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Born in Edinburgh - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 59 times
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- The average score is 12 of 28
Answer Stats
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| First actor to portray James Bond | 1930 | Sean Connery | 91%
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 | 1953 | Tony Blair | 91%
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| Inventor, who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone, and co-founder of AT&T | 1847 | Alexander Graham Bell | 73%
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| Writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes | 1859 | Arthur Conan Doyle | 64%
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| Former track cyclist and winner of six Olympic gold medals | 1976 | Chris Hoy | 64%
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| Goalkeeper who plays the Scottish national team and is the captain of Heart of Midlothian (former Celtic and Sunderland goalkeeper) | 1982 | Craig Gordon | 64%
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| King of Scotland from 1567 and King of England and Ireland from 1603 until his death in 1625 | 1566 | James I | 64%
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| Actor and comedian, "The Two Ronnies" | 1930 | Ronnie Corbett | 64%
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| Scottish Enlightment philosopher, "A Treatise of Human Nature" | 1711 | David Hume | 55%
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| Football coach who has managed Scottish national team, Celtic and Southampton and former footballer who played for Scotland, ManU and Leeds | 1957 | Gordon Strachan | 55%
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| Author, "Trainspotting" | 1958 | Irving Welsh | 55%
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| Writer, "Treasure Island" "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" | 1850 | Robert Louis Stevenson | 55%
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| Author, "Ivanhoe" "Heart of Midlothian" | 1771 | Walter Scott | 55%
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| Author, "The Wind in the Willows" | 1859 | Kenneth Grahame | 45%
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| Chemist and discoverer of nitrogen | 1749 | Daniel Rutherford | 36%
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| Middle-distance runner who won the World championship gold medal, an Olympic silver and bronze medal in the 1500 metres | 1997 | Josh Kerr | 36%
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| Foreign Secretary from 1995 to 1997 and Secretary of Defence from 1992 to 1995 | 1946 | Malcolm Rifkind | 36%
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| Secretary of State for Scotland since 2024 | 1976 | Ian Murray | 27%
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| Scientist responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation | 1831 | James Clerk Maxwell | 27%
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| Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since 2021 | 1970 | Karim Khan | 27%
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| Actor, "Braveheart" "Saw" "The Lost City of Z" | 1963 | Angus Macfadyen | 18%
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| Chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the design and synthesis of molecular machines | 1942 | Fraser Stoddart | 18%
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| Actor, "Game of Thrones" "Resident Evil" "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" | 1961 | Iain Glen | 18%
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| Inventor of the steam hammer | 1807 | James Nasmyth | 18%
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| Actor, "A Monster Calls" "Pan" | 2002 | Lewis MacDougall | 18%
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| Biologist and pioneer in the field of electron micorscopy of biological molecules, he shared the the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 | 1945 | Richard Henderson | 18%
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| Actor, "The Descendants" "The Lodge" | 1995 | Thomas Doherty | 18%
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| Edinburgh City council, who maintained a secret life as a housebreaker. He is said to have been the inspiration for "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" | 1741 | William Brodie | 18%
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