1. The Merkinch Hall was originally operated by what group to save young men from the demon drink?

A: Catch My Pal Union
B: Young Men’s Self Improvement Society
C: Salvation Army.

2. What rare bird attracted “twitchers” to South Kessock last month?

A: The Lesser-throated Beeb
B: The Peddieston Penguin
C: The Grasshopper Reed Warbler.

3. What can you do to aid the Marie Curie Cancer campaign?

A: Abseil down Raigmore
B: Drive an artic in Elgin
C: Marshall at a major charity event.

4. What local club has Merkinch School just joined?

A: Merkinch Gardening Club
B: Thornbush Twitchers
C: Welfare Hall Arts & Crafts Society.

5. Fort George, besides being an army base, was once intended to house which famous prisoner?

A: Adolf Hitler
B: Napoleon
C: Al Capone

6. The TV programme Monarch of the Glen is being shot in what location?

A: Orkney
B: Harris
C: Strathspey.

7. The former Station Hotel in Inverness recently changed its name to what?

A: The Princes’ Hotel
B: The Royal Highland Hotel
C: The Last Gasp.

8. A selkie is?

A: A young dolphin
B: Mythic creatures that tempt human lovers to follow them into the sea
C: Scots for a silk petticoat.

9. The old cottage at Culloden Battlefield is called what?

A: Old Leanach
B: Old Smokey
C: The Auld Howff.

10. The library in Farraline Park which was finished in 1841 was originally called?

A: The Academy
B: Dr Bell’s School
C: Farraline High.