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NEW: Scottish Insults Quiz.
Scottish friends when they meet are more likely to use an insult to greet each other rather than an empty compliment. That's why Scottish insults far outnumber any other Scots word category. They're the true lubrication of friendship. Ya muppet

Word Quiz 01.
Twenty eight Scottish word choices to tax your vocabulary - from heifer to howk through hoochenanny.

Before trying this word quiz read Robbies two poems which contain all the words used in the quiz in context. They are also highlighted in yellow. A complete English translation is provided if you are completely stuck.

Word Quiz 03.
A test of twenty eight choices from forfochten to geggie via oxter to strain your brain.

Are you a Tounser? If so, you might do badly in this quiz.

Likewise if you a Teuchter, you might not be suited to the questions in this quiz.

How's your knowledge of Whisky and words to do with Whisky making? Test yourself with this one. Some interesting recipes too.

New modern Scottish words taken from a novel written in Scots about a future wasted Scotland drenched in deadly UV radiation where the entire population live on offshore floating cities anchored 700 metres above a drowned Greenock.

These are standard whisky (and other) Scottish recipes learnt from grannies, aunties, uncles and others.

Answer all 7 questions. Feedback is abuse or praise depending on your performance. You only get one go at each question, so think before you click.

To really enjoy this quiz and get the buttons to work you should use a JavaScript enabled browser. However, if you avoid javascript, note down your answers and then compare them with the answers given (No peeking until you've made an attempt.)

Compare the answers you've noted down with the answers given here. (No peeking until you've made an attempt.)
Answer all 7 questions. A dialogue box will appear each time offering either abuse or congratulations. Any final feedback varies depending on your performance.

You only get one go at each question, so think before you click.

The buttons are there to give you feedback, let you have another try, or go get the answers. You can also look up unfamiliar words in my Stooryduster Scottish Words Glossary here.

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NEW: Scottish Insults Quiz. Scottish friends when they meet are more likely to use an insult to greet each other rather than an empty compliment. That's why Scottish insults far outnumber any other Scots word category. They're the true lubrication of friendship. Ya muppet Word Quiz 01.

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At the time Brave was the grandest project Disney*Pixar had ever undertaken.

All the hard work paid off - the film went on to amass worldwide critical acclaim, set new technical benchmarks and scooped an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.

Where did Brave's animators visit on their Scottish tours?

Taking in a breadth of Scottish events, from the iconic Highland games of the Braemar Gathering (that informed much of heroine's Merida's impressive archery skills) to eating haggis on the Royal Mile, Brave's animators fully steeped themselves in the local culture. This helped them capture the spirit of Scotland on film in a fashion that had never been attempted in cinema before.

Brave producer Katherine Sarafian admits the team kept journals while staying in Scotland, which proved tremendously useful when they returned to California to begin work on the project.

"We took photographs and video, sketched and wrote stories," says Sarafian. "We brought everything back and spread it all out, loaded it into our computers. We worked really hard to bring the magic, beauty and ruggedness of Scotland to life in the film through our production design, sets and environments."

Visiting Dunnottar Castle

Some of Scotland's landmarks proved so mesmerising for Pixar's Brave team, they actually ended up altering ideas they originally had for the movie to incorporate what they'd seen on their memorable trip.

Initially, Merida's DunBroch family castle was going to be set against a loch in the Highlands. Yet after visiting Dunnottar Castle, a stunning structure set on jutting cliff-side rocks just south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, the team decided to imitate its staggering surrounds by making DunBroch an outpost by the sea.

Discovering the Calanais Standing Stones

Sarafian also admits the Calanais Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis had a big impact on Pixar. "It felt like the perfect setting for something important to happen in the story. The stones are in a circle on a big, exposed cliff with the sky as their backdrop - it's very striking. On both trips it was really hard to get any of the artists back on the bus!"

The trip to Glen Affric

Merida spends much of her time in Brave travelling through landscapes heavily indebted to the Highlands on her horse Angus. Much of these fantastical, fictional climes were inspired by the filmmakers' trip to Glen Affric.

With one of the largest Caledonian pinewoods, combined with impressive mountains, moorlands, heather-strewn hills and moss-covered land, the stunning glen, only 15 miles from Loch Ness, proved the perfect site to experience a slice of authentic Scottish wilderness.

Bear necessities

The visit to Scotland also influenced the creation of the film's formidable demon bear Mor'du. Story Supervisor Brian Larsen says Scotland's love of stories was a big help while planning Brave. "Scotland is a storytelling culture-wherever we went, the locals erupted into stories of their everyday lives and the people they knew. The story of Mor'du was inspired by the stories we heard while we were there."

Not only does Brave draw on Scotland's landscapes and history for inspiration, it's mesmerising soundtrack (scored by South Lanarkshire-born composer Patrick Doyle) also evokes the sounds of the country, with bagpipes, fiddles, flutes, Celtic harps and Gaelic psalm singing all featuring.

Gaelic performer, Julie Fowlis, also contributes two heart-flutteringly emotive songs - Touch the Sky and Into the Open Air.

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Disney Pixar's Brave - Locations & Setting

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When it comes to enchanting stories woven amongst magnificent landscapes Scotland is one of the richest treasure troves on the planet, and Disney*Pixar's animators certainly delved into this rich source when they were creating their Oscar-winning animated adventure Brave.

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Scotland History In 5 Minutes - Animated

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BRAVE | Pixar Go To Scotland! | Official Disney Pixar UK