SCOTS QUIZ

1. Which outlaw became known as Scotland’s answer to Robin Hood? 2. Who said: ‘Of all the small nations on earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind’? 3. Crime writer Ian Rankin was mistaken for what in a brush with the law last weekend? 4. Which football team has never competed in a European final: Aberdeen, Dundee United, Celtic or Hearts. 5. What event led to 10,000 troops being sent on to the streets of Glasgow in 1919? 6. Who published his first novel, Waverley, in 1814, under the name of Laurence Templeton?

1 James Macpherson, born in 1675. 2 Winston Churchill. 3 He was mistaken for a burglar. 4 Hearts. 5 The Battle of George Square, caused by police clashes with striking workers. 6 Sir Walter Scott.