Scotland for Kids Trivia Quiz

Answer: St Andrew

St Andrew never actually set foot in Scotland - he was an early Christian martyr from the Holy Land, and the white X on the flag represents the cross on which he was crucified. There is a (probably untrue) story that his remains were transported to Scotland, and buried on the site where the modern town of St Andrews now stands.

Scotland's flag is traditionally referred to as the "Saltire".

Answer: Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis is 4,414 feet high. Located in the Grampian Mountains, it rises above the west highlands town of Fort William.
Scafell Pike is the highest point in England; Snowdon is the highest point in Wales; and Slieve Donard is the highest point in Northern Ireland.

Answer: Stargazy Pie

Stargazy pie is an English fish dish, from the county of Cornwall, and won't be found on many Scottish menus. Haggis is Scotland's unofficial national dish, and consists of the lungs, heart and liver of a sheep, mixed with oatmeal and onions (and is a lot more delicious than it sounds!). Arbroath smokies are smoked haddock from the town of that name. Cullen skink is a fish-based soup from the Morayshire village of Cullen.

Answer: RRS Discovery

The National Museum of Scotland was formed in 2006 by a merger of the Museum of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Museum, which had previously existed separately next door to each other. Our Dynamic Earth opened in 1999 in Holyrood, next door to Scotland's new parliament building.

The Royal Yacht Britannia, which belonged to Queen Elizabeth II, was decommissioned in 1997, and docked in Edinburgh's port of Leith as a permanent tourist attraction. The RRS Discovery, the research ship of Robert Falcon Scott, is docked in Dundee.

Answer: River Tay

The River Tay is 117 miles long, and flows from Ben Lui to the North Sea, near Dundee. The other rivers mentioned are all in England.

Answer: Brown bear

Red deer and European otters are abundant in Scotland; the European wildcat can still be found in the Highlands, but is becoming increasingly endangered. If you want to see a bear in Scotland, you will need to visit a zoo.

Answer: Loch

Some of the more famous ones are Loch Lomond, Loch Ness and Loch Tay. The word loch comes from the Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet. There is actually one natural lake in Scotland which uses the English name - the Lake of Menteith in Stirlingshire.

Answer: Aberdeen

Aberdeen is located in northeast Scotland. Locally quarried granite was, for many years, used to build its houses and public buildings, particularly around the city centre. This material gives off a silvery sparkle, thus gives rise to another one of Aberdeen's nicknames, the "Silver City".

A third nickname is the "Oil Capital of Europe" - oil was discovered in the North Sea in the 1970s, and Aberdeen is a major support centre for that industry.

Answer: Kilt

A kilt is traditionally made from wool with a tartan pattern, each clan/family having their own official tartan. Nowadays the only time you will likely see anyone wearing one is at a social event such as a wedding - everyday wear for Scotsmen tends to be trousers, just like most countries of the western world.

Answer: Skye

The Isle of Skye is the largest of the Inner Hebrides, and is located off the northwest coast of Scotland. The Skye Bridge is around 500 metres in length, and connects the mainland village of Kyle of Lochalsh with the Skye community of Kyleakin.