The Scotland Quiz

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Last updated: August 16, 2014

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Hint	Answer
What is the capital?	Edinburgh
What is the largest city?	Glasgow
What is the national dish?	Haggis
Who is Scotland's patron saint?	Andrew
Which famous naturalist graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1831?	Charles Darwin
What is the name of the archipelago of islands located off the western coast of Scotland?	Hebrides
Which city on the northern coast is considered the capital of the Scottish Highlands?	Inverness
What is Scotland's largest loch? (lake)	Loch Lomond

Hint	Answer
What currency is used in Scotland?	The Pound
The Scottish flag features a white 'x' on which color background?	Blue
Someone from Glasgow is called a what?	Glaswegian
Scotland is the home of which popular sport, now played all over the world?	Golf
Who was the most recent Scottish Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?	Gordon Brown
Which city, often referred to as the oil capital of Europe, is Scotland's third largest city?	Aberdeen
Which Scottish author (1859-1930) is known for his crime fiction series entitled Sherlock Holmes?	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle