General knowledge

1. Which Dumfriesshire schoolboy invented the bicycle in 1824?

2. Which football team is supported by golfers Bernard Gallacher and Sandy Lyle, author Ian Rankin and actor Dougray Scott?

3. At which battle in 1650 did Oliver Cromwell’s army defeat a large Scots force led by the victor of Philiphaugh, David Leslie?

4. Which poet wrote: ‘Ancient town of Leith, so wonderful to be seen/With your many handsome buildings, and links so green?’

5. Which county do the following fishing boat registration codes come from: AD, AR, BA, IE, TN?

6. Which explorer, named after the patron saint of Glasgow, embarked on two expeditions to reach the source of the Nile?

7. The Man o’ France, Auld Clootie, Domhnall Dubh/Black Donald, and Auld Hornie are Scots names for this person – who is he?

8. This celebrated clan’s plant badge is rosemary, its motto is fuimus (‘We Have Been’) and its crest is a lion.

9. What are Scotch Horn, Boreray, Soay and Castlemilk Moorit?

10. Which Borders town is known as the Muckle Toun?