Do You Know The Scottish Borders?

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. The Scottish Borders is in Scotland - but what country is on the other side of the border? Wales England Eire France

2. What is the local television channel that serves the Borders called? Border TV Reiver TV Scottish TV Grampian TV

3. Do you need a passport to cross the Scottish Border? Yes No

4. Which of the following counties is not part of the Borders? Peeblesshire Roxburghshire Dumfriesshire Berwickshire

5. Which famous Borders writer wrote "Waverley", "Ivanhoe" and "The Heart of Midlothian"? Robert Burns William Shakespeare Thomas the Rhymer Sir Walter Scott

6. How many sheep were there in the Borders in 2006 for every man, woman and child? 12 200 none 1

7. Galashiels is the headquarters of the local independent radio station that serves the Borders, what is it called? Radio Wave Radio FAB Radio Borders Radio Clyde

8. The rivers flowing through the Borders are famed for fishing and for powering the textile industry in the 18th and 19th centuries. Which of the following is not a Border River? Gala Water River Tweed River Clyde River Teviot

9. Which trio of hills dominates Melrose? Himalayas Black Hills Cheviot Hills Eildon Hills

10. Which of the following Abbeys is not situated in the Borders? Jedburgh Abbey Melrose Abbey Westminster Abbey Dryburgh Abbey