Put your feet up, grab a cup of coffee and pit your wits against our puzzles and quizzes


What year is it? USE THE CLUES AND PICTURES TO HELP GUESS THE YEAR.


1. English comedian and actor Peter Sellers is born.


2. The New Yorker magazine publishes its fi rst issue.


3. John Logie Baird successfully transmits the fi rst television pictures with a greyscale image.


4. The Great Sphinx of Giza is unearthed at the start of a complete excavation.


5. The home of Scottish Rugby, Murrayfi eld Stadium, offi cially opens.


02 01 General knowledge 1. Which is Scotland’s smallest distillery?


2. Where is the shortest scheduled fl ight in the world to and from?


3. How long is the border between Scotland and England?


4. How many tons of steel were used in the construction of the Forth Rail Bridge?


5. Which Scottish phrase was the title of a number one song in 1958?


6. Which Scottish entertainer said ‘Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m a schizophrenic and so am I’?


7. Which Scottish city has given its name to a fruit cake?


8. Which female Scottish singer had hits with Next To Me and Beneath Your Beautiful?


9. What equipment would you require to dance a Gillie Chaluim?


10. What is a corronach?


SUDOKU DIFFICULTY: HARD 04


ENTER DIGITS FROM 1 TO 9 INTO THE BLANK SPACES. EVERY ROW MUST CONTAIN ONE OF EACH DIGIT. SO MUST EVERY COLUMN, AS MUST EVERY 3X3 SQUARE.


LAST MONTH’S SOLUTION IS SHOWN RIGHT.


2 6 4


WORD SEARCH: CATASTROPHE How many English words can you make from the word above? We can fi nd 650. Try to fi nd as many as possible. Words must be at least three letters.


200 WORDS: GOOD, 350 WORDS: EXCELLENT, 500 WORDS OR MORE: YOU ARE A GENIUS


1


1 7


5 1 9 7 3 6 2 8 4


3 7 2


4 9 8


1 5 6


9 9 2 1 8 2


5 4


6


9 7


3 5 4 3


4 2


2 5 7


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7 9


6 4 8 1 2 5 9 3 7


8 6 3 9 7 4 5 1


1 9 7


5 8 2


6 4 2 3 8


2 5 4 6 1 3 7 9


4 8 6 2 5 1 3 7 9


7 3 5


8 6 9


4 2 1


4 8


9 2 1 3 4 7 8 6 5


ANSWER: 1925


ANSWERS 1. Edradour in Pitlochry 2. To Papa Westray from Westray (1 minute 14 seconds) 3. 110 miles 4. 55,000 5. Hoots Mon (by Lord Rockingham’s XI) 6. Billy Connolly 7. Dundee 8. Emeli Sandé 9. Two Highland broadswords or a sword and scabbard crossed 10. A Highland funeral dirge


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