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Scotland Council Quiz - West Dunbartonshire

Can you guess these facts about the Scottish council area of West Dunbartonshire?
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Last updated: January 27, 2022
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First submittedFebruary 25, 2021
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Large town with a castle which sits on a plug of volcanic basalt rock
Dumbarton
Trunk road which passes through West Dunbartonshire, linking Glasgow with Inverness
A82
Large loch on the northern boundary of West Dunbartonshire
Loch Lomond
River which flows south from the above loch to join the Clyde near Kirktonhill
Leven
Largest and most southerly of the islands in the above loch
Inchmurrin
West Dunbartonshire born actor James Cosmo played Father Christmas in a film
adaptation about the chronicles of this fantasy world
Narnia
Bowling Harbour is the western terminus of this canal which crosses central Scotland
Forth &
Clyde Canal
Exterior shots for the fictional 'Port Sunshine' pub were filmed in West Dunbartonshire
for this sequel to a cult classic
Trainspotting 2
Former F1 racing driver from Milton who won three World Drivers' Championships in the
1960's and 1970's. Regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport
Jackie Stewart
Country house in the north of West Dunbartonshire, built by John Buchanan of Ardoch
Balloch Castle
Entrepreneur from West Dunbartonshire, and a regular on the BBC's "Dragons' Den"
Duncan Bannatyne
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) was a statesman and historian from West
Dunbartonshire who later became Governor of this Indian city
Bombay (Mumbai)
Town in the south of the Council Area, on the north bank of the River Clyde
Clydebank
Range of hills in West Dunbartonshire which has Duncolm as its highest point
Kilpatrick Hills
Locally born James McCulloch played with this band of Paul McCartney's in the 1970s
Wings
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