All quizzes.
NEW: Scottish Insults Quiz.
Scottish friends when they meet are more likely to use an insult to greet each other rather than an empty compliment. That's why Scottish insults far outnumber any other Scots word category. They're the true lubrication of friendship. Ya muppet
Word Quiz 01.
Twenty eight Scottish word choices to tax your vocabulary - from heifer to howk through hoochenanny.
Quiz 02 - the Poems Quiz.
Before trying this word quiz read Robbies two poems which contain all the words used in the quiz in context. They are also highlighted in yellow. A complete English translation is provided if you are completely stuck.
Word Quiz 03.
A test of twenty eight choices from forfochten to geggie via oxter to strain your brain.
Teuchter Quiz.
Are you a Tounser? If so, you might do badly in this quiz.
Tounser Quiz.
Likewise if you a Teuchter, you might not be suited to the questions in this quiz.
Whisky Quiz.
How's your knowledge of Whisky and words to do with Whisky making? Test yourself with this one. Some interesting recipes too.
Go Go Quiz.
New modern Scottish words taken from a novel written in Scots about a future wasted Scotland drenched in deadly UV radiation where the entire population live on offshore floating cities anchored 700 metres above a drowned Greenock.
These are standard whisky (and other) Scottish recipes learnt from grannies , aunties, uncles and others.
Scottish Words; Poems Quiz.
Seven questions based on Robbie's poems, answer all 7. Feedback is abuse or praise depending on your performance. Read the poems here first because you will only get one go at each question, so think before you click.
To really enjoy this quiz and get the buttons to work you should use a JavaScript enabled browser. However, if you avoid javascript, note down your answers and then compare them with the answers given here . (No peeking until you've made an attempt.)
The quiz is based on the poems.
You can improve your results by reading the two Scottish poems by Robbie which have all the the quiz words highlighted in yellow.
answer all 7 questions. A dialogue box will appear each time offering either abuse or congratulations. Any final feedback wanted varies depending on your performance.
The buttons are there to give you feedback, let you have another try, or go to the answers. You can also look up unfamiliar words in my Stooryduster Scottish Words Glossary here.
| The poems |
The poems are there in English as well.
Feedback will appear here.