History by Country - Scotland

Can you answer these Scottish history questions?
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Who was the first king of Scotland?
Kenneth I MacAlpin
The above was previously king of which group of peoples, before uniting them with the Scots to form Scotland?
Picts
The Auld Alliance of 1295 was an anti-English alliance between Scotland and who?
France
During the First War of Scottish Independence, what famous revolutionary saw his greatest victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, and was later portrayed in film history by Mel Gibson?
William Wallace
What unsuccessful expedition tried to establish a Scottish colony in Panama?
Darien Scheme
Which Queen was imprisoned by her cousin Elizabeth I of England from 1568 until her execution in 1587?
Mary Queen of Scots
What pro-independence party was established in 1934, with their first MP elected in 1945?
SNP
What invention is inventor Alexander Graham Bell largely credited for creating?
Telephone
On 'the stone of _____' is where have kings of Scotland traditionally been coronated on until the 13th century
Scone
What poet is commemorated on his own day every year for his contributions to literature and culture?
Robert Burns
A famous play by William Shakespeare is loosely based off this Scottish king who meets the same fate as the king he murdered
Macbeth
The castle of which city is where the main bulk of the play above takes place?
Inverness
The first wall constructed by which Roman Emperor to divide their holdings from the Picts is roughly close to where the modern Anglo-Scottish border is today?
Hadrian
What other Roman wall was constructed after the one above to secure the Roman-Scottish border, in particular against the Caledonians, and marked the furthest reach of Roman control into Britain?
Antonine
What is one of the most important antibiotics in the world, which was accidentally discovered in 1928 by microbiologist Alexander Fleming?
Penicillin
What loch in Scotland is famous for its rumoured mythical underwater creature?
Loch Ness
What sport was created in Scotland and famously played by multiple US Presidents?
Golf
Although they didn't invent this instrument, the Great Highland variation of it was widely popularised by the Scottish
Bagpipes
What unofficial anthem of Scotland is played at all its sporting events, such as Rugby?
Flower of Scotland
Rooted in Celtic belief and strong conviction for independence and freedom, what mythical animal was adopted as the national animal in roughly the 14th Century?
Unicorn
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