GAMES


Answers to the games will appear in the next issue

CRYPTOGRAM


FRGM GM WL ZDAHFQL,
FRC KUHN FRUF ECJUF WC,
FRCMC IGHNL MXUZCM
UQC MAQCKL WL DIH.
UHN FRDMC IRD FDGK RCQC
GH FRC MICUF DV FRCGQ VUZCM
UQC VKCMR DV WL VKCMR
UHN EDHC DV WL EDHC.
MGQ UKCPUHNCQ JQUL



SOLUTION TO Last Month's' CRYPTOGRAM:


IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD, THE HISTORY IS FASCINATING, THE MEN ARE HANDSOME AND THE WHISKY IS DELICIOUS. BUT DON'T EAT THE MACARONI PIES.

JK ROWLING WROTE ALL OF HER HARRY POTTER NOVELS WHILE LIVING IN SCOTLAND, AND STILL LIVES IN EDINBURGH.







 

Game

Given this issues interest in Melville, lets test your knowledge of Scottish authors. Can you name the authors of the following works? Just the family name will do.

1. A Window in Thrums

2. "The Body Snatcher"

3. The Lost World

4. The Fair Maid of Perth

5. MacBeth the King




ANSWERS TO Last Month's' QUIZ:


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?

ANS Jack



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?

ANS: Olivia



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

ANS: 3312



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.

ANS. 4,137



5. Finally - How many boys and how many girls were given unique forenames in 2016? (you can write the 2 numbers as a sequense, with a dash or slash between them

ANS: 2,072 2,671



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