Hamish’s Scottish Quiz

Thanks to all who emailed me to say how well or badly they did in last week’s quiz. This week’s questions are:

1. Who was appointed Deputy First Minister by John Swinney during the week?

2. In the Doric dialect of the north-east what is the female equivalent of a loon?

3. What is the name of the castle on a rocky islet o Castlebay in Barra?

4. John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836) developed the type of road named aˆer him, but in which country did he make his first fortune as a merchant and prize agent?

5. Lennoxlove is the home of the Duke of Hamilton. In which local authority area is it located?

6. Who wrote the recently published novel Caledonian Road?

7. Which senior Scottish professional football club founded in 1872 from a military unit went out of business in 1967?

8. Alexander Gordon Laing (1793-1826) was a famous explorer of which continent?

9. Banjo Beale is a judge on which popular Scottish television show?

10. Muness Castle (below) is the most northerly castle in Britain. On which island of the Shetland archipelago does it stand?

11. Which famous, or infamous, Scottish historical figure died at Balquhidder in January, 1734?

12. Which bank held its protest-disrupted AGM in Glasgow on Thursday? 13. In 1810-1812, French prisoners-of-war built which jail, now the oldest prison in Scotland?

14. Scottish philosopher and journalist James Mill (17731836) had a somewhat more famous son. Who was he?

15. And of which Scottish university did that son become rector, giving a famous inaugural address in 1867?

16. Which Roman Catholic saint and martyr was canonised in 1976?

17. The Albert Memorial in London was built with red Scottish granite from which island?

18. Which 20th-century Scottish poet wrote the post-apocalyptic poem The Horses?

19. So called because its coat changes colour in the summer, by what other descriptive name is the Mountain or Arctic hare known?

20. The discovery of which metal saw would-be prospectors dash to Kildonan in the 1860s?