| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Nickname for Aberdeen due to the local stone from which many buildings are constructed | {Granite} City | 99%
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| Once this natural resource was discovered in the 1970s Aberdeen saw huge economic growth | North Sea {Oil} | 95%
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| Name given to a person from Aberdeen | Aberdonian | 88%
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| The two major rivers which enter the North Sea at Aberdeen | Dee | 88%
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| Don | 82%
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| Home ground of the professional football club Aberdeen F.C. | Pittodrie Stadium | 71%
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| The motto of Aberdeen | Bon {Accord} | 68%
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| An outbreak of this disease in 1647 killed a quarter of Aberdeen's population | Bubonic Plague | 68%
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| Singer-songwriter from Aberdeen who found fame in the 1980s with the 'Eurythmics' | Annie Lennox | 57%
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| Aberdeen museum named after this long lasting British Army infantry regiment | The {Gordon} Highlanders | 45%
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| Astronomer James Gregory from Aberdeen, described an early design for this device | Reflecting {telescope} | 42%
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| Aberdeen born football player who became one of the 'Holy Trinity' at Manchester United | Denis Law | 41%
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| Aberdeen born actor Graeme Garden is best known as a member of this TV comedy trio | The Goodies | 27%
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| The Coat of Arms of Aberdeen is described as having "three towers within a double tressure" supported by two of these animals, though they are sometimes depicted differently | Leopard | 24%
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| Aberdeen was granted Royal burgh status by this 12th century Scottish king | David I | 16%
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