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Answer
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Popular sport thought to have originated in Scotland in the 15th century
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Golf
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Scottish hero portrayed by Mel Gibson in "Braveheart"
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William Wallace
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Antibiotic discovered by accident by Alexander Fleming in 1928
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Penicillin
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Author of "The Wealth of Nations", the foundational text of economics
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Adam Smith
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Shakespeare play that was set in Scotland
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Macbeth
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Group who invaded Scotland in the 8th century
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Vikings
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Fictional detective who first appeared in print in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Study in Scarlet" in 1887
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Sherlock Holmes
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Ancient Roman name for Scotland
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Caledonia
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Scottish victory referred to in the song "Flower of Scotland"
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Battle of Bannockburn
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Celtic-speaking group who inhabited eastern and northern Scotland during the British Iron Age
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Picts
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King who led the Scottish to independence in the 14th century
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Robert the Bruce
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Scottish king who became the king of England and Ireland in 1603, thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms
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James VI
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Queen of Scots who was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth in 1586
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Mary
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Canadian province which was briefly a Scottish colony between 1629–1632
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Nova Scotia
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Treaty which established the border between England and Scotland in 1237
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Treaty of York
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Machine improved by James Watt in the 18th century, which helped to spark the Industrial Revolution
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Steam Engine
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Scottish Labour politician who served as Prime Minister from 1997–2007
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Tony Blair
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Enlightenment philosopher who said that "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions"
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David Hume
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Scottish tennis player who won the Wimbledon championship in 2013 and 2016
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Andy Murray
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Traditional province of Ireland settled by the Scots starting in the 17th century
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Ulster
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Not the only funny thing they teach you over there.
(e.g. Gordon Brown - Scottish family, Scottish constituency, Scottish accent, Prime Minister of the UK 2007 - 2010...)
I just made the point that the PM after him, Brown, has a very well-known and deeply-rooted Scottish identity.
The lack of general awareness is probably 99% to do with his accent. But as any fule kno, the poshest Scots talk with the same accent as the poshest English people, and Tony Blair is nothing if not a total posho. He went to Fettes, after all. I watched a programme not long ago on BBC Alba where they were talking to the Countess of somewhere in the north-west, and she sounded as English as English could be (no Gaelic of course).
But those of us who are interested would say:
Alex Salmond
Nicola Sturgeon
Gordon Brown
Anas Sarwar
Humza Yousaf
William Wallace
Donald Dewar
- probably in that order. Tony Blair wouldn't appear on anyone's list because obviously he isn't/wasn't a Scottish politician. The clue just needs to add that Blair was born in Scotland, rather than implying a Scottish identity.
I'm not being narky because I'm Scottish, I'm just pointing out an oddity in the quiz.
Aaron seems to have left Jetpunk so this will probably go unchanged.