Statistics for UK Town and City Trivia - Edinburgh

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Ancient volcano whose rocky peak overlooks the city of Edinburgh	{Arthur}'s Seat	100%
Cloned sheep created in 1996 at the Roslin Institute in the University of Edinburgh	Dolly	100%
Edinburgh born actor, well-known for playing James Bond	Sean Connery	95%
Edinburgh's principal railway station	Waverley	95%
Estuary which forms the northern boundary of the city of Edinburgh	Firth of {Forth}	90%
Edinburgh's annual festival of performing arts, the biggest such in the world	{Fringe} Festival	90%
Popular tourist attraction in Edinburgh’s Old Town	{Camera} Obscura	86%
Well-known statue of a dog that stands outside Greyfriars Kirkyard	Greyfriars {Bobby}	86%
Official residence of the Monarch in Scotland	Holyroodhouse	86%
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, who was born in the city in 1859	Arthur Conan Doyle	81%
Route that runs between the above residence and Edinburgh Castle	Royal Mile	81%
Royal yacht permanently moored at Ocean Drive Ocean Terminal in Leith	Britannia	76%
Edinburgh nickname, due to the smoke that used to rise from coal fires in Old Town	Auld Reekie	62%
One half of the 'Two Ronnies' comedy duo, who was born in Edinburgh	Ronnie Corbett	52%
Coffee shop in which J.K. Rowling wrote much of her first two books, making it arguably the “birthplace” of the Harry Potter novels	The {Elephant} House	38%