Scotland Council Quiz - East Ayrshire

Largest town in East Ayrshire and the administrative centre of the council area

The only motorway in East Ayrshire

Darvel born scientist and microbiologist who is best known for his discovery of penicillin

One of these iconic WW2 fighter aircraft crashed into the above loch in 1941. It was
recovered in 1982 and subequently restored

River which begins near Loudounhill and enters the sea near its namesake town

Biographer and Laird of Auchinleck who is best known for 'The Life of Samuel Johnson'

East Ayrshire rock band whose album 'Opposites' topped the UK Albums Chart

Freshwater loch in the south of East Ayrshire

Astronomical observatory, located on a hilltop due to its low levels of light pollution

Centrally located town at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water

Grocer from East Ayrshire, who gave his name to what would become one of the world's
most famous whisky brand names, despite being a teetotaler himself

Born in Riccarton in 1764, Sir James Shaw later took up this leading civic post in London

Andrew Fisher, born in Crosshouse, went on to be Prime Minister of this distant country

Glenbuck is the birthplace of this football manager who is best known for the success he brought to Liverpool

John Boyd Orr, of Kilmaurs, was a teacher, doctor, physiologist and politician who was
awarded this Nobel Prize for his scientific research into nutrition