The City of Aberdeen

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1. What is Aberdeen's nickname The City of Angels The Windy City The Granite City The Forbidden City

2. What is the name of the ground where Aberdeen Football Club play their home games? Links Park Parkhead Pittodrie Dens Park

3. Who was granted the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen in 1993? Margaret Thatcher Bobby Charlton Ronald Regan Mikhail Gorbachev

4. One of the biggest man-made holes in Europe is in Aberdeen. What is its name? The Granite Quarry Rubislaw Quarry Hunter's Hole The Hole of St Nicholas

5. Two rivers flow into the North Sea at Aberdeen. What are they called? THe Ythan and The Deveron The Tweed and the Tyne The Dee and The Don The Forth and the Clyde

6. What is Aberdeen's motto? Dei Donum Urbs In Horto Ad Lucem Bon Accord

7. Aberdeen boasts two universities. One is called Aberdeen University. What is the name of the other one? The Balmoral University The John Parkinson University The Robert Gordon University Abertay University

8. Aberdeen is known as Scotland's "Oil Capital" because of the oil that can be was found in the adjacent North Sea. During which year was the first major find of oil? 1969 1972 1971 1970

9. Where is the Winter Garden in Aberdeen? Seaton Park Victoria Park Duthie Park Hazlehead Park

10. Aberdeen Harbour Board is the oldest business in Britain. In what year was it established? 1316 1361 1136 1163