Scotland Council Quiz - North Ayrshire - Statistics

General Stats

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh largest Scottish island	Arran	92%
Seaside holiday resort with a Victorian promenade, situated on the Firth of Clyde	Largs	92%
Town and ferry port on the east shore of the Firth of Clyde	Ardrossan	90%
Largest settlement in North Ayrshire	Irvine	90%
Along with the above town these two places make up the 'Three Towns' of North Ayrshire	Saltcoats	88%
	Stevenston	80%
Two islands in the Firth of Clyde which have a similar name	Great and Little {Cumbrae}	73%
During the Viking Age, the above island became a possession of this country	Norway	67%
James Service from Kilwinning later emigrated in 1853 and eventually became the 12th Premier of this Australian state	Victoria	59%
Eminent scientist who died in North Ayrshire. His name lives on in a scale of absolute temperature	Lord Kelvin	55%
Born in Beith, Henry Faulds was a doctor and scientist who was a pioneer in developments for using this human feature in forensic investigations	Fingerprint	43%
A legacy of this North Ayrshire born Army Major is a city named after him in Australia	Thomas Brisbane	39%
Dreghorn born inventor who was instrumental in developing pneumatic tyres	John Loyd Dunlop	29%
Professional golfer from North Ayrshire who was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s	Sam Torrance	24%
Born in Dalry in 1885, Robert Laidlaw emigrated with his family to New Zealand and went on to found what became this large department store chain	Farmers	0%