Scotland Quiz, help me please!?

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Scotland Quiz, help me please!?

I'm doing a test about scotland historical,some of them are hard to answer.If I answer all it correct, I can get a chance to Glasgow for 2 weeks. here are few question i don't know.
Who is the Patron Saint of Scotland?
What symbols appear on the two Scottish flags?
What is the National plant of Scotland?
In which year was William Wallace executed and where?
What is the total population of Scotland?
What was the family name of the Earl of Carrick?

thank you for your answer or any information. I'm look forward to hearing from you!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland, and St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world on the 30th November. The flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew, and this is widely displayed as a symbol of national identity.
Greece. Having many coverts, he was feared by the Roman governor who had him cruxified on an X-shaped cross known as a Saltire Cross. (One of the many Medievil customs of torture). It is this shape that is reflected in the Scottish flag. ( for culture buffs who attribute the southern "bubba or redneck" culture to early Scottish settlers, take note of the similiar designs between the Scottish flag and the Confederate flag).
In 1672, by Act of Parliament, the legal jurisdiction over the display of flags in Scotland came within the sole discretion of a Scottish authority - the I.ord Lyon King of Arms. He remains to this day supreme in heraldic matters throughout Scotland.

One of the consequences of 1707 was the introduction of the Union Flag as the flag of Great Britain. Queen Anne duly saw fit to make the Scottish flag the ground of the new one, placing thereon that of St George, and this continued to be the Union Flag until 1801 when the so-called cross of St Patrick (really the red saltire of the Fitzgerald arms) was added.

The new flag was not generally welcomed -neither in England nor in Scotland. The English protested that the white field of the St George??s Cross was obscured by the St Andrew??s blue. The Scots were angered that the St George??s Cross was left entire, and not only obscured the cross of St Andrew but also cut it into pieces. Moreover, in the Royal Navy the flag of England remained predominant (the White Ensign consisting of a St George??s Cross with a relatively insignificant Union Flag in the canton).

William Wallace was Born: c. 1272 in Elerslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
He was captured in 1305 and taken to London, where he was convicted of treason and executed 23 August 1305.

Population of 5.05 million in 2002 could fall to 4.84 million by 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3330...
The population of Scotland (1996 estimate) was 5,128,000.
the General Register Office for Scotland show the total population of Scotland rising from 5.08 million in 2004 to 5.13 million in 2019

CARRICK, a surname derived from the southern of the three districts into which the county of Ayr is divided. The name appears to have originated from the British carrig, a rock, probably in reference to Ailsa Craig, a lofty rock in the sea which lies opposite to, and not very distant from its seaboard, and which likewise gave his title to the Marquis of Ailsa.

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Family name of Earl of Carrick
CARRICK, earl of, an ancient title, first held by Duncan, son of Gilbert, one of the two sons of Fergus, lord of Galloway, a chief descended of a Saxon family, long previously placed over these wild people by the English earls of Northumberland, who, having rebelled against Malcolm the Fourth, was subdued by him, and became a subject of the Scottish crown in the twelfth century, At that period, the district of Carrick formed a portion of Galloway. On Fergus?? death, in 1161, his lands were, according to the law of the country, divided between Gilbert and his brother Uchtred. They attended William the Lion on his invasion of Northumberland in 1174, but no sooner was he taken prisoner than, returning into Galloway at the head of their fierce and rapacious clans, they broke out into rebellion, attacked and demolished the royal castles, murdered the Anglo-Normans who had settled among their mountains, and expelled the officers of the king of Scots.

most famous flower in Scotland is its national flower, the thistle. This prickly-leaved purple flower aptly represents the rugged beauty of the region and was first used in the 15th century as a symbol of defense. Since then, it has become the country's national flower and it is now known throughout the world for its strikingly hard but beautiful appearance.