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2. When someone talks about Munro Bagging, what are they referring
to?
Climbing mountains.
4. Who was the author of The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde
who allegedly destroyed his first manuscript after his wife read it and
was terrified?
Robert Louis Stevenson
7. Which of these four jobs did Robert Burns NOT do (a) Flax-
dresser,
(b) Exciseman, (c) Farmer, (d) school teacher?
(d) School teacher
18. Towards the end of the Victorian era, Dundee was famous for its
three Js - Jam, Jute and what?
Journalism
19. What is the longest river in Scotland? The River Tay
119 miles long
20. Where does Porridge originate from? Many people assume
porridge originated in Scotland but traces of porridge oats were
actually found in the stomachs of 5,000 year old Neolithic bog bodies
in Scandinavia, dating back many years before it was first recorded
or tasted in Scotland.
23. Which musical tells the story of a Scottish village that appears
once every century?
Brigadoon