Scottish City Slickers Trivia Quiz

Answer: Aberdeen

As Aberdeen has grown up around activities associated with the sea, it is appropriate that the city chose a Patron Saint credited with saving sailors from a ferocious storm. Aberdeen shares St. Nicholas with numerous other cities around the globe, too many to mention here.

The extensive list includes geographically close maritime locations such as Ghent in Belgium, Liverpool and Portsmouth in England, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Answer: Aberdeen

With a 2011 population of 220,420, Aberdeen came behind Glasgow at 598,830 and Edinburgh at 495,360. Dundee was in forth place with a population of 145,570 in 2011.

Answer: Edinburgh

In 1971, Ken Buchanan became the first Scots boxer to achieve the status of undisputed World Champion holder when he beat Mexican-American Ruben Navarro. The lightweight showdown, which took place in Los Angeles, California, was for the WBC and WBA crowns.

Although Buchanan united both titles, he was later stripped of the WBC Lightweight Championship for refusing to defend the title against Spanish boxer Pedro Carrasco.

Answer: Dundee

In 1908, after losing out in Manchester, Winston Churchill won a by-election in Dundee. The then Liberal politician served until 1922 when he was ousted by prohibitionist advocate Edwin Scrymgeour. Although it has been widely speculated that a mutual dislike between Churchill and the people of Dundee existed, the city unveiled a plaque in 2008 to mark the hundredth anniversary that links the city and the former wartime Prime Minister. Churchill accepted the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen in 1946.

Answer: Dundee

The late Queen Mother, Elizabeth, served as Chancellor for a decade and often took great pleasure when presiding over the graduation celebrations. Back in 1971, it was the Queen Mum who was the first to start the tradition of dispatching new graduates, using a flourish of the famous blue Dundee bonnet.

Answer: Aberdeen

The permanent Funfair at Aberdeen has been owned by the Codona family since 1969. Over the years the park has been continually upgraded; it boasts three diverse entertainment areas. The Amusement Park has a variety of roller-coasters, a water flume and traditional attractions such as slides, waltzers and a haunted mansion. Steeped in the traditions of circus and funfair, the Codonas, who are of Italian origin, opened Scotland's first ever permanent amusement park in Edinburgh in the early 1900s.

Answer: Glasgow

Following the proposal of a malt tax that would increase the cost of beer, several people lost their lives in the subsequent uprising in Glasgow. An opulent mansion owned by the Glasgow MP Daniel Campbell, whom the rioters blamed for the tax, became the focus of their fury. During the unrest, soldiers fired shots into the besieging crowd which resulted in devastating fatalities.

Answer: Glasgow

Written by Alexander McArthur and published in 1935, 'No Mean City', tells the gritty and violent story of life in the slums of Glasgow. McArthur's narrative was rough and needed the talents of an established literary aficionado to ensure its commercial viability. H Kingsley Long, a journalist with the newspaper 'The People', agreed to collaborate with McArthur on the book that has had such a profound impact on the perception of Glasgow in subsequent years. Such was the furor caused by the negative depiction of the city that neither local book sellers nor Glasgow Library would stock it at the time of its publication.

Answer: Aberdeen

'The Press and Journal', a daily morning publication, is an amalgamation of two rival newspapers whose circulation has been concentrated around the North of Scotland. In 1748, James Chalmers published the cities' first weekly news sheet, 'The Aberdeen's Journal'.

The publication enjoyed a period of exclusivity up until 1853 when the 'Aberdeen Free Press', later known as 'The Free Press', was launched. In 1922, the two companies agreed to merge into a new entity known as the Aberdeen Newspapers Limited, which then launched 'The Aberdeen Press and Journal'.

Answer: Edinburgh

The world's first floral clock was supposedly initiated by John McHattie, the Edinburgh Park's superintendent in 1903. Situated beneath Edinburgh Castle in Princes Street Gardens, the clock, with its vivid displays of colour, is a magnet to locals and tourists alike. An artificial cuckoo appears every fifteen minutes to vocally announce the passing of time.

The mechanism that drives the clock is housed in the base of a statue of Allan Ramsay, adjacent to the display.