Robert Burns Quiz
Robert Burns Quiz Questions
1. When was Robert Burns born?
a) 25 January 1759
b) 27 April 1756
c) 15 August 1764
d) 2 December 1755
2. Where was Robert Burns born?
a) Mount Oliphant
b) Alloway
c) Lachlea
d) Kilmarnock
3. When did Robert Burns publish “Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect”?
a) 1784
b) 1776
c) 1786
d) 1778
4. Whom did Robert Burns assist in editing “Scots Musical Museum”?
a) Gavin Hamilton
b) George Thomson
c) David Daiches
d) James Johnson
5. Whom did Robert Burns marry?
a) Mary Campbell
b) Jean Armour
c) Elizabeth Paton
d) Irja Pullman
6. Which poem did Robert Burns write in 1791?
a) Tam o’Shanter
b) The Holy Fair
c) The Twa Dogs
d) It Was Upon a Lammas Night
7. What was Robert Burns’ post in 1789-1796?
a) Postman
b) Sergeant
c) Exciseman
d) Corporal
8. Which of the following songs did Robert Burns claim to be a discovery?
a) To a Mouse
b) Auld Lang Syne
c) To a Louse
d) The Cotter’s Saturday Night
9. When did Robert Burns die?
a) 20 February 1800
b) 5 June 1804
c) 21 July 1796
d) 11 November 1802
10. Where did Robert Burns die?
a) Edinburgh
b) Glasgow
c) Aberdeen
d) Dumfries
Robert Burns Quiz Questions and Answers
1. When was Robert Burns born?
a) 25 January 1759
2. Where was Robert Burns born?
b) Alloway
3. When did Robert Burns publish Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect?
c) 1786
4. Whom did Robert Burns assist in editing The Scots Musical Museum?
d) James Johnson
5. Whom did Robert Burns marry?
b) Jean Armour
6. Which poem did Robert Burns write in 1791?
a) Tam o’Shanter
7. What was Robert Burns’ post in 1789-1796?
c) Exciseman
8. Which of the following songs did Robert Burns claim to be a discovery?
b) Auld Lang Syne
9. When did Robert Burns die?
c) 21 July 1796
10. Where did Robert Burns die?
d) Dumfries