Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire | {Newton} Mearns | 89%
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Located on Eaglesham Moor, Whitelee 'Farm' produces energy from this renewable source | Wind | 89%
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Former Prime Minister of the UK, born in the above town in 1951 | Gordon Brown | 83%
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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%
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Production of yarn and cloth from this natural plant product provided much employment in East Renfrewshire in the 18th and 19th centuries | Cotton | 75%
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The only motorway which passes through East Renfrewshire | M77 | 75%
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Affluent suburban town and administrative centre of East Renfrewshire | Giffnock | 72%
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Town in East Renfrewshire, around 8 miles south-west of Glasgow city centre | Barrhead | 61%
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1350 acre country park shared between East Renfrewshire and Glasgow | {Dams} to Darnley | 53%
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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 captured | Rudolf Hess | 50%
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Eaglesham Moor is a large area of this material comprised of partially decayed organic matter | Peat | 47%
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'Winnie' Drinkwater, from Waterfoot, became the first woman in the world to hold this type of commercial licence | Pilot | 42%
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Thornliebank born Jim McCormick went on to be a major league player in this sport | Baseball | 39%
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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%
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Rock guitarist from Clarkston, best known as a member of Thin Lizzy and Motorhead | Brian Robertson | 11%
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