1. Pica pica is another name for which common bird?
2. Perdix perdix is another name for which common bird?
3. Which animal group do otters, badgers, ferrets & Northern European polecats come under? I'll give you a clue. They're not rodents.
4. What is/was trephining?
5. Who wrote under the pseudonym of Currer Bell?
6. Who wrote under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell?
7. Who wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell?
8. What was George Stubbs most famous for painting?
9. The following extract is from which famous poem, "Water, water, everywhere & all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink"?
10. Where was William Wordsworth when he wrote his most famous poem, "daffodils"?
Great new thread.
And I’m stumped.
Have to do some research!
Love this. Thank you Lady Ann xx
Great new thread.
And I’m stumped.
Have to do some research!
Love this. Thank you Lady Ann xx
Thank you very much, Lady Divine.
I'll be giving the answers the same time next week unless someone gets them because I've got to give people the chance to have a go if they wish.
You're welcome, Lady Divine.
The answers for anyone who's interested are as follows:
1. Magpie
2. Grey partridge
3. Mustelid
4. The process by which holes were drilled in prehistoric men's heads when they had a headache. Medicine men did this because they thought headaches were caused by evil spirits entering the body & they had to let them out. They kept the little bones & put them in little bags that the patient had to carry around their necks to ward off other evil spirits.
5. Charlotte Bronte
6. Emily Bronte
7. Anne Bronte
8.Horses
9. The rime of the ancient mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
10. Grasmere in the Lake District.
If anyone would like to get their own back on me, please feel free to write another 1. It's just for fun.
The answers for anyone who's interested are as follows:
1. Magpie
2. Grey partridge
3. Mustelid
4. The process by which holes were drilled in prehistoric men's heads when they had a headache. Medicine men did this because they thought headaches were caused by evil spirits entering the body & they had to let them out. They kept the little bones & put them in little bags that the patient had to carry around their necks to ward off other evil spirits.
5. Charlotte Bronte
6. Emily Bronte
7. Anne Bronte
8.Horses
9. The rime of the ancient mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
10. Grasmere in the Lake District.
If anyone would like to get their own back on me, please feel free to write another 1. It's just for fun.
1. Pica pica is another name for which common bird?
2. Perdix perdix is another name for which common bird?
3. Which animal group do otters, badgers, ferrets & Northern European polecats come under? I'll give you a clue. They're not rodents.
4. What is/was trephining?
5. Who wrote under the pseudonym of Currer Bell?
6. Who wrote under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell?
7. Who wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell?
8. What was George Stubbs most famous for painting?
9. The following extract is from which famous poem, "Water, water, everywhere & all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink"?
10. Where was William Wordsworth when he wrote his most famous poem, "daffodils"?
This is amazing!
Thank you so very much Lady Ann xx
You're welcome, Lady Divine. Would you like me to set another 1?
Yes please Lady Ann! Xxx
Sending love ❤️
Yes please Lady Ann! Xxx
Sending love ❤️
O.K. I'll set another 1 later, Lady Divine.
Lots of love
Ann.
I decided to set this 1 on Scotland. I will set an English 1 next.
1. What's a dirk?
2. What's a skiandhu?
3. What happened @ 5 am on 13/2/1692?
4. What year was the act of union signed?
5. What does slainte mhath mean?
6. What is haggis?
7. What 3 ingredients do you need to make shortbread?
8. What's a pibroch?
9. Who wrote Auld Lang Syne?
10. Name the following poem/prayer?
Some hae meat but cannae eat.
Others no hae but can eat it.
But we hae meat & we can eat
So bless the lord & thankit.
11. Which dog got the freedom of the City of Edinburgh after poor children put together to buy him a license?
12. Who designed Edinburgh new town?
13. What were the Adam Brothers famous for?
14. Lister who invented anti-septic surgery studied at what Scottish university?
15. What city is known as the granite city?
16. In what month does the Edinburgh tattoo & festival take place?
17. What did Andrew Carnegie fund in Scotland?
18. A famous song starts with the following words.
By yon Bonnie banks & by yon Bonnie braes where the sun shines bright...
Name the song.
19. Who did Flora McDonald row over the sea to Skye?
20. Which 2 clans were involved in the Glencoe Massacre?
I decided to set this 1 on Scotland. I will set an English 1 next.
1. What's a dirk?
2. What's a skiandhu?
3. What happened @ 5 am on 13/2/1692?
4. What year was the act of union signed?
5. What does slainte mhath mean?
6. What is haggis?
7. What 3 ingredients do you need to make shortbread?
8. What's a pibroch?
9. Who wrote Auld Lang Syne?
10. Name the following poem/prayer?
Some hae meat but cannae eat.
