What are 3 interesting facts about scotland?

Answer 1

1. The Scots have a better way of life than the rest of the UK, because they are all subsidized by the English taxpayer.

2. If you live in Scotland you'll get treated better and will enjoy a larger slice of the gross national product due to the generous grants from England

3. Hadrian's wall is to be rebuilt. (OK don't get upset, Scottish brickies will rebuild it, and the English will foot the bill.

Answer 2

Scotland has a similar climate to the arctic circle.
Scotland is the best little country in the world, apparently, according to the ex 1st minister
Scotland's elections this year were a disaster, over 100,000 votes were not counted because three elections were held on the same day and no one understood the ballot papers.
There are more Scots in charge at Westminster than English or Welsh
A Scots MP can vote in Parliament on matters concerning Blackburn, Lancashire, but an English MP cannot vote on devolved matters in Blackburn, West Lothian. This is the famous 'West Lothian Question' as stated by MP, Tam Dayell.
In the 18th century most ordinary Scots were against the Union of England and Scotland, most still are.
There is a perceived 'English Backlash' in the Scots press against devolution.
Most merchant seamen in the British Merchant Navy are Scots.
If the Union breaks up and Scotland has a seat at the United Nations, Britain will lose its permanent seat on the Security Council.
The east of Scotland has a macro climate around the Moray Firth, where the Gulf Stream ends.
The West of Scotland has a totally different, wetter, climate.
The Cairngorms are a plateau.
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Britain, situated just outside Fort William, Scotland.
Fort William, Fort Augustus and Fort George were built along the line of the Great Glen, Loch Ness to you and me, to repel a predicted French invasion. The French are Scotland's oldest ally.
The highlands were cleared by mostly Scots landlords so sheep could be grazed there.
Those highlanders settled all over the Empire, especially America and India.
Scotland are only 2 places below England now in the FIFA football rankings.
Culloden, the last battle fought on British soil involved more Scots on both sides than English.
Bonny Prince Charlie had reached Derby before retreating. There was no army to stop him getting to London.
Scots Regiments were formed for Home Defence and mutinied when they were sent to the West Indies.
The Black Watch was first raised in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
Pontius Pilate was allegedly born in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
The Black Watch are also known as Pontius Pilates Body Guard.
Elizabeth Bowes Lyone, the late Queen Mother, was born in Angus, Scotland.

Answer 3

1)There are 174 Scottish mountains of greater height than the highest peak in England.
2)Antonine's wall and Hadrian's wall were both built by the Romans, at different stages of their occupation of the rest of Britain, to keep the Scots at bay. Therefore it might come as no big surprise that....
3)70% of the elite British army SAS regiment is comprised of Scots.

Answer 4

1: Many important inventions were made here.
2: John Paul Jones was the father of the US Navy.
3: Scots are universally liked ... English aren't.

Answer 5

Castles,Distillerys,Food/pubs
Lock ness monter,highlands,animals(highland cows)
William Wallace,Robert the Bruce,Sean Connery
Edinburg,Galscow,Oban,Isle of Skye

Answer 6

1. Their climate is even worse than England
2. Their cuisine is even worse than England.
3. They have very very good booze. (A fact perhaps not unrelated to the other two; looks like they need it.)

Answer 7

They came up with these three crazy foods (no joke).

1) Deep-fried Mars bars
2) Irn-Bru sausages
3) Buckfast black pudding

Answer 8

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