Nicol's Killer Quiz

1. Two Scottish kings of the same name were kings of England with different numbers. They were called?

A: James
B: Henry
C: George.

2. Who is the Scots pop singer who with his brother Gregory formed Hue and Cry and went on to be Rector of Glasgow University?

A: Midge Ure
B: Rod Stewart
C: Pat Kane.

3. Lewis-born Lindsay Kemp is famous for his talent as...

A: A fisherman?
B: A swimmer?
C: An actor and dancer?

4. Before becoming an actor Sean Connery was...

A: A milkman?
B: A lifeguard?
C: A coffin-polisher?

5. The parents of Scots actor and comedian Jimmy Logan were called...

A: Dalziel and Pascoe?
B: Short and Dalziel?
C: Short and Stout?

6. For 17 years, from the age of 16, Cromarty genius Hugh Miller worked as...?

A: A railwayman?
B: A baker?
C: A stonemason?

7. Neil Munro, author of the Para Handy tales about the Vital Spark, was born...

A: A farmer’s son in Inveraray?
B: Illegitimate son of Royalty?
C: In the Australian outback?

8. The famous writer Robert Louis Stevenson had another middle name, which he gave one of the characters in his famous novel Kidnapped. It was?

A: Caine
B: Balfour
C: Hyde

9. Racing driver Jackie Stewart reached Olympic standard in another sport after he retired from racing in 1973. That sport was...

A: Snooker?
B: Marathon running?
C: Clay pigeon shooting?

10. Broadcaster and writer Ludovic Kennedy is married to Red Shoes ballerina?

A: Martina Navratilova?
B: Moira Shearer?
C: Dorothy Gale?