Scottish Music questions and answers

01Which Scottish Gaelic singer performed two original songs on the soundtrack of the Disney Pixar film Brave?

1. Julie Fowlis
2. Karen Matheson
3. Eddi Reader
4. Amy Macdonald

02Which Glasgow festival, held each January, is dedicated to traditional Scottish folk music and world roots music?

1. Celtic Connections
2. TRNSMT
3. Piping Live
4. Edinburgh International Festival

03Which modern Scottish folk ballad, with the line Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home, was written by Dougie MacLean in 1977?

1. Caledonia
2. Loch Lomond
3. Ae Fond Kiss
4. My Ain Folk

04Which Glasgow music venue is famous as the place where Oasis were discovered and signed by Creation Records in 1993?

1. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
2. Barrowland Ballroom
3. OVO Hydro
4. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

05Which Scottish duo released I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) in 1988?

1. The Proclaimers
2. Runrig
3. The Corries
4. Simple Minds

06Which Scottish patriotic song was written in the mid 1960s by Roy Williamson of the folk group The Corries?

1. Flower of Scotland
2. Scotland the Brave
3. Scots Wha Hae
4. Auld Lang Syne

07Which Scottish band had their first UK top ten hit in 1988 with the single Real Gone Kid?

1. Deacon Blue
2. Simple Minds
3. Wet Wet Wet
4. Travis

08On which Scottish island was the Celtic rock band Runrig formed in 1973?

1. Isle of Skye
2. Isle of Lewis
3. Isle of Mull
4. Isle of Arran

09How many drones does a modern great Highland bagpipe have in total?

1. Three
2. Two
3. Four
4. Five

10In which Scottish city are the World Pipe Band Championships held each year?

1. Glasgow
2. Edinburgh
3. Aberdeen
4. Dundee