* What was his father's occupation?
* What schooling did Robert Burns have?
* Where did he move to after his first book of poems was published?
* How long did he spend in this city?
* After working on the farm for a while what occupation did he take up?
* Which of these is not a song written by Robert Burns?
* The following is the grace used at Burns' suppers: 'Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want {it;} But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit'. What is this grace known as?
* Robert Burns moved to the seaside town of Irvine in Ayrshire in 1781. Why?
* In which town is the house where Robert Burns lived from 1791 until his death in 1796?
* From which Burns' poem is the following taken: 'O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us'?
* Who was the 'sodger Hugh' that Robert Burns referred to in his poem 'The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer'?
* Where was Robert Burns farming when he was prompted to write 'To a Mouse' after ploughing up a mouse nest?
* How many copies were published of Burns' poems commonly known as 'The Kilmarnock Edition'?
* In 1784 Burns and a brother rented Mossgiel farm near Mauchline. What was that brother's name?
* Burns was one of the founder members of a Bachelors' debating club in which Ayrshire town in 1780?
* Lauth was one of the dogs in Burns' poem 'The Twa Dogs'. What was the name of the other dog?