Burns Night Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which Scottish dessert is commonly made with cream, toasted oats, raspberries, and often whisky?
Cranachan
Tipsy laird
Clootie dumpling
Tablet
2. A reader wants Burns’s narrative poem about a man who encounters witches during a perilous journey home. Which work should they choose?
“A Man’s a Man for A’ That”
“A Red, Red Rose”
“To a Mouse”
“Tam o’ Shanter”
3. Which sequence best reflects a commonly used progression at a traditional Burns Supper?
Address to the Haggis, Immortal Memory, haggis procession, meal
Immortal Memory, meal, haggis procession, Address to the Haggis
Meal, Address to the Haggis, haggis procession, Immortal Memory
Haggis procession, Address to the Haggis, meal, Immortal Memory
4. On which date is Burns Night traditionally observed each year?
30 November
25 January
31 December
1 February
5. A venue wants to recreate the customary ceremonial entrance of the haggis. Which musical accompaniment is most strongly associated with the procession?
A brass fanfare
A harp solo
Bagpipe music
A string quartet
6. A Burns Supper menu lists haggis with “neeps and tatties.” What should a guest expect alongside the haggis?
Leeks and barley
Carrots and parsnips
Turnips or swede and potatoes
Cabbage and oatcakes
7. The formal program is ending, and guests form a circle to sing together. Which song is most traditionally associated with this moment?
“The Skye Boat Song”
“Auld Lang Syne”
“Loch Lomond”
“Flower of Scotland”
8. During a recitation, you hear the line “Great chieftain o’ the puddin’-race!” What is being praised?
Cranachan
Cock-a-leekie soup
Haggis
Clootie dumpling
9. A guest says Burns wrote exclusively in standard English. Which correction is most accurate?
He wrote exclusively in Scottish Gaelic
He wrote only in Latin and translated his work later
He wrote in both Scots and English, sometimes blending their forms
He wrote prose in English but no poetry in it
10. In which Scottish village was Robert Burns born?
Kirriemuir
Abbotsford
Dumfries
Alloway
11. Which pairing correctly matches two traditional Burns Supper speeches?
The Immortal Memory and the Reply to the Haggis
The Toast to the Lassies and the Reply to the Toast to the Lassies
The Selkirk Toast and the Address to Alloway
The Toast to Scotland and the Reply to the Piper
12. A speaker has been asked to reflect on Burns’s life, character, work, and continuing significance. Which traditional part of the program are they delivering?
The Address to the Haggis
The Selkirk Grace
The Reply to the Lassies
The Immortal Memory
13. A host wants to include the short thanksgiving commonly said before the Burns Supper meal. Which piece should be chosen?
The Selkirk Grace
“Scots Wha Hae”
“To a Mouse”
The Immortal Memory
14. Whose life and work does Burns Night principally commemorate?
Robert Burns
Robert Louis Stevenson
Walter Scott
James Hogg
15. At a traditional supper, the haggis has been carried into the room. What commonly happens before it is cut and served?
The Immortal Memory is delivered
Burns’s “Address to a Haggis” is recited
The Reply to the Lassies is given
The company sings “Auld Lang Syne”
16. A visitor asks why Burns Night falls on 25 January. What is the reason?
It marks the anniversary of Burns’s birth
It marks the date of the first public performance of “Tam o’ Shanter”
It marks the anniversary of Burns’s death
It marks the publication date of “Auld Lang Syne”