Author Biography: jimpimslim1

Although there are some mentions of The Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, this quiz takes a look at some of the more obscure aspects associated with Edinburgh.

UK televised and radio sport history has been littered with an array of commentating icons. See if you can match the sport or sports that the commentator is most associated with.

Working through twenty-five questions is a bit heavy going, but keep on galloping through the question hurdles!

After watching 'The African Queen', I felt compelled to compose this quiz in tribute to a fantastic film.

This is a double M quiz, all answers contain at least two words that begin with the letter M. Hopefully at the end of the questions you might just be heard to say "mmm"

Rarely mentioned, it is like this event never happened. If any other nation had achieved what the host nation did, they would never miss an opportunity to mention it!

Created by Frank Richards, Billy Bunter is truly a larger than life schoolboy. He featured in comics, books, television and even a stage show throughout the twentieth century. See how much you know about this much treasured British anti-hero.

What is in a name? Well when it comes to Charles or Charlie, there appears to be a built-in celebrity factor judging from the number of them. Although generally international, this quiz has a British bias.

As this will be my twentieth quiz, I will stick with FT tradition and compose a question for each of the 20 categories. All answers incorporate double-B initials.

In the first 136 years of Rangers history, only 12 men have been appointed as manager of the club. What do you know about this diverse dozen and the men who held the fort between managers.

More people claim to be Scots, who first saw the light of day out with Scotland than there are Scots who were born in the country. See if you can identify where these people associated with Scotland were born.

The Girl Guides originated from the UK many years ago, so here is a quiz about their birth and subsequent development.

It has given us facts and figures for generations, and Scotland's football bible is still going strong. See what you know about this small red book and events surrounding the time of its inception.

Squares don't have to be boring; try this quiz and hopefully you will encounter some more obscure aspects of our four sided-friends.

Hopefully by patrolling the range of geography questions carefully, you will have a sporting chance of finding the common bond!

Some more UK television and radio sporting commentating legends. See if you can identify the sports they built their reputations around.

A bit of a British bias in this quiz. See how much you can recall about the people who hit the global headlines.

Once again, Scottish football has been foraged to drag up some more long forgotten names, games and events. If you are in the mood for some deep nostalgic thinking, press on and try your luck.

Scotland's four largest cities are Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee. The answer to each of the following questions will be one of the aforementioned locations.

Match up the personalities with their aptly named biographies, autobiographies or memoirs. This quiz is almost exclusively made up of people associated with the UK.

Scottish football is full of quirky facts, strange anomalies, and legendary characters. This quiz is more about the minutiae of the game rather than "Who won the Cup or League" type questions. If you like outlandish details, then this is for you.

This is my first attempt at a common bond quiz. I hope you get the point.

The Rangers history is full of glorious triumphs, devastating defeats and some seasons of downright mediocrity. This quiz tries to uncover some obscure details about this famous club.

Many famous people, fictional characters, and things are called Sid. It appears that the shortened version of the name Sidney adds charm and roguishness to the overall persona.

The children's song of today has changed considerably since it was first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928. All questions have been taken from the 1949 Burl Ives version of the song.

Well I've scraped the bottom of the barrel to come up with another batch of curious Scottish football fodder for you to mull over. Be prepared to take a step back in time to the days of flat caps, rosettes, and terracing.