Tuesday, 31 December 2013

2013 Picture Quiz

Easy one this year, so no cigar. Simply identify the places we have been.

Section 1 - Castles
No 1


No 2

No 3

No 4

No 5

No 6




Section 2 - Bridges
No 7

No 8

No 9 (=No 8 from the other side!)

No 10
No 11

Section 3 - Water features
No 12

No 13
No 14

No 15

No 16

Section 4 - Ancient (and modern) Monuments
No 17

No 18

No  19

Section 5 - Lonely Cottages

No 20

No 21
Section 6 - Posers
No 22

No 23

No 24
No 25

Answers







1 Culzean Castle
2 Doon Castle
3 Fort Carrick by Dalmellington, not really a castle but hey ho
4 Dalquharran, Dailly
5 Dunure Castle - the doocot is the giveaway
6 Lochranza Castle, Arran
7 Millennium Bridge at Doonfoot
8 and 9 the old bridge at Sorn
10 remains of Loudoun Hill railway viaduct
11 one of many on the Greenock Cut
12 the Kelvin acqueduct carrying the Forth & Clyde Canal over the river Kelvin near Maryhill
13 Bonnyton Linn on the river Clyde near New Lanark
14 Dalcairnie Linn, near Dalmellington
15 Speirs' Wharf, Glasgow
16 the Afton dam, near New Cumnock
17 cairn on Wedder Hill, near Cumnock
18 cairn on Cairntable, near Muirkirk
19 La Pasionara, on the Clyde Walkway, Glasgow
20 Northbank Cottage, Portencross, scene of an unsolved 1913 murder
21 Laggan Cottage on north Arran coast
22 near Sannox, Arran
23 Ness Glen, by Dalmellington
24 Bruce's Stone, Glen Trool
25 Coire-Fionn Lochan, Arran

4 comments:

Kay McMeekin said...

The score to beat is 23/25!

Jimmy said...

How come if the score to beat is 23 out of 25 I got 15 out of 20???? I suspect jookery pokery here!!

Kay McMeekin said...

Oops. Quizmaster can't count. :(
You got 20/25. Paul got 23/25. Between you, you got all the answers right!

Jimmy said...

We all know that the quizmaster can't count but I prefer my theory - it makes me feel better.