SCOTS QUIZ

1. The neighbouring towns of Kingussie and Newtonmore are synonymous with which sport? 2. After being arrested in 1605, who said that he had wanted ‘to blow you Scotch beggars back to your native mountains’? 3. By what name were Scots post-punk band Orange Juice – fronted by Edwyn Collins – formerly known? 4. Which Edinburgh-born mathematician, nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, invented logarithms? 5. Which reservoir in the Highlands was created to power the aluminium smelter in Kinlochleven? 6. In what year were the MTV Europe Music Awards, hosted by Christina Aguilera, held at Ocean Terminal in Leith?