SCOTLAND FACTS, GOVERNMENT, ANTHEM, CURRENCY,

LANGUAGES

A QUIZ FOR FORMS 7 AND 8 IN ENGLISH

LESSONS

1 WHAT’S THE AREA OF SCOTLAND ? (thousands of km2)

A 17.7 KM2 OR 9.4 ML2

B 38.7 KM2 OR 19.4 ML2

C 78.7 KM2 OR 30.4 ML2

D 118.7 KM2 OR 60.4 ML2

2 HOW MANY ISLAND ARE THERE ?

A ABOUT 50

B ABOUT 100

C ABOUT 300

D ABOUT 800 (130 INHABITED)

3 WHICH OF THESE IS THE CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND ?

A GLASGOW

B ABERDEEN

C EDINBURG

D DUNDEE

4 WHICH OF THESE IS THE BIGGEST CITY IN SCOTLAND?

A GLASGOW

B ABERDEEN – 3RD

C EDINBURG- 2ND

D DUNDEE - 4TH

5 SCOTLAND IS A KINGDOM. WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE

COUNTRY ?

A ELIZABETH I

B ELIZABETH II – HEAD OF UK!

C QUEEN MARY

D QUEEN VICTORIA

6 SCOTLAND ALSO HAS A PARLIAMENT.

WHO IS THE FIRST MINISTER?

A NICOLA STURGEON

B DAVID CAMERON – PRIME MINISTER OF UK, ALSO SCOTLAND

C ALEX SALMOND – PRIOR FIRST MINISTER

D CHARLES WINDSOR – PRINCE!

7 WHICH OF THESE IN NOT A LANGUAGE FROM SCOTLAND?

Proto-Celtic Northumbrian Old Norse

PritennicCommon Brittonic

Goidelic Early Northern Middle English

PictishCommon Brittonic

Old Irish Early ScotsSouthern Middle English

Norn

Cumbric Middle Irish Middle ScotsEarly Modern English

Gaelic Modern ScotsScottish English

8 WHICH OF THESE IS THE FLAG OF SCOTLAND?

9 WHAT’S THE SCOTTISH GAELIC WORD FOR

„SCOTLAND“? A ALBA

B SCOTIA – FROM LATIN

C ULSTER - IRELAND

D GALLIA – OR GAUL – AREA OF FRANCE, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBURG

10 WHAT’S THE MOTTO OF SCOTLAND?

A IN GOD WE TRUST – USA

B IN MY DEFENS GOD ME DEFEND

C UNITED IN DIVERSITY - EU

D A MARI USQUE AD MARE – CANADA, IN LATIN

11 WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE OFFICIAL ANTHEM OF SCOTLAND?

A FLOWER OF SCOTLAND – MOST POPULAR NATIONAL SONG

B GOD SAVE THE KING - UK

C AULD LANG SYNE – POPULAR SONG BY ROBERT BURNS, NEW YEAR’S EVE

D THERE IS NO OFFICIAL ANTHEM

12 „AULD LANG SYNE“ IS THE TITLE OF A POEM BY ROBERT BURNS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? A DAYS OF LONG AGO

B OLD LAND’S SHINE

C SHOULD I DIE

D LONG SHALL WE LIVE

13 WHAT’S THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF SCOTLAND?

14 WHICH OF THESE WAS A SCOTTISH HERO IN THE INDEPENDENCE WAR AGAINST THE ENGLISH RULE? A WILL TURNER

B WALLIE WHOO

C WHISKY TANGO

D WILLIAM WALLACE

15 WHICH OF THESE WAS NOT INVENTED IN SCOTLAND OR BY A

SCOTSMAN? A RAIN COAT - CHARLES MACINTOSH,  IN 1824

B TELEPHONE – ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL , IN 1876

C AIRPLANE – IN THE USA

D COLOUR TELEVISION - JOHN LOGIE BAIRD, IN 1928

16 THE SCOTTISH INVENTED THE BAGPIPE.

A TRUE

B FALSE – ORGINATING FROM MIDDLE-EAST (ASIA )

17 POUND STERLING IS THE CURRENCY USED IN SCOTLAND.

A TRUE – SAME AS UK, BUT ALSO DIFFERENT BANK NOTES OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND

B FALSE

18 FAMOUS HORROR TALE „DRACULA“ BY BRAM STOKER WAS

WRITTEN IN SCOTLAND.

A TRUE

B FALSE

19 THE POPULATION OF SCOTLAND IS ABOUT 5.3 MILLION PEOPLE.

A TRUE

B FALSE

20 A GROUP OF ISLANDS IN SCOTLAND ARE CALLED THE

SHETLAND ISLES.

A TRUE

B FALSE