SCOTS QUIZ

1. He was knighted for his services to medicine, having pioneered the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic, and died on this day in 1870. Who was he? 2. What sort of ancient barley gives its name to a bread that was once an Orcadian staple? 3. The novel Lanark: A Life in Four Books was written by a Glasgow author who also illustrated his own work. What is his name? 4. Which minister’s son, now 51, won an Emmy for his portayal of a Scottish serial killer? 5. Which harbour in Caithness, surrounded by steep cliffs, is accessible on foot via a set of more than 300 stone steps? 6. Name the island in the Firth of Forth, five miles off the coast, that is now the site of a nature reserve and bird observatory.