What have the Scottish contributed to the world?

Question

other than the incomprehensible poetry of Robbie Burns, clan treachery, ginger hair, men in skirts, the head butt and not forgetting the lyrically rewarding song 'Donald where's your troosers'

Answer 1

We have a lot of men from Scotland in our armed forces & the people are friendly.Why are you against them.

Answer 2

Alexander Bain, fax machine

John Logie Baird, television

Alexander Graham Bell, telephone, National Geographic

Henry Bell, ran Europe's first commercially successful steamboat

James Braid, hypnosis

James Chalmers, adhesive postage stamp

Sir Dugald Clark,first two stroke cycle engine (the Clark cycle)

Robert Davidson, first electric locomotive

William Dickson, motion picture camera and the world's first film

John Boyd Dunlop, the modern rubber tyre

Sir Alexander Fleming, isolated Penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum

James Bowman Lindsay, inventor of the constant electric light bulb

Charles Macintosh, patented waterproofing

Kirkpatrick MacMillan, the bicycle

John Loudon McAdam, modern road construction

William Murdoch, pioneer of gas lighting

James Young Simpson, introduced chloroform into surgery



Do I have to mention whiskey and Scottish music,golf,snooker?

Do you want more? There hundreds of scientists,actors,philosophers, musicians,composers, artists,architects,writers,athletes,rulers,politicians,humorists,explores and inventors...!!!!

Answer 3

Television

Telephone

RADAR

Dolly The Sheep

Car Tyres

The Steam Engine

Penicillin

The Best Ever James Bond



And erm - The Proclaimers!!!

Answer 4

* Golf

* Whisky

* scientist Lord Kelvin

* mathematician John Napier

* penicillin (Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955))

* telephone (Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922))

* TV (John Logie Baird (1888-1946))

* radar (Sir Robert Watson-Watt(1892-1973))

* steam engine (James Watt (1736-1819))

* Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930))

and more...

Answer 5

If you took the trouble to look it up, instead of spouting racist remarks disguised as a 'reasonable' question - you'd find out that most of the worlds best inventions were developed by Scots.



Google - Scottish Inventions.



And no - I'm not a Scot.

Answer 6

Ever heard of Alexander Fleming;He discovered penicillin which you've probably used before.

John Logie Baird gave you television.

Alexander Graham Bell. The telephone.



Where would the world be without any of these things

Answer 7

As part of UK, probably about the same as the English, Welsh and N Irish.

I work with some Scottish, absolutely solid guys!

Answer 8

http://www.firstfoot.com/Great%20Scot/simpson.htm List is endless. Which is why Scotland is always above England, Can't think of many famous english people Hmm 9 bob note Thatcher. Jack the ripper, fred west? Tony Blair haha. UK is in the shape of a dog. Guess what end has the a*se. regards

Answer 9

Bagpipes! The bagpipe music. Plus lots of history and a beautiful countryside.

(I'm half Scottish)

Answer 10

To the wealth of southerners.



Remember North Sea Oil?



(And your stereotyping of the Scottish people is racist, by the way).

Answer 11

robert logie baird-invented the television

the scots invented golf

steam engine

tarmacadam roads-john loudon mcadam

telephone

motion pictures

radar

insulin

speedometer

post office

adhesive postage stamp

bicycle-kirkpatrick macmillan

penicillin

YES THE SCOTS HAVE BEEN BUSY

Answer 12

Eye candy and talent:

Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod, highlander)

Sean Connery

Billy Boyd (Pippin!)

Really cool accents!! (ear-candy!)

Tartan!

Bagpipes!

Beautiful landscapes

Answer 13

Kilts and Maroon 5 if there scottish lol

Answer 14

Two fantastic bands - The Skids and the Rezillos!

Answer 15

Television ... John Logie Baird

Telephone .... Graham Alexander Bell

Davy Jones ... the US Navy

Penecillin ... Fleming



.... and of course, James Bond (Sean Connery)

Answer 16

Bagpipes.

Answer 17

kilts, tartan, shortbread, haggis, ewan mcgregor, the highlands, music, bagpipes, william wallace and braveheart, the telephone (alexander graham bell), bovril, dolly the sheep, insulin, fountain pen, tv

Answer 18

Tv for one



And too many things to mention





Look up wikipedia everyone else does!!!

Answer 19

what would the WORLD BE WITHOUT HAGGIS ? sean connery,and telephonepole throwing not to mention kilts with nothing underneath.Oh yes , of course,Chivas Regal.

Answer 20

Haggis!

Answer 21

Ali McCoist....if you go will you send back a letter from America?

Answer 22

the Glasgow kiss

Answer 23

Scotch?

Answer 24

roads-tar Mcadam

raincoat-MacIntosh

adhesive postage stamps-Chalmers

The list goes on

Answer 25

Scotch and Bagpipes. As well as my ancestors

Answer 26

Some good whisky's, good golfing areas, oh and nice people.

Answer 27

you forgot the "sweet soothing melody" of the Bag pipes.

Answer 28

television

telephone

penicillin

pneumatic tyres

there are to many to mention



kby a proud Scott

Answer 29

They magnetically attract rain away from us

Answer 30

Golf!

Answer 31

A great accent.

Answer 32

Me Im part scottish. you don't want to hear though about my scottish ancestors its really embarrising but funny. thankfully im only a little scottish.

Answer 33

scones, St. Andrews golf course, whiskey, bagpipes/amazing grace

Answer 34

oh my gor loads..tv,haggis bad football,deep fried mars bars..and rab-c nassbit "alright douh"....and not to mention fat b@@@tard from them films..."piper down"

Answer 35

They have so many politicians in westminster that they run your country.

Answer 36

The game of golf.

Answer 37

Ummm.....nope can't think of anything, well... Braveheart was an okay film i guess

Answer 38

My mum and my hubbie, neither of which i would want to be without

Answer 39

Whiskey, mines a double.

Answer 40

Great soldiers, and bag pipes..

Answer 41

SCOTCH! the name says it all! keep on walkin; johnny!

Answer 42

single malt

Answer 43

alcaho, aclosim, acahlsm, errr, geting p*ssed!!

Answer 44

Didn't they also, contribute beer, drunkeness, and potroast?



What are the words to "Donald Where's your trousers?" never heard that one.

Answer 45

hairy fat men in kilts

Answer 46

groundskeeper willy in the simpsons

Answer 47

Miserable tightwads with chips on there shoulders... and man skirts.

Answer 48

great people simple as.

Answer 49

Umm..nothing

Answer 50

all i can say is they make good alcoholics!

Answer 51

television

telephone

penicillin

oil

coal

football

golf

snooker

darts

Answer 52

BILLY CONNOLLY!!!

Answer 53

nowt

Answer 54

leprechauns

Answer 55

nothing accept being raciest.

Answer 56

you forgot bad teeth

Answer 57

whiskey!!!