Fun Facts on Scottish History Trivia Quiz

Answer: St. Ninian

St Ninian (known also as Ninius or Ninus) lived in 3rd/4th century. He was born in Galloway and educated in Rome. He spent some time in France, but after the death of St Martin of Tours in 397 he went to Scotland to build St Martin's church there and spread the word of Christ among southern Picts.

The church he built is said to have been the first stone church in Britain and because of its whitewashed walls was called Candida Casa - the White House. St Ninian, who was well known for his miracles, is buried in the church at Whithorn in Wigtownshire.

Answer: Dunadd

The Dunadd fort in Argyll was the capital of the western Scots from the 6th to 9th centruries AD. The western Scottish kingdom, known in Gaelic as Dal Riata or Dalriada, defeated the eastern Picts in the middle of the 9th century AD and that's how a unified Scotland was formed.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

It can be found at the Old Carlton Cemetery in Edinburgh.

Answer: Aberdeen

There are about 12,000 different types of roses to be seen in Aberdeen, especially at Duthie Park's Rose Hill and Hazelhead Park. Aberdeen has even been banned from the Britain in Bloom annual contest to give other cities a chance of winning.
But it all started back in the 14th century when Robert Bruce, thankful for the help he received from the city, gave Aberdeen the Freedom Lands that surround it. The money saved on rent was turned into a Common Good Fund and the first rose beds arrived in Aberdeen.

Answer: Berwick

Berwick is a borders town and changed hands between England and Scotland thirteen times. Berwick upon Tweed had the status of a "Free Burgh" until the Reform Act of 1885. It meant that the town enjoyed a high degree of independence and if an Act of Parliament was passed Berwick had to be mentioned separately. Such was the case when the Crimean War was declared in 1853 in the name of Great Britain, Ireland and Berwick.

But when the peace treaty was signed the town's name somehow was omitted.

Answer: Donald

Clan Donald had enormous power and influence from the middle of the 12th century until 1493 when they became such a threat to the Crown that king James IV put an end to it, making them forfeit some of their lands.
The Donalds started calling themselves Lords of the Isles in the middle of the 14th century and later on the title was officially recognised by the Crown. It survived the Donalds however and today is held by the Prince of Wales.

Answer: Drumelzier

Merlin was not only king Arthur's adviser, but also that of his father, Uther Pendragon. Other sources state as Merlin's burial place Marlborough (Wiltshire), Bardsley Island or surroundings of Tombeau de Merlin, two megaliths in the woods of Paimpont, the remnant of the legendary Forest of Broceliande, in Brittany.

Answer: Aberdeen

The two universities were Marishal College (protestant university and the second largest granite building in the world) founded by Earl Marishal and King's College founded by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen. The present University of Aberdeen was formed in 1960 by merging the two colleges.

Answer: a spider

Every child in the UK knows the story about Robert Bruce sitting in a cave, hiding from the enemy. He was watching a spider weaving its web. Every time the web was almost finished, something bad happened - a heavy wind blew or a fox ran and damaged the web. Each time the spider rebuilt its web. So Robert thought the spider was giving him a message - "if at first you don't succeeed, try, try and try again".

Answer: Princes George and Frederick, sons of George III

This grandiose main street in Edinburgh's New Town has the Scott Monument on its south and affords splendid views of the Old Town and Edinburgh Castle.

Prince George later became the Prince Regent and George IV, while Prince Frederick was the Duke of York and Albany. The street-name is usually spelled without an apostrophe and in popular culture is sometimes mistakenly thought to be singular and to refer to Bonnie Prince Charlie - as if a major street in Edinburgh would be named after a pretender, bonnie or ugly!