Statistics for Scotland Council Quiz - South Ayrshire

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Large coastal town and the administrative centre of South Ayrshire	Ayr	100%
Born in Alloway this person went on to become Scotland's 'National Poet'	Robert Burns	100%
	Royal Troon	94%
Ailsa Craig is the source of all granite used to make stones for this Olympic sport	Curling	92%
Jai McDowall from Tarbolton won the fifth series of this TV competition in June 2011	Britain's {Got} {Talent}	88%
Coastal town with one of Ayrshire’s most popular beaches, together with traditional seaside activities such as amusements and a boating lake	Girvan	84%
South Ayrshire's three principal golf courses which have all hosted the Open Championship	Prestwick	80%
	Turnberry	80%
National Trust castle near Maybole which overlooks the Firth of Clyde	Culzean	73%
A late medieval bridge over the River Doon in South Ayrshire is a setting for part of the poem 'Tam o' Shanter' and the namesake of this Broadway musical	Brig o' Doon	63%
The racecourse in the above town is home to this prestigious steeplechase horse race	Scottish Grand National	49%
South Ayrshire born civil engineer and inventor of an effective method of road construction	John McAdam	43%
Admiral Sir Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton from Bargany commanded the battleship HMS Rodney when it took part in the sinking of this German battleship during WW2	Bismark	41%
Construction of a citadel in Ayr was ordered by this English Commonwealth leader	Oliver Cromwell	41%
Sea loch at the far south western extremity of South Ayrshire	Loch Ryan	29%