Statistics for Scotland Council Quiz - East Renfrewshire

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General Stats

  • This quiz has been taken 55 times
  • The average score is 9 of 15

Answer Stats

HintAnswer% Correct
Suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire{Newton} Mearns
89%
Located on Eaglesham Moor, Whitelee 'Farm' produces energy from this renewable sourceWind
89%
Former Prime Minister of the UK, born in the above town in 1951Gordon Brown
83%
Shanks Holdings Limited, established in East Renfrewshire in 1878, merged with a competitor
in 1969 to create this famous brand name sanitary engineering company
{Armitage} Shanks
78%
Production of yarn and cloth from this natural plant product provided much employment in
East Renfrewshire in the 18th and 19th centuries
Cotton
75%
The only motorway which passes through East RenfrewshireM77
75%
Affluent suburban town and administrative centre of East RenfrewshireGiffnock
72%
Town in East Renfrewshire, around 8 miles south-west of Glasgow city centreBarrhead
61%
1350 acre country park shared between East Renfrewshire and Glasgow{Dams} to Darnley
53%
In May 1941 this pilot, the Deputy Fuhrer of Germany, parachuted from his crashing aircraft and landed at Floors Farm near Eaglesham, where he was capturedRudolf Hess
50%
Eaglesham Moor is a large area of this material comprised of partially decayed organic matterPeat
47%
'Winnie' Drinkwater, from Waterfoot, became the first woman in the world to hold this type of commercial licencePilot
42%
Thornliebank born Jim McCormick went on to be a major league player in this sportBaseball
39%
Football player who grew up in East Renfrewshire. He went on to play 493 games for Aberdeen
and 77 times for Scotland and also managed the national team
Alex McLeish
28%
Rock guitarist from Clarkston, best known as a member of Thin Lizzy and MotorheadBrian Robertson
11%

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