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Statistics for Scottish towns: fun facts

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This oil hub used to have the world's biggest heliport. The self-seal envelope was also invented here.	Aberdeen	100%
In 2014, a woman on a flight to this capital city attacked a passenger with her prosthetic leg.	Edinburgh	88%
In 2014, a man in this former shipbuilding hub robbed a Ladbrokes betting office armed with a cucumber.	Glasgow	88%
The gritting lorry keeping this town's roads ice-free was named TroonRaker.	Troon	88%
A man from this new town in Fife gets up and cooks meals in his sleep.	Glenrothes	63%
A writer flying from this northern city was stopped at Birmingham airport because his haggis was mistaken for a bomb.	Inverness	63%
This town has a university which dates back to 1413.	St. Andrews	63%
The man who pioneered the world's first working TV came from this town in Argyll.	Helensburgh	50%
Alexander III met his end in 1286; while riding in the dark to this Fife town, he fell off a cliff.	Kinghorn	50%
In 1437, King James I tried to flee assassins here via a sewer, but he'd recently had the escape route blocked off to prevent his tennis balls going into it.	Perth	50%
An 8th century warrior was found buried in this Easter Ross village with four other skulls in the grave.	Portmahomack	50%
Every Ne'erday, people gather here to swim in the frigid water of the Forth.	South Queensferry	50%
Mary Shelley once lived in this city, which influenced her novel Frankenstein. It is Scotland's smallest council area.	Dundee	38%
A rare example of a place being renamed thrice, this west coast town was previously called Maryburgh, Gordonsburgh, then Duncansburgh.	Fort William	25%
Guinness list this eastern coastal town as having the world's oldest surviving golf course.	Musselburgh	0%

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