GAMES


Answers to the games will appear in the next issue

CRYPTOGRAM


This one is very short so there are some extra clues to help you out.


"GTYBECLV GHCEE? YSU HSEBJWYUH, JLWJLJBP GTYBECLV GHCEE?" ASKA HCTVJCUHJV (1892–1978) QCG YLP YW BAP HYGB JLWESPLBJCE GTYBBJGA QUJBPUG YW BAP 20BA TPLBSUI.


SOLUTION TO Last Month's' CRYPTOGRAM:


“JSR FPLQFYG OEMREJOYE YN QVDLHR-JYRU QSYRQ GLQ JY RELIPR JSR FPLQFYG WLE JY FRJ ZPYQRH JY JSR ILH." BLZX SYDQR, LXL WH. FPLQFYG, GLQ L KHYWOEREJ LEU KHYPONOZ FPLQFYG GHOJRH


"THE GLASGOW INVENTION OF SQUARE-TOED SHOES WAS TO ENABLE THE GLASGOW MAN TO GET CLOSER TO THE BAR." JACK HOUSE, AKA MR. GLASGOW, WAS A PROMINENT AND PROLIFIC GLASGOW WRITER






 

Game

While the world is in the throes of the COVID-19 , it might be a time to consider medical discoveries made by Scots. So here are some questions as to who did what.

1. Who was the discover of penicillin??

2.Which Scottish scientist won the Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine in 1923 for his discovery of insulin?

3. Who invnted the first true hypodermic syringe?

4. What Scottish surgeon is consider by many to be the first genuine "hypnotherapist" and the "Father of modern hynotism"?

5. What Sottish pathologist discovered the vaccine for typhoid fever?




ANSWERS TO Last Month's' QUIZ:

1. Which river is the longest river in Scotland?

ANSWER: Tay

2.Which mountain is the highest in Scotland?

ANSWER: Ben Nevis

3. Which loch is the deepest loch in Scotland?

ANSWER: Loch Morar

4. Which is the largest Island in Scotland?

ANSWER: Lewis and Harris

5. What is the coldest temperature ever ercorded in Scotland? (Use numbers - either rounded to the nearest degree or to one decimal point. Place C or F after the number (no space) for centigrade or Fahrenheit (i.e. 10F or 10.3C)

ANSWER: -27.2C or -17F





 

THE SCRAMBLER

Here are some famous castles. Can you unscramble them?

1. larib
2. crowad
3. slagim
4. malorbal
5. remarab

ANSWERS TO "THE SCRAMBLER" FROM MARCH

1. Lacelaw = Wallace (as in William)
2. Threapd = Redpath (as in Jean)
3. Novenests = Stevenson (as in Robert Louis)
4. Letrub = Butler (as in Gerard
5. Durot = Tudor (as in Margaret)



AND NOW! SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW!

We discovered a very interesting site for those of you who like jigsaw puzzles. It has lots of jigsaw puzzles on it and is called Jigsaw explorer and can be reached by clicking the link to jigsawexplorer.com. In addition to having lots and lots of their own puzzles, they allow people to submit photos to them which they will turn into puzzles for you and put them up on the web. So Each issue now will have a link to a new puzzle that will show something about Scotland.

For our first month's puzzle just click HERE. We hope you enjoy these!

This issue's puzzle is the chapel at Iona.



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