Scottish Trivia – Week 7

To keep consistent, I’ll post questions on a Saturday, and the answers are due in the following Saturday by 6:00 PM CDT.

The contest winner this time will get a hardback of A Scotsman in Love.

Please send your answers to: karen@karenranney.com by Saturday, July 18, at 6:00 PM with Scottish Trivia – Week 7 in the subject line.

1.  True or False?  Mary, Queen of Scots, came to the throne when she was just a week old.

2.  True or False? Edinburgh lies in the shadow of a volcano.

3.  Mary, Queen of Scots, was married to the Dauphin Francis for what reason:

• a. She fancied herself madly in love with the future king of France.
• b. She was determined to be the Queen of France before her twentieth birthday.
• c. She needed to gather together a fleet to attack the English.
• d. To align Scotland with France since Henry VIII was determined to do some rough wooing.

4.  True or False? The first known map of Scotland was drawn up by the Franks.

5.  Name the second wall built by the Romans after Hadrian’s Wall.

Mary, Queen of Scots, came to the throne with she was just one week old.