The Scottish Islands by Hamish Haswell Smith contains the most complete information available on all of the islands of the Scotland. It presents detailed information on each island, beautiful black and white drawings and complete maps. It is a superb tour without leaving home. We are presenting the review of this book in a very different format. We will ask you a series of questions about the islands. You answer each question and email your responses with Island in the subject line. We will email back the right answers.
The Scottish Island Quiz
- What island attempted to grow tulips in competition with the dutch?
- What island is home to the largest residual mass of columnar pitchstone lave in Britain?
- What island's post office is the kitchen for the original laird's house?
- What island has a magnificent Gothic Cathedral for a town of only 7,000?
- What island's buildings and every living creature were destroyed after Culloden?
- What island is used as a deep sea listening post by the minister of defence?
- What island has dramatic sea stacks named to commemorate the drowning of the wife and daughters of the MacLeod chief?
- What island is said to have treasure from the 1588 Spanish armada hidden on it?
- What island had their own queen which was the island's oldest widow and a parliament which allocated the day's work
- What island has been accused of having a "time wrap" when ship wrecked sailor's cries were heard like in an old legend?
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