Ramble on: Ayrshire Stylee

A scenic view of Ayrshire, Scotland with highlights of historical landmarks and natural beauty, featuring the River Ayr and rural landscapes.

Ayrshire Stylee Quiz

Test your knowledge of Ayrshire and its rich history through this engaging quiz! Featuring questions on notable landmarks, local experts, and intriguing trivia, this quiz is perfect for anyone interested in Scottish culture.

Challenge yourself and your friends with questions like:

  • What's the capital of historic landmarks in Yorkshire?
  • Can you name the tree known as Castanea Sativa?
  • What is the unique feature of the town Wick?
24 Questions6 MinutesCreated by ExploringScotch1
The Village of Sorn is on the River Ayr, but where is the River Sorn?
Islay
Mull
Argyle
Dumfries
Béton brut is used to describe the exposed concrete of brutalism, who coined the phrase?
Tadao Ando
Auguste Perret
Gustave Eiffel
Le Corbusier
Who was depicted on Trafalgar Square's fourth Plinth sculpture, titled 'pregnant'
Alison Moyer
Alison King
Alison Lapper
Alison Wonderland
Castanea Sativa is the latin name for which tree?
French Oak
English Elm
Spanish Chestnut
London Plane.
Who famously wrote "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life'
James Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Pepy's
Charles Dickens
Malton In Yorkshire is closest to which Historic Landscape?
Chatsworth House
Flamingo Land
Castle Howard
Rievaulx Terrace
Dollar Academy was designed by which prominent Architect?
Robert Adam
William Henry Playfair
James Gillespie Graham
William Chambers
Clenaghans is located near Moira, in Northern Ireland. Which district is it in?
Antrim
Craigavon
Lisburn
Banbridge
The tea clipper, Cutty Sark, is named after what?
Short dagger
Tobacco Snuff
Short Shirt
Torn Sail
SORN is a DVLA acronym for which term?
Seriously Offroad Racing Notice
Statutory Off Road Notification
Self Offer Removal Notice
Scottish Outside Recreation Nature
Who designed the Alison Lapper 'pregnant' sculpture on Trafalgar Square's fourth Plinth
Gary Hume
Anthony Gormley
Mark Quinn
Damien Hurst
Samuel Johnston's biographer, James Boswell, lived where?
Cumnock
Dumfries
Auchinleck
Kilmarnock
Turnberry golf course looks over Ailsa Craig, what is in geology terms?
A Drumlin
A glacial erratic
A Volcanic Plug
A crag and tail
Roseberry Topping is located where?
North Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
Cumbria
Lancashire
Eels proliferate in Lough Neagh, but where do they go to mate?
Clenaghans
The Sargasso Sea
The Mediterranean
The Black Sea
Nelsons column is modelled on which classical order of ancient architecture?
Doric
Tuscan
Ionic
Corinthian
Wick is famously a very very VERY northern town, what is one of its most famous attributes?
Worlds Shortest Street
Worlds Steepest Street
A Round Church
Worlds first Lighthouse
Gilmerton is located near Edinburgh, what was the towns main Historic Industry?
Coal Mining
Lead Mining
Bowling
Steel Mining
Former pupils of Rugby School are referred to as what?
Old Rugbeians
Old Ruglets
Old Rugbionians
Old Ruggers
Graeme Obree rode a bike made from old washing machine parts, what was the bike called?
The Speedster
Supermachine
Old Faithful
The Flying Scot
When Tam o' Shanter fled the witches, what was the witch chasing him wearing?
A nightie
A black gown
A Cutty Sark
Nothing
What was Tam o' Shanters trusty horse called?
Old Faithful
Maud
Meg
Nannie
Mither Tap is a hill in Aberdeen, What is its gaelic name?
Ben Bhragie
Bennachie
Braeriach
Ben Vrottan
Loch Mabon in Dumfriesshire has how many Lochs?
2
5
3
4
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