Scotland Council Quiz - East Renfrewshire - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 83 times
The average score is 8 of 15

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire	{Newton} Mearns	90%
Located on Eaglesham Moor, Whitelee 'Farm' produces energy from this renewable source	Wind	82%
Former Prime Minister of the UK, born in the above town in 1951	Gordon Brown	78%
The only motorway which passes through East Renfrewshire	M77	75%
Affluent suburban town and administrative centre of East Renfrewshire	Giffnock	71%
Shanks Holdings Limited, established in East Renfrewshire in 1878, merged with a competitor in 1969 to create this famous brand name sanitary engineering company	{Armitage} Shanks	69%
Production of yarn and cloth from this natural plant product provided much employment in East Renfrewshire in the 18th and 19th centuries	Cotton	69%
Town in East Renfrewshire, around 8 miles south-west of Glasgow city centre	Barrhead	61%
In May 1941 this pilot, the Deputy Fuhrer of Germany, parachuted from his crashing aircraft and landed at Floors Farm near Eaglesham, where he was captured	Rudolf Hess	51%
Eaglesham Moor is a large area of this material comprised of partially decayed organic matter	Peat	47%
1350 acre country park shared between East Renfrewshire and Glasgow	{Dams} to Darnley	45%
'Winnie' Drinkwater, from Waterfoot, became the first woman in the world to hold this type of commercial licence	Pilot	41%
Thornliebank born Jim McCormick went on to be a major league player in this sport	Baseball	37%
Football player who grew up in East Renfrewshire. He went on to play 493 games for Aberdeen and 77 times for Scotland and also managed the national team	Alex McLeish	24%
Rock guitarist from Clarkston, best known as a member of Thin Lizzy and Motorhead	Brian Robertson	6%

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