Scotland Council Quiz - Moray

Can you guess these facts about the Scottish council area of Moray?

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Last updated: January 27, 2022

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Administrative centre for Moray which has a cathedral called the 'Lantern of the North'	Elgin
Newmill born James Gordon Bennett was the founder and publisher of this USA newspaper	New York Herald
Fastest-flowing salmon river in Scotland which enters the Moray Firth near Kingston	Spey
Born in the town of Keith, John Ripley was a recipient of this award for gallantry while serving with the Black Watch Regiment during the First World War	Victoria Cross
Another of Scotland's longest rivers which enters a large tidal basin before it joins the sea	Findhorn
Elchies born Sir William Grant was a lawyer and Member of Parliament who also held this senior legal position between 1801 and 1817	Master of the Rolls
Moray politician and the first Labour Party member to become Prime Minister of the UK	Ramsay MacDonald
National Park which occupies the southern portion of Moray	Cairngorms
Long distance footpath which passes through Moray, linking Forres with Cullen	Moray Coast Trail
Town on the central north coast of Moray, also home to a large Royal Air Force base	Lossiemouth
The world's two best-selling single malt whisky brands, produced in distilleries near Dufftown and Ballindalloch	Glenfiddich
	Glenlivet
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona, from Forres in Moray, emigrated to Canada and became principal shareholder of this fur trading business	Hudson's Bay Company
According to one legend, the last of these animals in Scotland was killed in Moray in 1743	Wolf
Co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray where three generations of British royalty have been educated	Gordonstoun

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