Famous Scots questions and answers

01Which Scottish physicist is best known for formulating the theory of electromagnetism?

1. James Clerk Maxwell
2. Lord Kelvin
3. Michael Faraday
4. James Prescott Joule

02Which Scottish inventor patented the pneumatic tyre in 1888 after fitting one to his son's tricycle?

1. John Boyd Dunlop
2. Robert William Thomson
3. Andre Michelin
4. Charles Goodyear

03Which Scottish thinker wrote The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776?

1. Adam Smith
2. David Hume
3. Thomas Robert Malthus
4. John Stuart Mill

04Scottish inventor John Logie Baird gave the world's first demonstration of which technology in January 1926?

1. Television
2. Radio broadcasting
3. Radar
4. The telephone

05Which Scottish novelist wrote Ivanhoe, set in 12th-century England?

1. Sir Walter Scott
2. James Hogg
3. Tobias Smollett
4. John Galt

06The Scottish-born naturalist John Muir co-founded which American conservation organisation and served as its first president?

1. Sierra Club
2. National Audubon Society
3. Appalachian Mountain Club
4. The Wilderness Society

07Which Scottish architect and designer designed the Glasgow School of Art building?

1. Charles Rennie Mackintosh
2. Alexander Thomson
3. Robert Adam
4. William Henry Playfair

08Which Scottish engineer is credited with adding a separate condenser to the steam engine in the 1760s, making it far more efficient?

1. James Watt
2. Thomas Newcomen
3. George Stephenson
4. Richard Arkwright

09Which Scottish scientist led the development of the radar system code-named Chain Home, which helped the RAF in the Battle of Britain?

1. Robert Watson-Watt
2. Alan Turing
3. Ernest Rutherford
4. Frank Whittle

10Which Scottish explorer named the great waterfall on the Zambezi river after Queen Victoria?

1. David Livingstone
2. Henry Morton Stanley
3. Mungo Park
4. John Hanning Speke