The Ultimate Burns Quiz Round 1 Burns Then

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1 The Ultmate Burns Quz Round Burns Then 0 questons, one pont for each correct answer. Multple-choce answers and clues are optonal. Correct answer n bold wth addtonal nformaton provded for each queston where relevant. We celebrate the brth of Robert Burns on the th January each year. However, n whch year was he born? a) b) c) d) Robert Burns was born n Ayrshre on the west coast of Scotland. However, what s the name of the vllage n whch he was born? a) Ayr b) Alloway c) Galloway d) Mauchlne Burns was born and lved n Alloway for the frst seven years of hs lfe. It s now a suburb of the town of Ayr. (Allow half a pont for Ayr) Robert Burns was born to Wllam Burnes[s] and Agnes Broun but how many sblngs dd Burns have? a) none b) c) d) Robert Burns was the eldest of chldren he had three younger brothers and three younger ssters. What was Robert Burns father s occupaton? a) Teacher b) Publcan c) Farmer d) Judge He was a tenant farmer but taught hs chldren readng, wrtng, arthmetc, geography and hstory to ensure they had a good educaton. What age was Burns when he wrote hs frst verse (Handsome Nell)? a) b) c) d) Handsome Nell or O Once I lov d a bonne lass was wrtten n when Robert was just years old. It s thought that Burns was plannng to leave Ayrshre and head abroad n. Where dd he plan to go? a) West Indes b) France c) Jamaca d) Ireland After the huge success of the frst publcaton of hs poetry, Burns never left on hs planned emgraton. 0 Who dd Robert Burns marry? (Bonus pont for the year they marred) a) Nelle Klpatrck b) Jean Armour c) Mary Campbell d) Agnes McLehose Burns began an affar wth Jean Armour n and marred her n. She bore hm nne chldren, only three of whom survved nfancy. Whch of these jobs dd Robert Burns not do? a) Flax-dresser b) Excseman c) Farmer d) school teacher Burns wrote a poem that ncluded the lne Wee, sleekt, cow rn, tm rous beaste. What knd of anmal was the beaste? a) mouse b) louse c) grouse d) hamster The ttle of the poem that ths lne comes from s To a Mouse wrtten n. Robert Burns ded at a relatvely young age. How old was he when he ded? a) b) c) d) Robert Burns ded on July at the age of and a half. End of round. Get teams to swap answer sheets. Read out correct answers and ask teams to total up the score. Collate scores nto the master score sheet provded.

2 The Ultmate Burns Quz Round Burns Now 0 Around the world there are only two non-relgous hstorc fgures wth more statues dedcated to them than Robert Burns. Can you name ether? Optonal clue: One s a royal, the other s an explorer Answer: Queen Vctora and Chrstopher Columbus Whch country was the frst to honour Burns wth a commemoratve stamp? a) Sovet Unon b) Chna c) Great Brtan d) USA It marked the 0th annversary of Burns death n. (Accept USSR or Russa too) The ttle of the lterary classc Of Mce and Men was taken from Burns poem To a Mouse. Who wrote Of Mce and Men? a) J.D Salnger b) John Stenbeck c) F. Scott Ftzgerald d) Jack Kerouac John Stenbeck took the ttle of hs novel from the famous Burns lne The best lad schemes o mce an men / Gang aft agley Whch cty n Amerca has a lfe-sze replca of the cottage Burns was born n? Optonal clue: It s n the state of Georga a) Atlanta b) Chcago c) Portland d) Washngton DC The cty of Atlanta, Georga has a replca of the cottage that Burns was born n. It was bult by the Burns Club of Atlanta n. Whch well known desgner clams drect descent from Robert Burns? a) Stella McCartney b) Tom Ford c) Tommy Hlfger d) Chrstopher Kane US fashon desgner Tommy Hlfger clams drect descent from Robert Burns. Whch of Robert Burns songs was sung at the openng of the new Scottsh Parlament n? a) A Man s a Man for a That b) Auld Lang Syne c) Ae Fond Kss d) Caledona Also known as Is there for Honest Poverty, A Man s A Man for a That was chosen as the anthem to open the new Scottsh Parlament. Auld Lang Syne s recognsed by the Gunness Book of World Records as beng one of the top three most popular songs n the Englsh language. Can you name ether of the other two? Optonal clue: One of them mght be sung to you once a year A: Happy Brthday and For He s a Jolly Good Fellow The town of Mosgel (near Dunedn) s named after Robert Burns farm n Ayrshre. In whch country s ths town located? a) Australa b) New Zealand c) South Afrca d) Zmbabwe Whch world famous muscan was reputed to have been workng on settng some of the Bard s poems to musc before ther death? a) Frank Snatra b) John Lennon c) Mchael Jackson d) Whtney Houston A mnature book of Burns poetry was taken where by Nck Patrck n 00? a) Top of Mount Everest b) The North Pole c) The South Pole d) Into space A mnature book of Robert Burns poetry was carred nto orbt by astronaut Nck Patrck on a two week space msson n 00, completng a. mllon mle trp and orbts of the Earth. Answers to Round (Pcture round) a, d, a, b, c, b, c

3 The Ultmate Burns Quz Round Name that Burns Each of these set of four mages represent the man themes n some of Robert Burns most famous poems. One pont for each correct answer. a) To a Mouse b) Wnter (a Drge) a) Afton Water b) The Farewell a) Tam o Shanter b) The Brg of Ayr c) To a Louse d) To a Haggs c) A Dream d) To a Mountan Dasy c) Halloween d) A Dream a) The Twa Dogs b) Scots Wha Hae a) Nature s Law b) Ae Fond Kss a) The Holy Far b) Holy Wlle s Prayer c) Address to the Del d) A Man s a Man for A That c) My Luv s lke a Red Red Rose d) To a Mountan Dasy c) The Ordnaton d) Auld Lang Syne a) Scotch Drnk c) Address to the Toothache b) A Wnter Nght d) Address to Beelzebub

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