| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Shakespeare play in which King Duncan is murdered in Inverness Castle | Macbeth | 89%
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| Principal football team based in Inverness | Inverness Caledonian {Thistle} | 85%
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| Scottish Council Area in which Inverness is located | Highland | 83%
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| River that flows through the city centre | Ness | 76%
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| Unofficial title for Inverness, the most northerly city in the UK | {Capital} of the Highlands | 72%
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| Major trunk road that links Inverness with Perth and Thurso | A9 | 65%
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| Inlet that connects Inverness to the North Sea | {Moray} Firth | 59%
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| A subsequent castle was also destroyed in 1746 following the defeat of this rebellion | Jacobite | 54%
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| The original castle on the present day site was destroyed by an army led by this Scottish national hero | Robert the Bruce | 54%
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| Fortriu, centred on what is now the city of Inverness, was an ancient kingdom made up from groups of this pre-Viking people | Pict | 43%
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| Inverness born politician and Leader of the Liberal Democrats who died in 2015 | Charles Kennedy | 37%
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| Eminent 19th century engineer who designed the Caledonian Canal that opens into the Beauly Firth at Inverness | Thomas Telford | 35%
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| 1km long cable-stay bridge that connects Inverness to the Black Isle peninsula | Kessock Bridge | 33%
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| Either of the two clans which are historically most associated with Inverness | Mackintosh and Fraser | 22%
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| Middle and long-distance runner from Inverness who was a 1500 gold medallist at the 2018 and 2022 European Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games | Laura Muir | 17%
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