SCOTLAND
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Teams 1& 2: Presentation of Scotland
Where is Scotland?
What is the surface area? (Compare to France) What is the capital city?
How many inhabitants are there? http://www.scotland.org/facts/
What is the currency?
What languages do they speak?
What are the main cities? http://www.scotland.org/facts/population/
What are the main religions? http://www.scotland.com/religion/
What is the political system? http://www.scotland.org/facts/ + http://www.scotland.org/government/
What are the 2 flags like?
What are the 3 Scottish anthems? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland What is the motto?
What is the Scottish symbol? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland#National_symbols Who is the patron saint of Scotland?
What is Scotland’s national day? http://www.scotland.org/features/item/fast-facts-about-saint-andrew- and-the-st-andrews-cross/
Team 3: History, heroes and inventions
Who were the “Picts” and the “Scots”?
What happened in 843?
What happened in 1295? http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/histdates.html What happened in 1296?
What happened in 1314?
What happened in 1707? http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/histdates.html
Who was William Wallace? http://www.scotland.org/culture/history-and-tradition/heroes-and-heroines/
“Who” was Greyfriar’s Bobby?
Who are the main Scottish inventors?
http://www.edinburgh-royalmile.com/famous-scots/scottish-inventions.html + http://www.scotland.org/culture/the-people/great-minds/ +
http://www.scotland.org/culture/the-people/scottish-inventors/
Team 4: Culture
MUSIC: typical Scottish instruments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Scotland
Today’s famous singers and bands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_musicians#S
CINEMA: Famous Scottish actors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewan_McGregor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Biggerstaff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boyd_(actor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Leung http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McAvoy
Famous films shot in Scotland http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fbraveheart.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fwaves.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fcode.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/frussia.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fpotter1.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fpotter2.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fpotter3.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fpotter4.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fhighlander.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fmission.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fname.html http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/fworld.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrapment_(film)#Filming_locations
LITERATURE: select a few famous Scottish writers http://www.visitscotland.com/guide/scotland-factfile/arts- culture/literature/scottish-writers/
KILT: http://projectbritain.com/costume.html
Team 5: Food
What are the typical Scottish dishes? http://www.thefoodtrustscotland.org.uk/scottishrecipes.htm What is the national drink? http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/Fabrication_EN.shtml
http://www.greatscotland.co.uk/about_scotland/scottish_food_and_drink.asp
Team 6: Myths and legends
What are the main myths and legends?
http://www.greatscotland.co.uk/about_scotland/great_scottish_myths_and_legends.asp History of Halloween: http://www.heartoscotland.com/Categories/halloween.htm Haunted castles: http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/mythology.htm
Team 7: Sport
GOLF: History http://www.heartoscotland.com/Categories/Golf.htm
What happened in 1744? http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/histdates.html And in 1860?
FOOTBALL: History and teams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Scotland
RUGBY: History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Scotland
Where do they usually play? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Scotland#The_national_team http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrayfield_Stadium
What is the equipment? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rules_and_equipment/4204452.stm
HIGHLAND GAMES: What are they? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_games
What are the different events? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_games#Heavy_Events Where do they take place? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Highlands
Team 8: Education
Scottish education system http://www.schome.ac.uk/wiki/Education_system_in_Scotland Name 3 Scottish universities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland#Education
What does the school uniform consists of? http://www.ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk/mearnscastle/parents/uniform.asp
