1 / 10

Rabbie Burns was born in which historic Scottish county?

1

Kilmarnockshire

(118 votes)

2

Ayrshire

(1509 votes)

3

Berwickshire

(46 votes)

2 / 10

"Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, great chieftain o' the pudding-race!" is the openning to which 1787 poem?

1

Address to a Haggis

(1488 votes)

2

To a mouse

(90 votes)

3

Scots Wha Hae

(49 votes)

3 / 10

What town did Burns move to in 1791, living there until his death on 21 July 1796?

1

Kilwinning

(176 votes)

2

Ayr

(419 votes)

3

Dumfries

(1023 votes)

4 / 10

Football club Ayr United get their nickname from a line in the Robert Burns poem "Tam o' Shanter" - what is this nickname?

1

The Honest Men

(1137 votes)

2

The Working Men

(294 votes)

3

The True Men

(162 votes)

5 / 10

What nickname was Burn's sometimes called by

1

The Farmer Poet

(372 votes)

2

The Ploughman Poet

(1073 votes)

3

The Stonemason Poet

(126 votes)

6 / 10

Burns wrote a song about which battle of 1715 which occurred in Scotland at the height of the Jacobite rising?

1

The Battle of Stirling Bridge

(657 votes)

2

The Battle of Sherriffmuir

(785 votes)

3

The Turra Trot

(111 votes)

7 / 10

Robert Burns died at what age from rheumatic fever?

1

37

(918 votes)

2

36

(343 votes)

3

38

(270 votes)

8 / 10

When Burns was a child, his father owned a farm, what was it called?

1

Mount Heath Farm

(341 votes)

2

Mount Hill Farm

(522 votes)

3

Mount Oliphant Farm

(649 votes)

9 / 10

It's thought that Burns was planning to leave Ayrshire and head abroad in 1786, but where did he plan to go?

1

Jamaica

(1048 votes)

2

Bermuda

(206 votes)

3

Barbados

(244 votes)

10 / 10

Where is the Burns National Memorial located?

1

Mauchline

(381 votes)

2

Dumfries

(471 votes)

3

Ayr

(627 votes)