Statistics for Scotland Council Quiz - Argyll and Bute

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Southwestern-most point of a peninsula in Argyll and Bute, later immortalised in a 1977 song by Paul McCartney	Mull of {Kintyre}	93%
Popular coastal town on the Firth of Lorn and a ferry port for the Isle of Mull	Oban	93%
Largest town on the Isle of Mull	Tobermory	88%
Outlet of a major river which borders the east of the council area	Firth of {Clyde}	83%
Town on the above peninsula that has a ferry service to Ardrossan	Campbeltown	81%
Southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides	Islay	79%
Principal town on the Isle of Bute	Rothesay	79%
Scottish inventor from Helensburgh who demonstrated the world's first working television	John Logie Baird	71%
Island whose Norse name means 'Deer Island' due to its population of around 7000 red deer	Jura	69%
Author who finished writing 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' while living at a farmhouse called 'Barnhill'	George Orwell	60%
Peter Campbell from Rhu was one of the four founding members of this leading football club	Rangers	57%
Location of HMNB (Her Majesty's Naval Base) Clyde, the UK's nuclear submarine base	Faslane	55%
Canal that connects Loch Gilp with the Sound of Jura, providing a much shortened navigable route between the River Clyde and the Inner Hebrides	Crinan Canal	40%
Strait between the above island and Scarba which is notorious for tidal currents and whirlpools	Corryvreckan	29%
Mother of Diana, Princess of Wales, who died on the island of Seil in 2004	Frances Shand Kydd	24%