SCOTS QUIZ

1. On this day in 1880, which Nobel Peace Prize winner for scientific research into nutrition was born in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire?

2. Which Scots surgeon, noted for his skill and speed in an era prior to anaesthetics, had a knife named after him?

3. Name the Scots novelist and playwright who wrote Another Time, Another Place?

4. In 1952, which racing motorist was killed on Loch Ness while trying to set a world water speed record?

5. Which 19th century Scots poet was given the moniker ‘the worst poet in history’ on account of the poor quality of his work?

6. What year was James IV of Scotland killed in a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Flodden?

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