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