Scottish History Quiz
Scottish History Quiz
Test your knowledge of Scottish history with our challenging 50-question quiz! From the medieval period to the modern era, this quiz covers significant events, figures, and cultural milestones that shaped Scotland.
Join us to explore:
- Scottish monarchs and their impact
- The role of famous battles
- Influential thinkers and their contributions
Which candidate for the Scottish throne did Edward I adjudicate in favor of in 1292?
Robert Bruce
William Wallace
John Balliol
John Calvin
Which Scottish thinker produced a book called 'The Wealth of Nations' in 1776?
Robert Ferguson
David Hume
Adam Smith
Robert Burns
Which king ordered the massacre of all Danes living in England?
Edgar
Aethelred II.
Athelstan
Alfred
What is pictured in the painting 'The Monarch of the Glen'?
A stag
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Loch Ness Monster
Queen Victoria
Where did the 'Big Bang' take place on 27th October 1986?
Northern Ireland
Madonna's bedroom
Harrods department store
The City of London
What was the Anglo-Saxon term for what would now be termed militia
Merthyr
Fyrd
Ceorl
Mynster
By what term was national income derived from profits derived from banking, insurance, shipping and returns on British capital invested abroad commonly coming to be known by the early twentieth century?
Ill-gotten gains
Indirect profits
Invisible earnings
Incalculable extras
What was the main reason for the success of the New Model Army at Naseby and subsequent battles?
Regular pay
Millitary technology
Religious zeal
Battlefield tactics
What was the name of the Roman monk who Pope Gregory the Great sent to convert the English to Christianity?
Bede
Augustine
Columba
Aidan
Which of the following was not part of the celebrated six points of The People's Charter of 1848?
Equal electoral districts
Manhood suffrage
Payment for MPs
Equal pay
Which of the following was the South Sea Bubble?
A financial journal
A financial crisis
A ship
A company
On which island did Columba found a monastery in c.563?
Mull
Arran
Iona
Skye
With which other country did Scotland renew the Auld Alliance in 1492 in the reign of James IV. ?
Ireland
France
England
Spain
In which year was Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species' first published?
1848
1859
1832
1870
To whom was the Cenotaph erected in Whitehall as a memorial?
Oscar Wilde
The British Empire
Queen Victoria
The War Dead
Which of the following was not a Radical?
William Cobden
James Wilson
John Bright
Arthur Wellesley
The invasion of which of these capital cities caused public anger in Britain to explode in 1939?
Prague
Paris
Warsaw
Vienna
In which year did the Easter Rising in Dublin take Place?
1926
1906
1916
1936
Which Roman emperor , who died in York, was the father of Constantine the Great?
Domitian
Constantius I
Diocleitan
Nero
On which island did Aidan build a monastery?
Guernsey
Jersey
Arran
Lindisfarne
Approximately how many soldiers were wounded during The First World War?
25 000
2 500
2 500 000
250 000
Which of the following was a sixth century Northumbrian kingdom?
Dumnonia
Mercia
Bernicia
Dalriada
Of which tribal grouping was Cartimandua the head?
The Brigantes
The Catevallauni
The Trinovantes
The Iceni
Which significant military battle established the first Tudor on the throne of England?
Towton
Flodden
Bosworth
Agincourt
Who was Cosmo Lang?
An archbishop
A film star
A popular singer
A gangster
Which one of these monarchs expelled the Jewish community from England?
Henry I.
Henry III.
Henry II.
Henry IV.
In which parts of England did the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 take place?
The north and west
South and east
North and east
South and west
Who was known as the 'hammer of the Scots'?
Edward I.
Edward II.
Llwellyn ap Gruffyd
William Wallace
Which continent became known in Victorian times as 'the dark continent'?
Asia
Africa
America
Europe
Which organizations did the Colombian Laws of 1799 outlaw?
Sports clubs
Nonconformist chapels
Underclothing manufacturers
Trade unions
Who was the most celebrated cartoonist of the first half of the eighteenth century?
Daniel Defoe
John Constable
Henry Purcell
William Hogarth
In which area of the world did Robert Clive's military victory at Plassey mean that Britain had emerged as the dominant power?
Australia
India
Africa
America
Which French president rebuffed Britain's first attempt to join the European Common Market in 1963?
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Francois Mitterand
Which famous inventor patented his separate-condenser steam engine in 1774?
James Hargreves
John Kay
Richard Arkwright
James Watt
Who was the most influential figure in the rise of the religious movement known as Methodism?
John Bunyan
John Wesley
John Calvin
John Wilkes
Which of the following is most credited with leading the parliamentary opposition to royal policies that eventually led to civil war?
George Villiers
John Pym
Thomas Wentworth
Oliver Cromwell
What was the Anglo-Saxon name given to a royal council at which laws and charters were issued?
Woman
Witan
Wotan
Woden
In which years did Caesar lead his two expeditions to Britain?
51-50 BC
55-54 BC
57-56 BC
53-52 BC
Which British politician forecast 'rivers of blood' on the streets of Britain thereby fanning the flames of racial tension in the country?
Enoch Powell
Winston Churchill
Norman Tebbit
Screaming Lord Sutch
Which of these countries remained neutral during the Second World War?
Scotland
Eire
England
Wales
In which year were the Falkland isles invaded by Argentina?
1962
1982
1992
1972
Who was the author of 'London Labour and the London Poor' published 1861-2?
Henry Mayhew
Thomas Hardy
Charles Dickens
Friedrich Engels
When was the Bank of England founded?
1694
1654
1714
1674
Which of the following worked for most of his life as a Manchester 'cotton-master'?
Tom Paine
William Morris
Jeremy Bentham
Friedrich Engels
Who was 'the lady of the lamp'?
Queen Victoria
Virginia Woolf
Beatrice Webb
Florence Nightingale
Against which legislation did representatives of the thirteen colonies in America respond with the cry of 'no taxation without representation'?
The Windows act
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act
The Beetroot Act
The aesthetic criticism of which of the following writers was a source of inspiration for the group of painters known as the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood?
Henry James
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Charles Baudelaire
John Ruskin
Which of Henry VIII's wives gave birth to a daughter who eventually became Elizabeth I?
Catherine Parr
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Catherine Howard
By what name was the form of plague which ravaged England in the fourteenth century known?
The White Death
The Blue Death
The Red Death
The Black Death
Which novelist depicted the excesses of electoral corruption in the fictional borough of Eatanswill in his novel 'The Pickwick Papers'?
Benjamin Disraeli
Charles Dickens
Anthony Trollope
William Makepeace Thackeray
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