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?
1. 1860
2. 1870
3. 1880
4. 1890
5. 1900
• 2. Queen Elizabeth I of England was succeeded by which Scottish king?
1. Charles I
2. William
3. Robert the Bruce
4. James VI
• 3. Scots voted to re-establish a Scottish Parliament in:
1. 1987
2. 1990
3. 1999
4. 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?
1. Yes
2. No, failure occurred after his death.
• 5. Name the author of the popular Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mystery series:
1. J. R. Rowley
2. M. C. Beaton
3. Duncan Craig
4. Agatha Christie