Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Largest island in Scotland, with a name that makes you think it's actually two islands | {Lewis} and Harris | 100%
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Another English name for the Western Isles | Outer {Hebrides} | 100%
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A national language of Scotland which has a stronghold in the Western Isles | Gaelic | 94%
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Ferry operator which runs the services to the Western Isles | Caledonian MacBrayne | 89%
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Cloth that is handwoven from pure wool which is dyed and spun on the above island | Harris Tweed | 86%
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Two large islands in the southern Western Isles | North and South {Uist} | 86%
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Principal settlement on the Western Isles | Stornoway | 77%
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Isolated archipelago from which the entire remaining population was evacuated in 1930 | St. Kilda | 69%
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The SS Politician ran aground off Eriskay in 1941 with a cargo of 22,000 cases of malt whisky and this was later used as the basis for this novel and subsequent film | Whisky {Galore} | 69%
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Island located between the above two islands whose local name 'Beinn na Faoghla' means 'Mountain of the Ford' | Benbecula | 57%
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Strait of water which separates the Western Isles from the north-west Highlands | The Minch | 57%
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Western Isles born woman who helped Charles Stuart escape after the Battle of Culloden | Flora MacDonald | 54%
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Main community on Harris which has a ferry link with the village of Uig on the Isle of Skye | Tarbert | 46%
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Large seabird of which nearly 25% of the world's population live on the Western Isles. Known for diving at high speed into the sea to hunt for food. | Northern {Gannet} | 43%
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Non-native animal introduced to the islands in 1974 by gardeners to attack slugs. Escapees have caused problems by preying on rare birds so they are being relocated to the mainland | Hedgehog | 37%
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