Scotland Council Quiz - East Ayrshire - Statistics

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Largest town in East Ayrshire and the administrative centre of the council area Kilmarnock
85%
Darvel born scientist and microbiologist who is best known for his discovery of penicillin Alexander Fleming
83%
The only motorway in East Ayrshire M77
72%
Andrew Fisher, born in Crosshouse, went on to be Prime Minister of this distant country Australia
67%
River which begins near Loudounhill and enters the sea near its namesake town Irvine
63%
Centrally located town at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water Cumnock
60%
Grocer from East Ayrshire, who gave his name to what would become one of the world's most famous whisky brand names, despite being a teetotaler himself Johnnie Walker
58%
One of these iconic WW2 fighter aircraft crashed into the above loch in 1941. It was recovered in 1982 and subequently restored Spitfire
55%
Freshwater loch in the south of East Ayrshire Loch Doon
53%
Born in Riccarton in 1764, Sir James Shaw later took up this leading civic post in London Lord Mayor
45%
Glenbuck is the birthplace of this football manager who is best known for the success he brought to Liverpool Bill Shankly
35%
Astronomical observatory, located on a hilltop due to its low levels of light pollution Scottish {Dark} {Sky} Observatory
30%
East Ayrshire rock band whose album 'Opposites' topped the UK Albums Chart Biffy Clyro
23%
Biographer and Laird of Auchinleck who is best known for 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' James Boswell
17%
John Boyd Orr, of Kilmaurs, was a teacher, doctor, physiologist and politician who was awarded this Nobel Prize for his scientific research into nutrition Peace
17%
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