Can you name the Historical Counties of Scotland? - sporcle

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Can you name the Historical Counties of Scotland? Enter a county in the box below Correctly named counties will show up on the map below You've got 10 minutes after you hit the start button.	Search: Popular trivia games today The Impossible Quiz 15324 Top Food Chains (US) 11155 States by Capital 9897 Best Actress Nominations (90s) 8087 1-100 4419 NFL Rushing TDs (2000s) 4293 And more...
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	OwenHerring:	Nov 8th, 2008 at 11:12 GMT	8 points
	Shetland and Orkney have their labels swapped

	Librería:	Nov 8th, 2008 at 19:10 GMT	5 points
	They literally just fixed that, in case anyone is wondering. The two are now properly labeled. Good job Owen.

	johnkmac:	Nov 8th, 2008 at 19:11 GMT	-2 points
	This is extremely out of date. For example it has been Argyll and Bute for at least 10 years, not Argyllshire and Buteshire.

	OwenHerring:	Nov 8th, 2008 at 19:32 GMT	3 points
	I thought it looked out of date too - the list was exactly what I learned at school in the 60s - but apparently the county names remained (almost unchanged) for land registry purposes even when the administrative regions were changed.

	Librería:	Nov 8th, 2008 at 19:38 GMT	4 points
	The game does accept Bute and Argyll, as well as Moray. If these are the proper names (unfamiliar with this), the game should reflect that and leave off the -shire.

	lyttmabatr:	Nov 8th, 2008 at 22:54 GMT	-1 points
	Sorry but this feels really out of date especially as it doesn't reflect the current areas- falkirk is separate from stirling, strathclyde is normally the accepted area for glasgow, and "shire" is a term mostly out of use. I just found this frustrating!

	A_is_for_Addict:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 01:43 GMT	0 points
	I agree, this appears to be a pre 1975 map of Scotland. This page lists the current divisions: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html The only maps I can find are on the wikipedia page and google. Perhaps not so reliable but they seem to agree. Any chance we can have an update sporcle?

	davidr:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 11:52 GMT	0 points
	@Sam: wikipedia lists the Unitary Authorities, which don't correspond too well to what people understand to be `counties' -- quite a few cities are Unitary Authorities in their own right. Is there something corresponding to the English ceremonial counties? Perhaps the Lieutenancy areas? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland (It looks like we want the `Title' column, if this is the right list.)

	davidr:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 12:00 GMT	-2 points
	@Clair: I think it's technically incorrect to refer to the area around Glasgow as `Strathclyde' since that refers to the former Region. The Regions only existed from 1975, when the counties in this quiz were abolished, until 1996, at which point Scottish local government was reorganized (again!) into Unitary Authorities. Strathclyde isn't a UA; Glasgow is in its own right.

	GINA:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 17:58 GMT	-1 points
	What about the Western Isles?

	davidr:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 19:27 GMT	1 point
	@Gina: Western Isles was one of the ten Regions that formed the basis of Scottish local government between 1975 and 1996 and, since 1996 is the name of the Unitary Authority that governs the same area. This quiz is on the pre-1975 counties.

	davebesag:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 21:01 GMT	6 points
	The quiz is named "Historical Counties". A quiz based on current names should be done as an addition not a replacement.

	A_is_for_Addict:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 22:23 GMT	1 point
	Good point, didn't notice that!

	davidr:	Nov 9th, 2008 at 22:36 GMT	1 point
	The quiz was originally called just `Counties of Scotland' and was later renamed because of the issues that have been raised in these comments.

	SJ:	Nov 11th, 2008 at 04:55 GMT	2 points
	Hm, Morayshire leapt in before I hit the s, but Kirkcudbrightshire demanded the whole thing - are you testing our speed typing skills too?! But oh the shame of it, not remembering half of the old names, I've been away too long.

	garmony:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 20:17 GMT	2 points
	First attempt at this and being in the "over 50" category of aged persons I can honestly say, having lived next door to it, I have NEVER heard Bute being called Buteshire. I feel compelled to disagree with the naming of a few of our historical shires. Not every county was called a "shire" even before unification.

	Dubliner :	Mar 13th, 2009 at 00:59 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz I got 12 first off . And if they can have a Mid , East and West Lothian why not a North and South Lothian ? . Would that not make it easier;) . And I see Angus lost it's shire ? Argyll should of course be in Ireland as it's name in Scots Gaelic means land of the Eastern Gaels /Irish ;)

	Kaytayyyyyyy:	May 16th, 2009 at 23:53 GMT	-1 points
	This quiz may be Scottish, but it's crap.

	shakescene:	Jul 16th, 2009 at 04:20 GMT	2 points
	Some of the old parliamentary constituencies may be a help to memory, e.g. Caithness & Sutherland, or Jo Grimond's old seat of Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles. Also the names of the old Highland Regiments such as Argyll & Sutherland. You just have to add those Anglo-Saxon "shires".

	cwpiper:	Jul 24th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz. One correction though: it is dunbartonshire, not dumbartonshire. It is a strange one as the town is called Dumbarton but the county is (was) dunbartonshire.