Burns Night Quiz
Twenty five questions about Scotland and Rabbie Burns.
Free questions and trivia for your Burns' Night Supper. A mixture of trivia questions on Robert Burns and Scotland. Burns lived in the late 18th century and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He's known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet. As of 2019, Burns has over 900 living descendants through his twelve children. Burns' Night is an annual celebration.
Burns Night Quiz - Questions
- On which annual date is Burns Night celebrated?
- Rabbie Burns was born in which historic Scottish county?
- Which famous Scots-language poem was written by Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song?
- Burns died in July 1796, aged 37, is body rests in the Burns Mausoleum in St Michael’s Churchyard, in which Scottish town?
- What is Scotland's national animal?
- Burns's brother claimed that the poet composed which poem while still holding his plough?
- Can you name the first Scottish person to be UK Poet Laureate?
- His poetry collection Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect is commonly known as what edition? (Hint: we're looking for the name of a Scottish town.)
- Scotch Whisky must, by law, be distilled and matured in Scotland in oak casks for at least how many years?
- Which Burns' poem describes the habits of a farmer who often gets drunk with his friends in a public house in the Scottish town of Ayr?
- What would you most associate with the village of Crathie?
- "Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!" is the first line of what?
- What is John Napier best known for discovering?
- Which town in the western Scottish Highlands is known as the gateway to Ben Nevis?
- Which novella title written by John Steinbeck is taken from a Robert Burns' poem?
- Name the second highest mountain in Scotland after Ben Nevis, which is also the highest in the Cairngorms National Park?
- Which declaration, written in 1320 and addressed to Pope John XXII, proclaimed Scotland’s status as an independent sovereign state?
- At a Burns Supper, the haggis is traditionally served with mashed potatoes and neeps - what are neeps?
- Which Scottish city is home to Marischal College, the second largest granite building in the world?
- What is the well known nickname of the market town Dumfries?
- 'The Curse of Scotland' is a nickname used for which playing card?
- What was the name of the famous poem first published by Robert Burns in 1786: Christmas, Easter, Halloween or Valentine?
- Name the extinct volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh? It forms most of Holyrood Park?
- With a population of nearly five thousand, Portree is the largest town on which island in the Inner Hebrides?
- Name the lady who famously helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from Scotland after the Jacobite's defeat in the 1746 Battle of Culloden?
Burns Night Quiz - Questions and Answers
- On which annual date is Burns Night celebrated?
Answer - January 25th - Rabbie Burns was born in which historic Scottish county?
Answer - Ayrshire (he was often known as the Bard of Ayrshire) - Which famous Scots-language poem was written by Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song?
Answer - Auld Lang Syne - Burns died in July 1796, aged 37, is body rests in the Burns Mausoleum in St Michael’s Churchyard, in which Scottish town?
Answer - Dumfries - What is Scotland's national animal?
Answer - Unicorn - Burns's brother claimed that the poet composed which poem while still holding his plough?
Answer - To a Mouse - Can you name the first Scottish person to be UK Poet Laureate?
Answer - Dame Carol Anne Duffy (in 2009) - His poetry collection Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect is commonly known as what edition? (Hint: we're looking for the name of a Scottish town.)
Answer - Kilmarnock Edition (Kilmarnock is also the second largest town in Ayrshire) - Scotch Whisky must, by law, be distilled and matured in Scotland in oak casks for at least how many years?
Answer - Three years - Which Burns' poem describes the habits of a farmer who often gets drunk with his friends in a public house in the Scottish town of Ayr?
Answer - Tam o' Shanter - What would you most associate with the village of Crathie?
Answer - Balmoral Castle - "Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!" is the first line of what?
Answer - Address to a Haggis - What is John Napier best known for discovering?
Answer - Logarithms - Which town in the western Scottish Highlands is known as the gateway to Ben Nevis?
Answer - Fort William - Which novella title written by John Steinbeck is taken from a Robert Burns' poem?
Answer - Of Mice and Men - Name the second highest mountain in Scotland after Ben Nevis, which is also the highest in the Cairngorms National Park?
Answer - Ben Macdui - Which declaration, written in 1320 and addressed to Pope John XXII, proclaimed Scotland’s status as an independent sovereign state?
Answer - Declaration of Arbroath - At a Burns Supper, the haggis is traditionally served with mashed potatoes and neeps - what are neeps?
Answer - Mashed swede or swede - Which Scottish city is home to Marischal College, the second largest granite building in the world?
Answer - Aberdeen - What is the well known nickname of the market town Dumfries?
Answer - Queen of the South - 'The Curse of Scotland' is a nickname used for which playing card?
Answer - Nine of diamonds - What was the name of the famous poem first published by Robert Burns in 1786: Christmas, Easter, Halloween or Valentine?
Answer - Halloween - Name the extinct volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh? It forms most of Holyrood Park?
Answer - Arthur's Seat - With a population of nearly five thousand, Portree is the largest town on which island in the Inner Hebrides?
Answer - Isle of Sky - Name the lady who famously helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from Scotland after the Jacobite's defeat in the 1746 Battle of Culloden?
Answer - Flora MacDonald