| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Major river which forms part of the Council Area's eastern border with England | Tweed | 91%
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| Centrally located major town with an extensive history in the textile industry | Galashiels | 88%
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| Melrose | 79%
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| Biggest town in the old county of Roxburghshire, not pronounced how you might expect | Hawick | 74%
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| Jedbergh | 70%
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| Major road which passes through the Scottish Borders, connecting Berwick with Edinburgh | A1 | 65%
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| Town near the border with England which is the home of a regiment in the British Army | Coldstream | 64%
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| Kelso | 62%
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| Abbotsford House is the former residence of this historical novelist and poet | Sir Walter Scott | 58%
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| The town of Melrose was the birthplace of this variant form of Rugby Union | Rugby Sevens | 52%
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| National Nature Reserve and lighthouse on the central Scottish Borders coast | {St. Abb's} Head | 39%
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| Magnificent 18th century country house which is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe | {Floors} Castle | 33%
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| The four best known ruined abbeys in the Scottish Borders which are connected by a long distance circular footpath. They all date from the 12th century and are collectively known as the 'Border Abbeys'. | Dryburgh | 32%
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| Born in the Scottish Borders, this yachtsman was the first person to sail single-handed non-stop westwards around the world on a boat called 'British Steel' | Chay Blyth | 18%
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| One of Scotland's 40 National Scenic Areas, which encompasses the Eildon Hills | Eildon and {Leaderfoot} | 9%
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