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Edinburgh A-Z - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 138 times
- The average score is 15 of 26
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Inventor of the telephone, born in Edinburgh | Alexander Graham Bell | 88%
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| A | Extinct volcano, highest point in the city | Arthur's Seat | 87%
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| D | First cloned mammal, cloned by the University of Edinburgh | Dolly the Sheep | 86%
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| U | National animal of Scotland whose depictions can be seen around the city | Unicorn | 82%
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| C | First Bond actor, born in Edinburgh | Sir {Sean Connery} | 80%
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| O | Oldest part of Edinburgh, with much of the medieval road plan and Reformation era buildings remaining | Old town | 79%
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| H | Official residence of the British monarch in Scotland, with a famous abbey | Palace of {Holyroodhouse} | 79%
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| L | Scottish region where the city lies | Lothian | 76%
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| R | Term for the streets running between Edinburgh Castle and the palace | Royal mile | 75%
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| N | One of Edinburgh's universities, named after the mathematician who publicised logarithms | Napier | 67%
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| W | Main train station | Waverley | 67%
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| Z | Attraction established in 1913, receiving over 600,000 visitors a year | Zoo | 62%
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| G | Graveyard established in the 16th century with at least 100,000 buried there | Greyfriars Kirkyard | 61%
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| V | What Edinburgh castle sits upon | Volcano | 61%
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| P | Type of animal that Major General Sir Nils Olav III, living in Edinburgh Zoo, is | Penguin | 60%
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| Q | Title that Mary Stuart is often given | Queen of Scots | 56%
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| J | Famous department store from 1838 to 2020 with a category A listed building | Jenners | 53%
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| T | Edinburgh has more of these plants per-capita than any other city in the UK | Trees | 48%
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| X | Famous event taking place at Princes Street Gardens during the winter season | Xmas Market | 44%
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| S | Stone used in the coronations of Scottish and British monarchs for centuries, kept in Edinburgh Castle until 2024 | Stone of Scone/Destiny | 42%
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| F | This city had the first of this municipal service, founded in 1824 | Fire Brigade | 41%
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| E | Term for a person from Edinburgh | Edinburgher | 39%
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| M | Oldest building in Edinburgh, located at Edinburgh Castle | St {Margaret's Chapel} | 11%
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| K | Anatomist known for paying to receive the bodies of murder victims | Robert Knox | 9%
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| I | Former international rugby player and president of the Scottish Rugby Union, born in Edinburgh | Andy Irvine | 7%
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| Y | First female president of the Royal Society of Chemistry, working at Edinburgh University | Lesley Yellowlees | 0%
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