Others no hae but can eat it.
But we hae meat & we can eat
So bless the lord & thankit.
11. Which dog got the freedom of the City of Edinburgh after poor children put together to buy him a license?
12. Who designed Edinburgh new town?
13. What were the Adam Brothers famous for?
14. Lister who invented anti-septic surgery studied at what Scottish university?
15. What city is known as the granite city?
16. In what month does the Edinburgh tattoo & festival take place?
17. What did Andrew Carnegie fund in Scotland?
18. A famous song starts with the following words.
By yon Bonnie banks & by yon Bonnie braes where the sun shines bright...
Name the song.
19. Who did Flora McDonald row over the sea to Skye?
20. Which 2 clans were involved in the Glencoe Massacre?
This is awesome Lady Ann
Thank you sending love ♥️♥️♥️
My answers are few.
1. Dirk is a dagger
3. Massacre of Glen Coe
4. 1706/ 1707
6. Haggis....my cousin had it at his wedding.
Liver and calf’s inereds wrapped by the stomach.
They used the bag pipes and completed a ceremony before it was consumed.
I’m vegetarian.
7 LOVE shortbread. Main ingredients
Coarse sugar ( forget the name) butter and flour
( I love a touch of vanilla. )
Don’t knead it too much.
Dougie Maclean for Auld Lang Syne
That’s all I know.
Carnegie. Is that the same one who built Carnegie Hall In New York?
Great stuff here Lady Ann
Sending Love ❤️
My answers are few.
1. Dirk is a dagger
3. Massacre of Glen Coe
4. 1706/ 1707
6. Haggis....my cousin had it at his wedding.
Liver and calf’s inereds wrapped by the stomach.
They used the bag pipes and completed a ceremony before it was consumed.
I’m vegetarian.
7 LOVE shortbread. Main ingredients
Coarse sugar ( forget the name) butter and flour
( I love a touch of vanilla. )
Don’t knead it too much.
Dougie Maclean for Auld Lang Syne
That’s all I know.
Carnegie. Is that the same one who built Carnegie Hall In New York?
Great stuff here Lady Ann
Sending Love ❤️
I'll be generous with you & give you 4 as I'll let you off for the haggis 1 I'll tell you why when I give you the answers.
It is. He was a famous oil tycoon.
I'm glad you like it, Lady Divine.
Lots of love.
Ann
I decided to set this 1 on Scotland. I will set an English 1 next.
1. What's a dirk?
2. What's a skiandhu?
3. What happened @ 5 am on 13/2/1692?
4. What year was the act of union signed?
5. What does slainte mhath mean?
6. What is haggis?
7. What 3 ingredients do you need to make shortbread?
8. What's a pibroch?
9. Who wrote Auld Lang Syne?
10. Name the following poem/prayer?
Some hae meat but cannae eat.
Others no hae but can eat it.
But we hae meat & we can eat
So bless the lord & thankit.
11. Which dog got the freedom of the City of Edinburgh after poor children put together to buy him a license?
12. Who designed Edinburgh new town?
13. What were the Adam Brothers famous for?
14. Lister who invented anti-septic surgery studied at what Scottish university?
15. What city is known as the granite city?
16. In what month does the Edinburgh tattoo & festival take place?
17. What did Andrew Carnegie fund in Scotland?
18. A famous song starts with the following words.
By yon Bonnie banks & by yon Bonnie braes where the sun shines bright...
Name the song.
19. Who did Flora McDonald row over the sea to Skye?
20. Which 2 clans were involved in the Glencoe Massacre?
This is awesome Lady Ann
Thank you sending love ♥️♥️♥️
I'm glad you like it, Lady Divine.
You're welcome.
The answers
1. A dagger found in the jacket pocket of a fully dressed highlander in traditional dress
2. A knife found in the sock of a fully dressed highlander in traditional dress
3. The Glencoe Massacre
4. 1707
5. Good health. Normally said as a toast.
6. A stuffed sheep's stomach.
7. Sugar, butter & flour.
8. Bagpipes
9. Robert Burns
10. The Selkirk Grace
11. Greyfriar's Bobby
12. Robert Adam
13. Architecture
14. Glasgow
15. Aberdeen
16. August
17. Hospitals & libraries
18. Loch Lomond
19. Bonny Prince Charlie
20. Campbell's & McDonald's.
Thank you so much Lady Ann ♥️