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    Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
    .....Since I started this haggis nonsense (post #19) by mentioning "fake news", maybe you would like to have a go at this quiz - no prizes! Which of these stories is/are false?........Alan
    Alan....you should know it's not fair to toss out a quiz, without offering information to students. Well, unless you are trying to prove how little they knew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
    ...Since I started this haggis nonsense (post #19) by mentioning "fake news", maybe you would like to have a go at this quiz - no prizes! Which of these stories is/are false?....Alan
    1. A "yella yitie" is an emberiza citrinella
    A) Can be true or false. Depends upon the quantity & quality of the single malt I've had.

    2. Rob Roy was a student at Aberdeen University where his uncle was Professor of Mathematics. Here he is about to jump the Culter Burn on his way to classes.
    http://registryguesthouse.com/images...y_DSCF6724.jpg
    A) False. Could be true, depending upon the quantity & poor quality of the single malt one had.

    3. The characteristic finger positions in modern Highland dance are a relic of the snapping of fingers in time to the music.
    A) Decline to state. What is a perfectly acceptable gesture in one country, could get one last rites in another.

    4. Vegetarian haggis is actually vegan.
    A) True or False. Depends upon the preparer. I've known people claiming to be vegans, that ate fish.

    5. Prince Charlie hid in this cave about 10 miles from where I'm sitting.
    https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2907698
    A) False. Also, were you referring to Statute or Roman miles?

    6. This is my old school. Its first use was as a barracks for the Hanovarian troops on their way to Culloden.
    http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/28/...0_7d2cd226.jpg
    A) True
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    Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
    Since I started this haggis nonsense (post #19) by mentioning "fake news", maybe you would like to have a go at this quiz - no prizes! Which of these stories is/are false?

    1. A "yella yitie" is an emberiza citrinella

    2. Rob Roy was a student at Aberdeen University where his uncle was Professor of Mathematics. Here he is about to jump the Culter Burn on his way to classes.
    http://registryguesthouse.com/images...y_DSCF6724.jpg

    3. The characteristic finger positions in modern Highland dance are a relic of the snapping of fingers in time to the music.

    4. Vegetarian haggis is actually vegan.

    5. Prince Charlie hid in this cave about 10 miles from where I'm sitting.
    https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2907698

    6. This is my old school. Its first use was as a barracks for the Hanovarian troops on their way to Culloden.
    http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/28/...0_7d2cd226.jpg

    Alan
    OK let’s have a go.
    1. True.
    2. False.
    3. No idea.
    4. No idea.
    5. False.
    6. True.
    " Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.

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    OK, only 2/3 people brave enough to have a go so far. I'll give it another 24 hours.

    Alan
    Last edited by neloon; 27th November 18 at 03:19 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
    Since I started this haggis nonsense (post #19) by mentioning "fake news", maybe you would like to have a go at this quiz - no prizes! Which of these stories is/are false?

    1. A "yella yitie" is an emberiza citrinella

    2. Rob Roy was a student at Aberdeen University where his uncle was Professor of Mathematics. Here he is about to jump the Culter Burn on his way to classes.
    http://registryguesthouse.com/images...y_DSCF6724.jpg

    3. The characteristic finger positions in modern Highland dance are a relic of the snapping of fingers in time to the music.

    4. Vegetarian haggis is actually vegan.

    5. Prince Charlie hid in this cave about 10 miles from where I'm sitting.
    https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2907698

    6. This is my old school. Its first use was as a barracks for the Hanovarian troops on their way to Culloden.
    http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/28/...0_7d2cd226.jpg

    Alan
    1. True
    2: False
    3: True (a guess but I think it's more probable than the antler theory)
    4: True
    5: False
    6: True

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    Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
    OK, only 2/3 people brave enough to have a go so far. I'll give it another 24 hours.

    Alan
    My stab is that they are all false or unprovable. Local legends or perhaps tourist board myths.

    No google for me as that seems like cheating.

    On the other hand the Scots who've posted so far don't agree with me so I may be in trouble.
    Last edited by FossilHunter; 27th November 18 at 05:25 PM.
    Descendant of the Gillises and MacDonalds of North Morar.

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    1. True
    2. False
    3. False
    4. False
    5. False
    6. False (it may be your old school, Alan, but that building is surely later than 1746)
    Last edited by ThistleDown; 27th November 18 at 06:40 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
    OK, only 2/3 people brave enough to have a go so far. I'll give it another 24 hours.

    Alan
    Professor, I was asleep at the back of the class during this lecture and the dog ate my homework. May I have a hall pass please?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarheel View Post
    Professor, I was asleep at the back of the class during this lecture and the dog ate my homework. May I have a hall pass please?
    He will tell you, "First, you should have fed the dog your Haggis. Then, you should have visited the bog before you came to the lecture".
    "I can draw a mouse with a pencil, but I can't draw a pencil with a mouse"

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    Quote Originally Posted by FossilHunter View Post
    It's understood that they were flourishing up until Rabbie Burns popularized their consumption. Until then it had never actually occurred to anyone to eat them.
    And some would say, with good reason!
    Here's tae us - / Wha's like us - / Damn few - / And they're a' deid - /
    Mair's the pity!

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