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30-12-2007, 11:27
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Re: Quiz round 1
21..scotish crown jewels..
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30-12-2007, 12:29
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Re: Quiz round 1
13. The Braemar Highland Gathering
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30-12-2007, 16:58
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Re: Quiz round 1
1. Where will you find Swilken Burn in Scotland? On the old course at St Andrews Rishton Blue
2. What is an Arbroath Smokie? Yerself Smoked Haddock
3. In which city is The Scotsman newspaper published? brfc1974 Edinburgh
4. The ForthRailwayBridge connects Edinburgh to which other city/town? Buttonsmum Fife
5. In which year was the Act of Union in which Scotland was incorporated into the United Kingdom? Garinda 1707
6. What did the Romans call Scotland? Accylass27 Caledonia
7. What was created by the Scotland Act 1998? Grannyclaret Devolved Scottish Parliament
8. Who became King of Scotland in 1306? Beechy Robert the Bruce
9. In which city can the Tolbooth Jail be found? Grannyclaret Edinburgh
10. 10 The Tay Rail Bridge spans which river? Egg and Chips River Tay
11. True of False Loch Ness holds more fresh water than is held in England and Wales reservoirs combined?
12. Which ScottishCity’s nickname is The Granite City Kathleen firth Aberdeen
13. Which Highland Games is the finale and has the queen as patron and is held in September? yerself Braemar Highland Gathering
14. What is Uisgne Beatha better known as? Lilly Whisky water of life
15. Which Scottish city in the 19th century had the title SecondCity of the British Empire? Garinda Glasgow
16. Glasgow has just been awarded the Commonwealth Games in 2014. When did Edinburgh have the commonwealth games? Rishton Blue 1986
17. What is Scotland’s flag called? Steeljack The Saltire Flag of Scotland
18. Which city had the first pavements in 1688?
19. What date was Robert Burns born
20. Where is the stone of destiny or the stone of scone? Yerself Edinburgh Castle
21. What are the Honours of Scotland? Beechy Scottish Crown Jewels
22. What is tennis player Andy Murray’s brother called? Rishton Blue Jamie Murray
23. The film Braveheart was about which Scottish person? Beechy William Wallace
24. Who was the founder of the SAS James 1234 David Stirling
25. What is the tallest mountain in Scotland? Willow the Whisp Ben Nevis
Updated.
Sorry it wasnt done last night but went out and didnt get in till 2am.
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30-12-2007, 17:11
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Re: Quiz round 1
19. robert burns was born Jan 25th 1759
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30-12-2007, 17:12
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Re: Quiz round 1
19. 25 January 1759
Great quiz Jen. I love doing quizzes. Miss the ones we used to have from A-b, K.S.H. and Jedi.
Drat! You beat me to it, Leslie.
Last edited by WillowTheWhisp; 30-12-2007 at 17:16.
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30-12-2007, 17:13
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Re: Quiz round 1
18. Was it Nottingham???? sure thats what my aunty told me
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30-12-2007, 17:14
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Re: Quiz round 1
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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
19. 25 January 1759
Great quiz Jen. I love doing quizzes. Miss the ones we used to have from A-b, K.S.H. and Jedi.
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beat you to it willow, lol
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30-12-2007, 17:17
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Re: Quiz round 1
So I noticed - too late
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30-12-2007, 19:53
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Re: Quiz round 1
Robbie Burns was born on the 25 Jan 1759. You were both right harwood red and willow and it goes to harwood red.
Harwood Red did you not see the post everyone one answer a day? Anyway you were wrong theres a clue if you look on the first one i posted it's all to do with scotland - ran the quiz this was on st andrews day.
Good luck
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30-12-2007, 20:17
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Re: Quiz round 1
Oooh got to wait till tomorrow for another go now.
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30-12-2007, 23:27
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Re: Quiz round 1
sorry jen, only looked at this thread when you updated the answers so never read the start of it, doh!!! and it annoys me when other people reply without reading the whole thread
SORRY
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31-12-2007, 00:02
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Re: Quiz round 1
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sorry jen, only looked at this thread when you updated the answers so never read the start of it, doh!!! and it annoys me when other people reply without reading the whole thread
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so yer annoyed at yerself n so ya should be.
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31-12-2007, 00:18
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Re: Quiz round 1
18. Edinburgh
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31-12-2007, 05:35
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Re: Quiz round 1
11. True...........The Jock's are full of wind and water.
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31-12-2007, 11:58
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Re: Quiz round 1
Just in case he's wrong I'll say 'false'
Can we have more please Jen?
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