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?

What is the currency?

What languages do they speak? http://www.scotland.org/facts/

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-andrewand-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?

What happened in 1296? http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/histdates.html

What happened in 1314?

What happened in 1707? http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/histdates.html

Who was William Wallace?

“Who” was Greyfriar’s Bobby? http://www.scotland.org/culture/history-and-tradition/heroes-and-heroines/

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

Today’s famous singers and bands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Scotland 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/artsculture/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

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