Scottish History Quiz (#2)
Test your knowledge of Scottish History and you may win a prize. Bring your answers to the next meeting and if
you've answered
correctly your name will be entered in a drawing for a door prize. You must be present to win.
- 1. According to "Eyewitness Travel Guides: Scotland," more than eight million
rivets hold the Forth Rail Bridge together. What year did this Victorian structure open?
- 1860
- 1870
- 1880
- 1890
- 1900
- 2. Queen Elizabeth I of England was succeeded by which Scottish king?
- Charles I
- William
- Robert the Bruce
- James VI
- 3. Scots voted to re-establish a Scottish Parliament in:
- 1987
- 1990
- 1999
- 2001
- 4. The failure of Sir Walter Scott's publishing firm left a debt of GBP 114,000.
Was Scott able to pay it off?
- Yes
- No, failure occurred after his death.
- 5. Name the author of the popular Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mystery series:
- J. R. Rowley
- M. C. Beaton
- Duncan Craig
- Agatha Christie