CSP CSP Scotch Regions & Terroir

Question 1

How many officially recognized Scotch whisky regions are there?

Accepted Answer

Five

Answer

Three

Answer

Four

Answer

Six

Question 2

Which Scotch whisky region is best known for producing the most heavily peated expressions?

Accepted Answer

Islay

Answer

Highlands

Answer

Speyside

Answer

Lowlands

Question 3

Which Scotch whisky region has the highest concentration of operating distilleries?

Accepted Answer

Speyside

Answer

Highlands

Answer

Islay

Answer

Campbeltown

Question 4

The Lowlands region is generally associated with which style of whisky?

Accepted Answer

Light, delicate, and grassy

Answer

Heavy peat and smoke

Answer

Rich, sherried, and full-bodied

Answer

Briny and intensely maritime

Question 5

Campbeltown, once called the 'whisky capital of the world,' is located on which Scottish peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Kintyre

Answer

Cowal

Answer

Ardnamurchan

Answer

Morvern

Question 6

Which river lends its name to one of Scotland's five official whisky regions?

Accepted Answer

River Spey

Answer

River Tay

Answer

River Dee

Answer

River Forth