Statistics for Scotland Trivia

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Capital of Scotland	Edinburgh	97%
Largest lake by volume, famous for the sea monster that lives there	Loch Ness	96%
Most populous city	Glasgow	95%
Pleated skirt worn by men	Kilt	92%
Musical instrument most associated with Scotland	Bagpipes	89%
Shakespeare work known as the "Scottish Play"	Macbeth	77%
Scotland's national animal (hint: it's fictional)	Unicorn	74%
Celtic language spoken in Scotland?	Scottish Gaelic	71%
Patron saint	St. Andrew	70%
Criss-cross pattern that sometimes represents a clan	Tartan	70%
City considered to be the "capital" of the Scottish Highlands	Inverness	68%
Hero portrayed by Mel Gibson in "Braveheart"	William Wallace	67%
Word for "yes" in the above language	Aye	66%
Most popular sport invented in Scotland	Golf	65%
Island group which lies off the northwest of Great Britain	Outer {Hebrides}	64%
Highest mountain in the British Isles	Ben Nevis	63%
Scottish song commonly sung on New Years Day	Auld Lang Syne	59%
Island group which lies far to the northeast, past the Orkney Islands	Shetland	56%
Largest lake by area	Loch Lomond	52%
Poet who wrote the lyrics to the above	Robert Burns	50%
Scotland's largest bank?	RBS	48%
Highland Games event which involves throwing a long, wooden pole	{Caber} Tossing	47%
Author of "The Wealth of Nations", the founding text of economics	Adam Smith	40%
Language / English dialect spoken in the Scottish lowlands?	Scots	35%
Famous infantry battalion from the Scottish Highlands	The {Black} Watch	35%
Ancient Roman name for Scotland	Caledonia	32%