Statistics for Scotland Council Quiz - North Ayrshire

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh largest Scottish island	Arran	92%
Town and ferry port on the east shore of the Firth of Clyde	Ardrossan	89%
Largest settlement in North Ayrshire	Irvine	89%
Seaside holiday resort with a Victorian promenade, situated on the Firth of Clyde	Largs	89%
Along with the above town these two places make up the 'Three Towns' of North Ayrshire	Saltcoats	89%
	Stevenston	81%
Two islands in the Firth of Clyde which have a similar name	Great and Little {Cumbrae}	73%
During the Viking Age, the above island became a possession of this country	Norway	68%
James Service from Kilwinning later emigrated in 1853 and eventually became the 12th Premier of this Australian state	Victoria	62%
Eminent scientist who died in North Ayrshire. His name lives on in a scale of absolute temperature	Lord Kelvin	57%
A legacy of this North Ayrshire born Army Major is a city named after him in Australia	Thomas Brisbane	43%
Born in Beith, Henry Faulds was a doctor and scientist who was a pioneer in developments for using this human feature in forensic investigations	Fingerprint	38%
Professional golfer from North Ayrshire who was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s	Sam Torrance	30%
Dreghorn born inventor who was instrumental in developing pneumatic tyres	John Loyd Dunlop	27%
Born in Dalry in 1885, Robert Laidlaw emigrated with his family to New Zealand and went on to found what became this large department store chain	Farmers	5%