Statistics for Scottish Firths

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This quiz has been taken 19 times
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Coast	Clue	Answer	% Correct
East	Known as Myrkvifiörd in Norse sagas, this firth has some iconic bridges.	Firth of Forth	93%
East	Location of Mugdrum Island.	Firth of Tay	87%
West	Treated as two different bodies in Scottish Gaelic.	Firth of Clyde	73%
East	Largest in Scotland.	Moray Firth	73%
West	Shared with England.	Solway Firth	73%
East	Its entrance is guarded by the Sutors.	Cromarty Firth	67%
East	The Kessock Ferry crossed its eastern end for hundreds of years.	Beauly Firth	60%
West	Adjoins Loch Lochy (amongst others).	Firth of Lorn	60%
North	Strait between Caithness and Hoy.	Pentland Firth	60%
Shetland	Sounds positively feline.	Cat Firth	33%
East	Its road bridge is half a mile long.	Dornoch Firth	33%
Shetland	Multiple locations with this name.	Burra Firth/Burrafirth	13%
Orkney	Named for the northern most isle of the Orkney archipelago.	North Ronaldsay Firth	13%
West	Inlet in the East Stewartry Coast National Scenic Area.	Rough Firth	13%
Orkney	The main village on the island it shares a name with is called Pierowall.	Westray Firth	13%
Orkney	Named for Orkney's "Island of Bays".	Stronsay Firth	7%
Shetland	This IS the most literal name of all, Effirth lies at its Western end.	The Firth	7%
Shetland	Just the Outer Holm separates this from The Vadills.	Uni(e) Firth	7%
Shetland	On the west side of Yell, this sounds like it could have been named after large sea mammals.	Whale Firth	7%
Orkney	Within it lie the islands of Damsay and Holm of Grimbister.	Bay of Firth	0%
Shetland	Two places with this name in Shetland	Collafirth/Colla Firth	0%
East	Not shown on modern maps	Firth of Inverness	0%
Shetland	Loot be at the west end of this one.	Firths Voe	0%
Shetland	Sheltered by Cole Ness, Hill of Lee, Snelda Hill and Hill of Voxter	Gon Firth	0%
Shetland	Could be considered to sound quite lazy. This is on the eastern side of the mainland, between two Voes.	Lax Firth	0%
Shetland	A sailor would pass Linga and travel inland through this firth to land at Voe.	Olna Firth	0%
Shetland	Its Ness is also the location of Hoo Field.	Quey Firth	0%
Shetland	Shares its name with the settlement at its northern most end.	Ura Firth	0%
Orkney	Probably one of the most literal names a firth, ferries travelling to the northern parts of the Orkney archipelago have to cross this one.	Wide Firth	0%