The Skye's The Limit!

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1. Talk of Scotland for a while, and the talk will turn to whisky. Skye boasts a distillery of its very own. Its product is one of several mentioned in the Robert Louis Stevenson poem 'The Scotsman's Return from Abroad'. What whisky, described by Michael Jackson (no, not that one!) on the palate as "Full maltiness, slightly syrupy, with sourness and a very big pepperiness developing" is produced at the Isle of Skye distillery? Talisker Glenlivet Islay Highland Park

2. A very fine Scottish rock folk band has recorded a song called 'Skye'. The band took their name from a system of land management, which was used until fairly recently in the Highlands. One of their former lead singers was born in Uig on Skye and left the band in 1997 to, of all things, pursue a career in politics, contesting the seat of Ross, Skye and Inverness West, that was eventually won by Charles Kennedy (then leader of the Liberal Democrats). At one time this group were the best sellers in Scotland. What is their name? Runrig Enter The Haggis Real McKenzies Wolfstone

3. With a highest peak of 3255 feet (992 metres), what is the range of Black Mountains on Skye called? Claidheamh-mór Uisge-beatha Cuillin Piobaireachd

4. You may have thought that the Scottish rugby anthem "Flower of Scotland", played before the team's matches, was an ancient clan tune. However, it was written in the 1960s by the late Roy Williamson of 'The Corries'. 'The Corries' also wrote a number of parodies. One, to the tune of 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' is about a hard man from the capital town of Skye. What is the title? The Uig Pig The Armadale Anarchist The Trotternish Teuchter The Portree Kid

5. Skye is now connected to the Scottish mainland by a very controversial bridge. So, when I last visited, I was singing "Speed bonny Toyota, Like a car on a bridge, Over the sea to Skye" as I crossed it in my Toyota, in an appalling parody of the 'Skye Boat Song'. Whose escape from whom does the 'Skye Boat Song' supposedly commemorate? Rod Stewart from the Scots Rob Roy Macregor from the English The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart from the English William Wallace ('Braveheart') from the English

6. The 'Skye Boat Song' has been recorded many, many times. Which unlikely pair conspired to have a minor hit with it? Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé Ozzy Osbourne and Julie Andrews David Bowie and Bing Crosby Roger Whittaker and Des O'Connor

7. Which of these was NOT a clan of the Isle of Skye? Clan MacDonald Clan MacLeod Clan MacKenzie Clan MacKinnon

8. Skye is the largest and most northerly island of which group? Inner Hebrides Shetland Isles Outer Hebrides Maldives

9. What wildlife would you NOT be able to see in Skye? Pine marten Red deer Corncrake Ring ouzel

10. Which literary pair travelled around the highlands of Sccotland on an epic 83 day tour, during which time they spent over a month in Skye? Shakespeare and Marlowe Steinbeck and Charley Pratchett and Gaiman Johnson And Boswell