Kirkcaldy High School

Kirkcaldy High School

incorporating

Kirkcaldy Burgh School & Kirkcaldy Grammar School

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Pupils can enter the quiz online.

If you prefer to print off copies so that pupils can submit their answers later, you can do so by clicking on the icon below. (You require Adobe Acrobat Reader on your system.)

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PRIZE DRAW !!

Entries will be placed in a separate prize draw for each school that enters.

Pupils submit only their first name & class, and we do not collect any e-mail addresses.

Prizes will be sent to the school so please enter the contact teacher below. (Only do so once for the whole class).

If you have any queries regarding the above, please e-mail:

patrick@achieversuk.com

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The Kirkcaldy
High School Quiz!

Teachers: please see instructions in left column

Prizes include:

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1) Name the Head Teacher of Kirkcaldy High School.

2) List five subjects taught at Kirkcaldy High School.

3) Name one science teacher and one English teacher from Kirkcaldy High School.

4) What colour is the Kirkcaldy High School uniform?

5) Most of the buildings in Kirkcaldy High School were built during Victorian times (i.e. more than 100 years ago). True or false?

True False

6) Name two of the feeder primary schools for Kirkcaldy High School.

7) Find out the post code for Kirkcaldy High School.
(Hint: this web site may help.)

8) Over the years, Kirkcaldy High pupils have raised a lot of money for TAYRICH. Unscramble the mixed-up letters.

9) Kirkcaldy High School is in which local council area?

10) Many schools in Fife have a PTA. What do the letters PTA stand for?

Pupil Teacher Association
Parent Teacher Association
Pleasant Teacher Association

11) Name three towns in Fife.

12) Is Fife in the east or west of Scotland?

13) Which Fife town has a world-famous golf course?

14) Fife is sometimes called a Kingdom.

True False

15) Is Rosyth famous for it's dockyards or it's coalmines?

16) Does Fife lie to the north or the south of the Forth Bridges?

17) Which is the largest town in Fife?

Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Glenrothes St Andrews

18) The police force in Fife is called Fife Constabulary.

True False

19) Which Scottish King is buried in Dunfermline Abbey?

Robert the Bruce William Wallace Macbeth

20) Which of the following statements is true?

Local councillors in Fife are appointed by the Prime Minister.
Local councillors in Fife are elected by the people of Fife.

The remaining questions are about the Kirkcaldy High School Achievers shown on the right of this page.

21) What type of writer is Val McDermid?

22) Who is seen by many as the 'father of modern economics'?

23) What was Louise Brown's childhood dream?

24) Lynn Watt was the first female to become Vice President of which organisation?

25) Frank Crowe tries to be very fair to people. What is his job?

26) Of which prison is Kate Donegan the Governor?

27) Is Ian Wooton a Professor of History, Physics or Economics?

28) What is Alan Rodgers' job?

29) Anneila Sargent is one of the world's _________ astronomers. Complete the blank in the sentence.

30) Name the former Kirkcaldy High School pupil who went on to become Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Your details:

First name:
(Add the initial of your second name if there are others in your class with the same first name - but DO NOT enter your whole surname.)

Class:

Teacher:

School: