I’m a Princess, I Really, Really Am! 4

Remember this?

My editor just let me know that A Scotsman in Love was nominated for a 2009 RT Best Scottish-set Historical Romance.

RT gave me a Career Achievement Award a couple of years ago and it always freaked me out a little.  But after being passed over last year, I’ll take the nomination for A Scotsman in Love – with my thanks.

P.S. This is my 11th nomination.

Questions – Scottish Trivia – Week 9 2

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The winner for Week 8 was:  Angie Solomon.

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The winner for Week 9 will receive a copy of A Scotsman in Love.

Please send your answers to: karen@karenranney.com by Saturday, August 1, at 6:00 PM CDT with

Scottish Trivia – Week 9

in the subject line.

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1.  True or False? The first organized municipal fire brigade was established in Glasgow, Scotland.

2.  What’s the nickname of the Scottish version of Bubble and Squeak?

3.  True or False? The Royal Bank of Scotland is allowed to print its own bank notes.

4.  True or False? The oldest building in Britain can be found in Orkney.

5.  Where is this building located?

And the Winner Is…Scottish Trivia Week 7 Reply

There were 27 entries, and of those, 17 were correct.  The winner was drawn, and it is…

Lois Merritt

1.  True or False?  Mary, Queen of Scots, came to the throne when she was just a week old.  True (I’ve also accepted 6 days.)

2.  True or False? Edinburgh lies in the shadow of a volcano. True – Extinct, thankfully.

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. False. In the second century AD, the Greco-Egyptian geographer Ptolemy drew up the first-known map of Scotland, identifying seventeen tribal territories.

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

False, In the second century AD, the Greco-Egyptian geographer Ptolemy drew up the first-known map of Scotland, which identified seventeen tribal territories.