The Scottish Borders

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1. Which town in the Scottish Borders is the knitwear company Pringle based in? Galashiels Perth Melrose Hawick

2. Overlooking the Eildon Hills in the Borders there is a viewpoint which was a favourite of a famous writer. The viewpoint is therefore named after him but what is it called? Dickens' View Shakespeare's View Burns' View Scott's View

3. Which river flows through the Borders starting in Tweedsmuir and reaching the sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed? Teviot Tweed Dee Thames

4. Which 13th century castle is situated south of Hawick, near Newcastleton? Drumlanrig Castle Roxburgh Castle Hermitage Castle Edinburgh Castle

5. Which of these towns is not in the Scottish Borders Dumfries Selkirk Jedburgh Denholm

6. In which Borders' town would you find Floors Castle? Lauder Galashiels Kelso Earlston

7. What are Hawick Balls? A special type of rugby ball used in Hawick. A type of boiled sweet. An annual formal dance held in Hawick. A kind of haggis made in Hawick.

8. In what year was Melrose Abbey founded? 1131 1031 1231 1431

9. Whose heart was buried in Melrose Abbey? Robert the Bruce Sir Walter Scott William Wallace King James IV

10. A statue of which Scottish hero can be found in the grounds of Bemersyde House near Melrose? Robert the Bruce William Wallace Rabbie Burns Bill McLaren