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