Question  |
Answer |
|
start learning
|
|
he discovered and charted the longest river in Canada
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
he was a real life Robinson Crusoe
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
In the 1850s he discovered the Victoria Falls
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
he was a key figure in the Wars of Independence against English occupation. Bruce was crowned in 1306 and reigned until his death in 1329. The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was one of the main turning points of the war. He was potrayed in film Bravehearth
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
participated in the 1715 Jacobite uprising. Sir Walter Scott immortalised him in the book of the same name.
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
she was made famous for her part in sheltering Bonnie Prince Charlie on his escape through Scotland
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
William Wallace would become the leader of the Scots' resistance against the English occupation at the beginning of the Wars of Independence. He defeated the army of Edward I at the battle of Stirling Bridge 1297
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
led the ill-fated Jacobite rebellion of 1745 which, despite being a much smaller army than expected, managed to reach Derby. The rebellion was effectively crushed at the Battle of Culloden in 1746
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He won several battles for the king Charles I in war of 3 kingdoms, but was defeated by Leslie at Philiphaugh in 1645
|
|
|
John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee start learning
|
|
He controlled the Covenanters in the reign of James II where he earned the name 'Bloody Clavers'. Claverhouse became a Jacobite hero
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He made a fortune in the steel industry in US and built over 2500 free libraries
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He opened world's first savings bank
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The true founder of classical economics. Author of The Wealth of Nations
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He was leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister in four governments from 1868 to 1894
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
he was a key figure in the Reformation in Scotland. Influenced by John Calvin, he often came in to conflict with Mary Queen of Scots who was Catholic
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Crowned first King of Scots in 843
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
She was the ruler in 16th century. Her cousin was Elizabeth 1 and she was executed by her
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He united Scotland and England in 1603
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He was the first Scottish king to make a pilgrimage to Rome in 1050. He was made into Shakespeare's play
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He invented the threshing machine which was used to remover the outer husks from grain
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Watt steam engine, the Si unit of energy. He brought designs to reduce waste and improve the efficiency of steam engines
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Architect who designed Hopetoun House, Culzean Castle and Charlotte Square home to the Georgian House
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space in the form of waves and at the constant speed of light. He helped establish radio waves.
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He invented vacuum flask (termos) and cordite
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He was a distinguished geologist and a great encouragement to Charles Darwin when he was laying the groundwork of evolutionary biology. He published Principals of Geology
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He theorised the concept of logarithms
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He discovered penicillin in 1928
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He changed tyres of a bicycle from solid rubber to having pneumatic tyre
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
iddler composer and folklorist
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Actor who played in Trainspotting, The Full Monty
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He played Hagrid in Harry Potter, Danny in Tutti Frutti
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Renowned composer contemporary to Burns
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Most famous comic to come out of scotland
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Actor who played Senator Palpatine in he Star Wars films
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Eurythmics known for 'Sweet Dreams'
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Hearth of Midlothian and The Lady of the Lake, Waverly
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Strange Case of Dr Jerkyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Treasure island
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road, Complicity and his final novel, The Quarry
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A Red, Red Rose, A Man's a Man for A' That and Tam o' Shanter, Auld Lang Syne
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
was a selection of artistic collectives that emerged in the 1870s, flourishing between the 1890s and 1910. The 'school' was composed of The Four, which included renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret MacDonald
|
|
|
Charles Reenie Mackintosh start learning
|
|
Scotland's most original architect. He designed Glasgow School of Art, Hill house in Helensburgh and House of an Art Lover
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
He rowed across the North Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Aran Islands in 90 days
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Professional golfer and golf course architect
|
|
|
Jim Clark, David Coulthard start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Celtic striker football player
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Scotland's most successful golfer, holds the world record for European Tour Order of Merit titles with eight wins.
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The Flying Scotsman, cyclist
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
most successful Olympic athlete and the most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
What Scottish title was given to Prince William and Kate Middleton once they were married? start learning
|
|
Earl and Countess of Strathearn
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
First Minister of Scotland
|
|
|
Cinaed Mac Alpin (Kenneth 1) start learning
|
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Founder of the Scottish Labour Party
|
|
|
