| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Dalkeith | 89%
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| Range of hills comprising a Regional Park, part of which occupies the west of Midlothian | {Pentland} Hills | 87%
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| The National Museum in Newtongrange is dedicated to this local heavy industry | Mining | 82%
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| The leaf of this tree is a symbol of the Midlothian Council Area | Oak | 80%
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| Penicuik | 78%
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| The three largest towns in Midlothian by population | Bonnyrig | 67%
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| Stretch of newly built railway which passes through Midlothian, connecting Edinburgh with Tweedbank. It re-opened on part of the old Waverley route in 2015 | {Borders} Railway | 60%
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| Midlothian born Margaret Stuart was the second daughter of this Scottish King | James VI | 58%
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| The mysterious, late-Gothic Rosslyn Chapel, featured prominently in this blockbuster film, based on a book by Dan Brown | The Da Vinci Code | 56%
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| River which results from the Midlothian confluence of the North and South tributaries | Esk | 44%
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| Stage name of Midlothian born Derek William Dick, singer-songwriter and former lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Marillion | Fish | 44%
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| The number or name of one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland which marks part of the norhern boundary of Midlothian | A720 (Edinburgh City Bypass) | 27%
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| The most southerly reservoir in Midlothian and the largest area of freshwater in the Lothians | Gladhouse | 24%
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| The Midlothian campaign of 1878-80 was a series of foreign policy speeches made by this leader of the Liberal Party and future Prime Minister of the UK | William Ewart Gladstone | 22%
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| Large Cistercian monastery in the north of Midlothian which subsequently become a stately home and then a college and conference venue | {Newbattle} Abbey | 20%
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