GAMES

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"I LIKE DOOM AND GLOOM WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR. MAYBE IT'S A SCOTTISH THING, WE LIKE TO UNDERCUT INDULGENCE WITH A LAUGH."
SHIRLEY HENDERSON

Quiz Game

In keeping with our environmental approach this month here is a quiz to test some of your knowledge about that topic as it relates to Scotland.

2. in the first six months of 2017, all of Scotland’s 3 million households were powered completely by what kind of energy?

3. Hydro-electric power is often produced by rapidly moving water near the surface. Scotland makes us od water for power by using what natural phenomenon besides waterfalls and rapidly flowing rapids?

4. An attempt has been made by Scotland (and the U.K. as a whole) to control a major form of pollution in the ocean, by putting a deposit on several items made of this material . Can you say what it is?

5. Which Scottish river is the reported to be the most polluted?

ANSWERS TO Last Month's' QUIZ:

1. The first ever match in Scotland of what sport was played was in December 1857?
ANS: Rugby

2. What sport appears to have been devised by Scottish woodsmen?
ANS:"Caber Toss","Tossing the caber"

3. What sport has as part of its equipment brooms?
ANS: curling

4.What world famous sport played with clubs and a small ball originated in Scotland?
Ans. Golf

5. What game played in Scotland is similar to Irish “hurling” and Welsh “bando”?
ANS: Shinty

THE SCRAMBLER

Unscramble these words. They all share something in common (besides being scrambled). Do you know what it is they share?

thelist
lednog aglee
croniun
wrelof fo clotsand
ghasig

ANSWERS TO "THE SCRAMBLER" from Last Issue

Unscramble these words. They all share something in common (besides being scrambled). Do you know what it is they share?

thesnicas = Caithness

lutandhers = Sutherland

grayll = Argyll

sinsnerve = Inverness

ormyCart = Cromarty

SCOTTISH PUZZLE

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.

This month's puzzle is the Clootie Well (or Cloutie or Cloughtie wells) near Inverness. This is a place where people hang "clooties" or "cloths". Clootie wells are wooded areas near a well or spring. The cloths are often tied to branches as part of a healing ritual. Clootie Well.

Here is an "added bonus" puzzle: Portnoy Harbor. If the link fails go to:

Portnoy Harbor

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