous Scottish dish
The Scottish Flag is
a) red and blue
b) white and red
c) white and blue
c) white and blue
True or False? Most people in Scotland live in the Highlands?
False. Most people live in the Lowlands, near the big cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Where can you see Scottish dancing, music and sports?
At the Highland Games
Scottish car drivers use which side if the road?
The left side of the road.
Male Scots wear
a) a skirt
b) a rock
c) a kilt
c) a kilt