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Scotland
1. Three international airports in Scotland are ________________ in the west, _______________ in the south-west, and ____________________ in the east.
2. ____________________ is Scotland’s most populated city.
3. The oldest surviving restaurant in Glasgow is _______________decorated in ____________________ style.
4. ____________________________, a famous Scotland’s bard and most celebrated poet, was born in a small village of Alloway on the 25th of January, ____________
5. Auld Lang Syne was written by__________________
6. _________________________ bought a Cartleyhole farmhouse on the banks of the river Tweed in 1812, rebuilt it in ____________ in pseudo-monastic and pseudo-baronial style, and called it ____________________
7. Walter Scott died in Abbotsford in _____________
8. ______________________________________ was held captured within the walls of Lochleven Castle situated on Castle Island in the centre of Loch Leven for ____________________ between _____________ and _____________
9. _____________________________, a royal palace, was the favourite home of ___________________ for over 300 years. It was extended and improved by ______________________ before his death in ______________
10. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club situated in St Andrews, was born in ___________. The amateur championship was open in ______________
11. _____________________________________ is the oldest university in Scotland. It was founded in ___________
12. Earlshall Castle was constructed by Sir ___________________________ in ____________. Mary Queen of Scotts visited it in _______________
13. Glamis Castle is associated with ghost stories including that of the ____________________________ Douglas who still roams the castle corridors, and the _____________________________ said to be the one where one of the lords of Glamis and the earl of Crawford played ___________ with ________________ on the Sabbath to their grave consequence.
14. ________________was also the childhood home of the present __________________________ and the birth place of the present day ______________________________ born within the castle walls in _____________
15. Blair Castle landed estates play annual host to probably Scotland’s most famous event, _____________________
16. Royal Deeside is the area ___________________________ fell in love with on her frequent visits to Scotland. She acquired the estate which was to become _____________________________ The royal __________ in Deeside is Balmoral.
17. The village of Aviemore was transformed in ___________ by the building of a multimillion pound all year’s_____________________________.
18. _______________________________, Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated at the Culloden Moor on the 17th of April, ______________
19. ____________________________ is a Bronze Age site which dates back to about _____________. Similar sites can also be found in Sutherland and Pentland Hills.
20. ____________________ is famous for its mysterious monster said to be a plesiosaur and Urquhart Castle, one of the largest fortresses in Scotland. It is situated in the place of a geological fault which is ______________________, the longest in Great Britain.
21. The Isle of __________ is connected with the name of Flora MacDonald who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie to escape after his defeat at the Culloden Moor.
22. Fort William is a touring centre lying at the foot of ____________foot bulk of Britain’s highest mountain _________________
23. _________________________ is associated with the event that took place in February, ______________ Government forces led by Robert Campbell spent several days at Glencoe Village enjoying the hospitality, and then slaughtered ___________________ of the kindly hosts. This action was ordered because the chief of the MacDonald Clan was accused of failing to swear allegiance to ________________________ before the deadline.
Robert Louis Stevenson was so impressed by this story that included this place in his novel ____________________
24. The unfinished replica of ____________________________ known as McCaig’s Tower was intended by a local banker and businessman to become ___________________________as a memorial to the family name. But in his passion he____________________________.
25. Saint Columba, or__________________, built a monastery in ___________ from where __________________ spread throughout Scotland and the north of England.
26. __________________________ is the area where _________________________ collected his ideas for “Rob Roy”, “The Lady of the Lake”, “Waverley”.
27. The battle of Bannockburn took place in ______________
28. _______________________ and __________________________ were born in the Royal Palace (Linlithgow Palace) in West Lothian.
29. Edinburgh is a city of ___________________________________ inhabitants.
30. ____________________________________________is situated in Queen Street
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