How much do you really know about Scotland? 1.

What proportion is Scotland of UKs total territorial area(Land & Sea) ? Answer (c ) ~60% Scotland Total Sea Area - 468,994 km2 UK Total Sea Area ~668,000 km2 Scotland Total Land Area 78,387 km2 UK Total Land Area 243,610 km2 Scotland Total Land & Sea Area = 547381 km2 UK Total Land & Sea Area = 911610 km2 Scotland Proportion = 60.04% Sources http://www.environment.scotland.gov.uk/our_environment/water/scotlan ds_seas.aspx http://www.andywightman.com/?p=129

2. Historically what was the geographic definition of Britain? Answer (b) Mainly Large island excluding Scotland Source: History of Scotland 1821 by George Buchanan , page 13 http://tinyurl.com/WallOfSeverus

3. Of the 238 recognized countries in the world where does Scotland rank in terms of population with 1st being the largest & 238 being the smallest. Answer (a) 113th As of 2010 population figures Scotland at a population of ~5.22 million would be the 113th country by size. Over 50% of the other countries already in the UN are smaller that Scotland Source : World Bank http://tinyurl.com/WorldBankPopulation 4. What proportion of ALL UK beverage exports is from Whisky ? Answer (d) 63% Source: UK Food & Drink Federation Official Export Figures 2011
Whisky makes up 63% of all beverage exports

http://tinyurl.com/WhiskyExports 5. In terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) where does Scotland rank in the world. Answer : (b) 6th Source : Figures used from OECD, ONS, SNAP & NRS to compile overall GDP. Scotland
has a GDP of $41,189 per head of population

http://tinyurl.com/ScotlandGDP

6. What proportion of total potential wind energy in all of Europe does Scotland posses? Answer (d) 25% Source : Scottish International Development Agency With over 25 percent of Europes wind resource Scotland has the potential to produce vast amounts of clean, sustainable energy. Once developed, our massive wind energy capacity of 159 GW far outstrips our own peak requirement of 10.5 GW. http://www.sdi.co.uk/sectors/energy/sub-sectors/wind-energy.aspx 7. Currently Scotlands population relative to England is 1 to 10,what was the population relative to England in 1707 ? Answer (c ) 1 to 5 1707 Scotland population ~1 million 1707 England population - ~ 5 million As of 1707 There were approximately 5 English per each Scot As of 2011 populations are Scotland - ~5.2 million England - ~ ~51 million So proportion now is 10 English per each Scot. Effectively Englands population Has grown twice as fast as Scotlands since the Act of Union of 1707 Source http://www.ancestor.abel.co.uk/stats.html http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/population/british.htm

8. As part of the Scottish Parliament how many square miles of Scottish territory were transferred from Scotland to England by the Scottish Labour party ? Answer (d) 6000 square miles In 1999 Scottish Labour had 6000 square miles were transferred from Scotland to England in Source http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2012/01/scotlandengla nd-maritime-boundaries/ 9. How big is Scotlands total coastline (including islands) relative to that of China ? (a) 8% (b) 27% (c) 53% (d) 113% Scotland including our many islands has a coast line of 16,490 km China has a coast line of 14,500 km, which puts Scotlands total coast line at 113.7% of that of China. Source Travel Guide Scotland http://tinyurl.com/TravelGuideScotland Nations Encyclopedia http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/geography/Afghanistan-toComoros/China.html 10. Of the main political parties in Scotland (Scottish Conservative Party,Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Labour Party, Scottish Green Party & Scottish National Party) how many are registered as official political parties in Scotland ? Answer (d) 2 of 5

The only two parties which are registered as actual political parties in Scotland at the Scottish National Party & the Scottish Green Party. The Scottish Labour Party , Scottish Conservative Party & Scottish Liberal Democrat Parties are just labels for political parties which are registered and Headquartered in London. Source Official UK Electoral Commission http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk 11. What is the official National Animal of Scotland ?

Answer (c ) Unicorn Source CIA Under description of Government https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/uk.html