| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Large town and administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area | Hamilton | 88%
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| Largest town in South Lanarkshire which was the first designated 'new town' in Scotland | East Kilbride | 87%
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| County town of the historical county of Lanarkshire | Lanark | 82%
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| Large restored cotton mill and village complex which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site | New Lanark | 78%
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| Rutherglen born Robbie Coltrane went on to play this character in the Harry Potter films | Hagrid | 77%
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| The Lowther Hills in the southern part South Lanarkshire is the source of this major river | Clyde | 75%
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| Victorian physician from South Lanarkshire who became famous as an explorer in Africa | David Livingstone | 63%
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| Mark McManus from South Lanarkshire was best known for playing a tough Glaswegian detective in this long running TV series | Taggart | 58%
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| Town in South Lanarkshire with the same name as a large city in Malawi | Blantyre | 52%
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| The town of Biggar traditionally holds a large bonfire for this annual celebration | Hogmanay | 50%
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| Village best known for its railway station, a major junction on the West Coast Main Line | Carstairs | 47%
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| Royal Navy Admiral Thomas Cochrane from Annsfield also commanded the navies of these two South American countries during their battles for independence in the 19th century | Chile and Brazil | 47%
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| Sucessful rally driver from Lanark who in 1995 became the World Rally Championship Drivers' title. He died in a helicopter crash in 2007 | Colin McRae | 35%
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| Isolated hill near Thankerton in the Southern Uplands which is popular for hanggliding | Tinto Hill | 32%
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| The son of South Lanarkshire born priest, Charles Dodgson, found fame writing about the adventures of this young girl | Alice (in Wonderland) | 27%
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