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The Grantshouse Community Trust (Scottish Charity No: SC035972 )
The Quiz Results - 2010
Many thanks are due to to all those took part in our Quiz, the donors who so generously gave us the prize money and everyone who sold the Quiz sheets for us and helped us to raise £170.00 for the Grantshouse Community Trust's Funds. 

Many congratulations to the only two entrants who returned their Quiz sheets for the prize draw. The winner was Mrs Pam Hogg and a very a close second, Mrs Mary White; both from Grantshouse.

Spring 2010 - Prize Quiz Draw Scotland Past & Present
No: Questions Answers
01 It sounds heavy but you might find gold here - Leadhills
02 What is the name of Scotland's oldest distillery? Glenturret
03 To visit her lover a Queen rode here and back in a day - Hermitage Castle
04 What are Hawick Balls? Peppermint Sweets
05 This house was built for the first Duke in 1721 - Floors Castle
06 Whose heart is buried in Melrose Abbey? Robert the Bruce
07 Which is further East - Perth, Stirling, Dundee or Lanark? Dundee
08 Which place was formerly known as St John's Town? Perth
09 The Broons are associated with which city? Dundee
10 The famous landmark is visible from the M9 passing Stirling? The Wallace Monument
11 The UK's highest mountain is beside which town? Fort William
12 Which King of Scotland became King of England in 1603? James VI
13 Where did they film Gregory's Girl? Cumbernauld
14 Where in Scotland would you find "the Arabs"? Dundee United F.C
15 Where does the recipe for chicken tikka masala come from? A Glascow restaurant
16 Where can you can walk from Little Eygpt to Paradise? Glascow
17 Where is the home of Pringle? Hawick
18 Cullen is on the Moray Firth. What’s its claim to fame? Cullen Skink
19 An optical illusion in Aysrshire but what’s it’s name? Electric Brae
20 Which mammals have a island home on Loch Lomond? Wallabys
21 No 1 for UFO’s - Bonnybridge
22 A writer’s favoured outlook - Scott’s View
23 The best for star gazing -  Galloway Forest
24 Is heard in Montrose at 10.00pm but what is his name? Big Peter
25 If someone asked you to ‘Gie's a bosie?’ what do they want? A hug
26 The ‘dog’ has drowned but where can you find a ‘cherry’? Loch Ness
27 What infamous battle that took place in 1746? Battle of Culloden
28 How many islands make up the Orkney Islands? Seventy 70
29 Fran Healey is the lead singer of which Scottish Group? Travis
30 The 'Auld Alliance' was Scotland and …? France

 
 

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