Castles and Great Houses of Scotland

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1. First built around Comyn’s Tower in 1269, this castle was the last in Britain to be besieged. It is also the home site of the only legal private army in Europe. Crathes Castle Dunvegan Castle Blair Castle Castle Fraser

2. If we wished to keep watch for the fabled Loch Ness Monster, we would have an unparalleled view of the Loch from the ruins of this once magnificent castle. Brodie Castle Urquhart Castle Duart Castle Dunrobin Castle

3. This castle’s natural strength and island position made it an excellent place to store valuables such as the Royal Exchequer in 1329, and keep prisoners, such as Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1567/68. Lochleven Castle Eilean Donan Castle Dunottar Castle Tantallon Castle

4. Blackness Castle, a stronghold built in the 1440s, and situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, has seen service as which of the following? Location for motion pictures Ammunition Depot State prison All of these

5. The plot to murder Lord Darnley, the dissolute husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was hatched in which Scottish castle? Edinburgh Castle Craigmillar Castle Holyrood House Dalkeith Palace

6. Which castle had its top floor apartment gifted to General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1945 in recognition of his achievements as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War Two? Culzean Castle Brodick Castle Haddo House Floors Castle

7. A king at seventeen months and a queen at six days were both born in which of the following great houses? Traquair House Falkland Palace Linlithgow Palace Dalkeith Palace

8. Glamis Castle in Angus, holds the distinction of being one of Scotland's most haunted buildings. It is the home of which family? The Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne The Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry The Dukes of Roxburghe The MacLeod of MacLeod

9. Stirling Castle holds the distinction of being the home of the Scottish National War Memorial. True False

10. In 1707, James Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig, spit-roasted and ate a servant boy in this house, which is now part of the Scottish Parliament. Canongate House Leith House Wardlaw House Queensberry House