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GAMES


Answers to the games will appear in the next issue

CRYPTOGRAM



X TROVN CB JVPN SR LYRT SEB YPHBF PYN KOPVXSXBF RW SEB FXD JBYSVBHBY TEXQE PZB SR PQQRHIVXFE SEB NBFXJYHBYS; WRZ XS HPU CB SEPS X FEPVV CB PCVB, OIRY LYRTVBNJB RW SEB IPZSXBF, SR JXAB URO FRHB WOZSEBZ PNAXQB YBQBFFPZU SR CB WRVVRTBN SEBZBXY, PF PVFR WZRH SXHB SR SXHB IPZSXQOVPZVU ERT URO IZRQBBN: PYN PF FRRY PF URO HPU, WRZ SEB FPHB IOZIRFB, TER CB PVZBPNU, PYN ERT WPZ BABZURYB XF IZXAU EBZBOYSR.

IEBVXIIB’F PNNXSXRY SR HPZU’F VBSSBZ SR CPCXYJSRY


SOLUTION TO Last Month's' CRYPTOGRAM:


“LWCIHOD NIE GAWED NWO VSF FBO VWONFB AM QCIRD, NI BAIODF XNI’D FBO IAVGODF ZAWQ A’ RAE!.” FBAXND HNWGTGO - BCDFAWCNI NIE ODDNTCDF
"PRINCES AND LORDS ARE BUT THE BREATH OF KINGS, AN HONEST MAN'S THE NOBLEST WORK O' GOD!." THOMAS CARLYLE - HISTORIAN AND ESSAYIST






 

Quiz Game

Since we are all mixed up with royalty and codes, let's see what you know about royal families. I thought it might be fun to write the questions in cipher but was dissuaded from that by a claymore!

1. Who is considered the first king of Scots?

2. The "House of Dunkeld" begins in 1034 and continues to 1286. Who is he first king of this period?

3. The second king of the House of Dunkeld was very well regarded and may be the most famous. He reigns from 1040-1057. Can you name him?

4. In 1306 another famous Scot became king> His fame rests on his freeing Scotland from the English and a highly debatable meeting with an archnid. Who is he?

5. The first female monarch is disputed by historians over a technicality. Despite the arguments can you name the woman who may or may not been the first female monarch from 1286–1290?


ANSWERS TO Last Month's' QUIZ:

1. To which language family does Gaelic belong?
ANSWER: Celtic


2. What name is popularly used for the Mid Northern Scots or Northeast Scots dialect?
ANSWER: Doric


3. After English, Scots and Gaelic, what is the most common language spoken in Scotland?
ANSWER: Polish


4. Gaelic and Latin are linked together as languages in the very large language family sometimes refered to as a "phylum". Other members are Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Albanian, Hellenic and talic (to name a few). By what name is this major language family currently called?
ANSWER: Indo-European


5. Celtic languages are divided into 2 types - "p celtic" and "q celtic" Two which of these two does Gaelic belong?
ANSWER: q Celtic




 

THE SCRAMBLER

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


NONEVESTS = ?
TOCST = ?
SNURB = ?
RABIER = ?
TRAERNT = ?

ANSWERS TO "THE SCRAMBLER" from Last Issue

Keys = Skye
Yalis = Islay
Rabar = Barra
Onai = Iona
Skarie = Eriska

They are all islands!




 

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 entrance to Dunfermline Abbey and is found at DUNFERMLINE ABBEY PUZZLE.



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