Glasgow Quiz
Test your knowledge about Glasgow with this fun and informative quiz.
Questions
- What river runs through Glasgow?
- Can you name the patron saint of Glasgow?
- What is the main civic square in the city?
- In the 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, dancers dressed as what sort of teacakes?
- The name of which unit of temperature traces its origins to a Glasgow river?
- Which primary art gallery and museum re-opened in 2006 after a £27 million refurbishment?
- Which Glasgow-born detective and spy is best known for creating a National Detective Agency in America?
- Which football club, nicknamed 'the Jags', is based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city?
- Which Scottish rock band, formed in Glasgow in 2002, has Alex Kapranos on lead vocals?
- What's the nickname of Glasgow comedian Billy Connolly?
- What is "The Clockwork Orange"?
- The three largest football stadiums in the country are located in Glasgow. Can you name them?
- Which municipal structure at Glasgow Cross was demolished in 1921, leaving only the steeple standing?
- Who designed the Glasgow School of Art building?
- Which area of the city had, in the first half of the 20th century, the dubious distinction of being Europe's largest slum?
- Which Glasgow-born actor starred in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland?
- Which busy motorway connects Glasgow to Edinburgh?
- Which Glasgow politician was the first First Minister of Scotland?
- What's the last name of brothers Robert and Hugh, who founded a brewing company in 1740 on the bank of the Molendinar Burn?
- Which English writer in 1726 described Glasgow as: "The cleanest and best-built city in Britain"?
- Which Glasgow University professor published 'Wealth of Nations' in 1776?
Answers
- River Clyde
- Saint Mungo
- George Square
- Tunnock's teacakes
- The kelvin
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- Allan Pinkerton
- Partick Thistle
- Franz Ferdinand
- The Big Yin
- The Glasgow Subway
- Celtic Park, Hampden Park, and Ibrox Stadium
- Tolbooth
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- The Gorbals
- James McAvoy
- M8
- Donald Dewar
- Tennent
- Daniel Defoe
- Adam Smith