Dance Through Time
RSCDS Twin Cities Branch 25th Annual Ball

Saturday, 17 February 2001
TRIVIA CONTEST WINNERS AND ANSWERS


The winners of the trivia contest testing your knowledge of important facts of Scottish history were:

The correct answers (as determined by the all-knowing and all powerful quizmaster Hazel Shirley) were as follows:

Q: What do Peter Pan and Sherlock Holmes have in common?
A: Both were created by Scottish Authors (Barrie& Doyle)

Q: How big was the world's largest haggis (how many lbs and how many ox stomachs)?
A: The world's largest haggis weighed 668 lbs. and contained 8 ox stomachs?

Q: Where in Scotland is Claddochknockline?
A: Outer Hebrides

Q: James Watt invented the first _______ and started the __________.
A: James Watt invented the first steam engine and started the Industrial Revolution

Q: How big was the Scottish pint 300 years ago?
A: 3 times that of the English

Q: Which American President said: "Every line of strength in American history is colored with Scottish blood?"
A: Woodrow Wilson

Q: When was the first sword dance recorded?
A: 54 BC

Q: When was the wearing of kilts outlawed?
A: 1746-1782

Q: Who, in attendance at this ball, has the longest history with Scottish Country Dancing? (Meaning: who's been dancing the longest?)
A: Either Helen Bruce or Ernest Brody (41 years)

Q: When was the RSCDS established?
A: 1923



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