Scottish Trivia Week 5 – ANSWERS

The winner won’t be announced until later  – my goof.  But here are the answers:

True or False?

1.  Scotland has a 50 pence coin.  True

2. The sound of this natural wonder can be heard for up to ten miles away.

Corryvreckan Whirlpool in the Jura Sound, off the West coast of Scotland

3. Who is this?

Greyfriar’s Bobby

From

http://www.streenge.com/places/edinburgh/attractions/bobby.html

“The story begins with John Gray, variously said to be either a gardener or a shepherd. Unable to find work in his chosen profession Grey joined the Edinburgh police force. To accompany him on his city rounds, Gray bought a small Skye terrier that he named Bobby. An appropriate name as British police were often referred to as “Bobbies”. (In some versions of the story Gray is said to have brought Bobby with him to Edinburgh).

Gray and Bobby were inseparable and became a familiar sight in the city. Unfortunately Gray was struck down with tuberculosis (TB). He died in 1858 and his body was buried in the Greyfriars Kirkyard (churchyard).

What makes this story so different from many others of the time is that Bobby refused to leave his master, even after Gray was laid to rest. Instead Bobby lay on his master’s grave and refused to move, except once a day: when the Edinburgh one o’clock gun fired Bobby would get up and trot round the corner to a local coffee house where he and Gray used to eat lunch. The good owners of this place continued to feed Bobby after Gray’s death.

Today there is a statue of Bobby near to the Greyfriar’s Kirkyard and the well known “Bobby’s Bar”, a short walk from the Royal Mile.”

4. Once known as Auld Reekie because of the smell.

Edinburgh

5.  What was the rule of succession in Scotland until James I put a stop to it?  (Answer is one word.)  Tanistry

Scotland has a 50 pence coin