GAMES


Answers to the games will appear in the next issue

CRYPTOGRAM


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SOLUTION TO LAST MONTH'S CRYPTOGRAM:



LAY THE PROUD USURPERS LOW!
TYRANTS FALL IN EVERY FOE!
LIBERTY'S IN EVERY BLOW!
LET US DO - OR DIE!
ROBERT BURNS
SCOTS, WHAT HAE





 

Game

This is a super hard quiz, but we thought the information was fun so we decided to use the topic. We haven't included any "nasty" answers this time - it wouldn't be fair. But if you get the wrong answer it will tell you the correct one!

1. For the 9th year in a row, the most popular forename for boys born in Scotland in 2016 has remained the same. According to the National Records of Scotland, what is the name?

2. The most popular forename for girl's born in Scotland in 2016 is new. It was in third place the year before. What is the name that rose from 3rd to 1st place?

3. Can you tell us the number of different boys forenames given out in 2016? Here is a clue - there were more than 2000 more forenames given out in 2016 than were given out in 1976

4. Girls seem to get more names than boys. In 1976 there were 2,023 different girl's forenames bestowed on babies. How many were there in 2016? However, the increase in the number of forenames is almost the same (24) for boys and girls between 1976 and 2016.

5. Finally - How many boys and how many girls were given unique forenames in 2016? (you can write the 2 numbers as a sequence, with a dash or slash between them. And put a comma in if your guess runs into the thousands!




ANSWERS TO LAST MONTH'S QUIZ:

1. What was the last unsuccessful battle against England before the American War of Independence which was won?


ANS. The Battle of Culloden


2. What famous Scottish document became known as a "declaration" to make it parallel with the "Declaration of Independence"?


ANS: The Declaration of Arbroath.


3. Now it gets trickier - Of the 56 members of the Continental Congress who signed the American Declaration of Independence, How many people whose signatures appear on the declaration of Independence were born in Scotland?


ANS: Two


4.Even trickier! How many of the signers were of Scottish descent, but born in America?


ANS. Four


5. Here is a break for you - it only needs a simple "yes" or "no" answer! Were any of the signers from Ulster or descended from immigrants from Ulster?

ANS: Yes - two



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