2926 30 25 Scottish History Test. by A. MacInnes CALGACUS reputedly fought against? A the Romans the Picts King Arthur Jim Watt Who brought Christianity to Scotland ? B St. Columba St. Ninian St. Mirren St. Johnstone St. Andrew The first Scottish king to be crowned and anointed was? D Malcolm Canmore David I Alexander III David II Melrose Abbey was founded for what order of monks ? B Cluniac Cistercian Benedictine Tironensian Robert Bruce became king because? C he was Alexander III's son he was Edward I's brother-in-law he seized the throne he married the maid of Norway In what century did the Scottish parliament first meet ? B the tenth the thirteenth the fifteenth the sixteenth Lectures to students at medieval Scottish Universities were delivered in? D Scots Gaelic English Latin James IV was killed in battle at? C Bannockburn Sauchieburn Flodden Culloden The first town to be designated a royal burgh was? D Auchtermuchty Berwick Perth Rutherglen Mary Queen of Scots spent the greatest part of her life in? E Scotland France Reeboks England Jail John Knox, before he became a leading Protestant Reformer was? A a Catholic priest a burgess a university regent a mercenary The Union of the Crowns took place in? B 1567 1603 1625 1707 Where did most Scots emigrate to during the reign of James VI ? A Poland Sweden Ireland France Serfdom was reimposed on which group of Scottish workers in the 17th century ? D Carters Quarrymen Ploughmen Colliers The last clan battle took place at Mulroy on the Braes of Lochaber in? C 1513 1645 1688 1719 When William of Orange ousted James VII at the revolution of 1689-90 his main foreign backer was? D Ian Paisley Peter the Great; Louis XIV Pope Alexander VIII In which modern state was the ill-fated Scottish colony of Darien located ? A Panama El Salvador; Chile Peru Which bank was founded first ? A the Bank of Scotland the Royal Bank of Scotland the British Linen Bank Clydebank Thomas Muir of Huntershill was a prominent Scottish? B Jocobite Jacobin Jesuit agent provocateur Who wrote "Wealth of Nations" ? C Adam Ferguson Robert Fergusson Adam Smith Sir Walter Scott The Industrial Revolution of late and early 19th century Scotland was based mainly on? D chemicals mining shipbuilding textiles iron and steel Which government official was sent to supervise famine relief in the Highlands in 1846 ? B W.P. Alison Sir Edward Pine Coffin W.F. Skene Sir Charles Trevelyan Which Scottish sporting body was established in 1872 ? C the Camanach Association The Royal and Ancient Golf Club The Scottish Football Association the Scottish Rugby Union What did the initials I.L.P. stand for in the early 20th century ? A Independent Labour Party International Labour Programme Inverness Leninist Politburo Islands' Leverhulme Project What was the pen-name of Christopher Murray Grieve ? E Lewis Grassic Gibbon Neil Gunn Fionn MacColla Ian Fleming Hugh MacDiarmid 6 0 5 You are either English or a bit of a thicky. You will probably go on to become Secretary Of State for Scotland. 6 10 Somewhere you're education has skipped out Scottish History. Stop watching Scottish Question Time on the box. 11 15 Only average. You have books on your coffee table called "Glasgow By Air" and "Oor Wullie Annual 1976". 16 20 Quite Good. Your Scottish History is better than most. 21 23 Very good. You have watched every episode of City Lights, even though you hate it, and force read the Daily Record 24 25 You know Andy Cameron personally and have appeared on Superscot more often than Jane Franci./ Name: