Q 01/05

The Battle of Culloden was fought on a moor about five miles east of which Scottish city?

A) Aberdeen

B) Dunfermline

C) Inverness

D) Stirling

Answer · why

C) Inverness

Inverness held most of the Jacobites' dwindling supplies, so their commanders chose to stand and fight outside it rather than abandon the town and wat...

Q 02/05

Roughly how long did the fighting at the Battle of Culloden last before the Jacobite army broke and fled?

A) Under an hour

B) About six hours

C) Two full days

D) Nearly a week

Answer · why

A) Under an hour

Under an hour was all it took: the Jacobite charge stalled in boggy ground and close-range cannon fire, ending a rising that had begun the previous su...

Q 03/05

Which Hebridean woman helped Prince Charles flee after Culloden by disguising him as her Irish maid?

A) Jenny Cameron

B) Flora MacDonald

C) Clementina Walkinshaw

D) Winifred Maxwell

Answer · why

B) Flora MacDonald

Flora MacDonald was locked in the Tower of London for it, then freed under a 1747 amnesty; she later emigrated to North Carolina.

Q 04/05

Which English city was the furthest south the Jacobite army marched in 1745 before turning back for Scotland?

A) Carlisle

B) Preston

C) Manchester

D) Derby

Answer · why

D) Derby

Derby was reached on 4 December 1745, and with no sign of English reinforcements or a French landing, the Jacobite council there voted to retreat.

Q 05/05

Which TV drama adapted from Diana Gabaldon's novels sends its Highland hero Jamie Fraser to fight at Culloden?

A) Outlander

B) Poldark

C) Black Sails

D) Vikings

Answer · why

A) Outlander

Outlander has Jamie kill his enemy Jack Randall on the battlefield, then survive his own wounds and be spared execution.