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Quiz about S is forScotland
Quiz about S is forScotland

'S' is for....Scotland Trivia Quiz


There were so many fabulous 'S' words, I decided to make one separately for just Scottish words. I'll give you a scenario involving something to do with a Scottish 'S' word and you guess the answer. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
kristian88
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
149,164
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
1091
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Question 1 of 10
1. A Scotsman is sitting down to dinner and his wife puts a 'sybo' on his plate. What has she given him? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. A young Scotsman was called in to see his boss. He entered the boss's office and the boss tells him he is very 'sweir'. What has he just told him he is? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A Scotsman was at work one day when his son walks in and sees him working at his 'studdie'. What is he working on? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A Scotsman was sitting in his local pub with his friends and then stood up. His friends asked him where he was going and he said "To 'stroan'." Where was he going? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A Scotsman came out of a building and began 'stilping'. What is the most likely place he had just been to enable him to stilp? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A Scotsman was watching the Discovery Channel and saw an animal. He turned to his wife and told her to look at its 'spleuchan'. She did, but what animal was it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A Scotsman was sitting at home when his Scottish wife put on her coat and said she was going to see the 'spaewife'. Who was she off to see? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A Scotswoman came back from seeing the spaewife, and her husband put on his coat and said he was going out. When she asked him where, he replied "To the 'souter's' shop." Where was he going? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. A friend rang up a Scotslady and asked if she wanted to go to bingo, but she said she couldn't as she had not finished 'sooping'. What did she still have to do? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A Scotswoman's husband was doing the washing and picked up his wife's coat. He was going through the pockets and pulled out 'siller'. What did he pull out? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A Scotsman is sitting down to dinner and his wife puts a 'sybo' on his plate. What has she given him?

Answer: An onion

A sybo is a young onion or a shallot.
2. A young Scotsman was called in to see his boss. He entered the boss's office and the boss tells him he is very 'sweir'. What has he just told him he is?

Answer: Very lazy

Sweir, or sometimes sweer, means lazy or unwilling.
3. A Scotsman was at work one day when his son walks in and sees him working at his 'studdie'. What is he working on?

Answer: Anvil

A studdie is Scottish for an anvil.
4. A Scotsman was sitting in his local pub with his friends and then stood up. His friends asked him where he was going and he said "To 'stroan'." Where was he going?

Answer: Toilet

To stroan is to urinate in Scottish. Sounds much more pleasant.
5. A Scotsman came out of a building and began 'stilping'. What is the most likely place he had just been to enable him to stilp?

Answer: Hospital

Stilp means to go on crutches.
6. A Scotsman was watching the Discovery Channel and saw an animal. He turned to his wife and told her to look at its 'spleuchan'. She did, but what animal was it?

Answer: Kangaroo

The attractive sounding word spleuchan means pouch....and the kangaroo had a little joey peeping out of it.
7. A Scotsman was sitting at home when his Scottish wife put on her coat and said she was going to see the 'spaewife'. Who was she off to see?

Answer: Fortune teller

A spaewife is a fortune teller.
8. A Scotswoman came back from seeing the spaewife, and her husband put on his coat and said he was going out. When she asked him where, he replied "To the 'souter's' shop." Where was he going?

Answer: Cobblers

A souter is a cobbler (or shoemaker). It can also be spelt 'soutar'.
9. A friend rang up a Scotslady and asked if she wanted to go to bingo, but she said she couldn't as she had not finished 'sooping'. What did she still have to do?

Answer: Sweep the kitchen

To soop is to sweep in Scottish.
10. A Scotswoman's husband was doing the washing and picked up his wife's coat. He was going through the pockets and pulled out 'siller'. What did he pull out?

Answer: Money

Siller is money. It was originally the word for silver.
Source: Author kristian88

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