Ayrshire, in Southwest Scotland

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1. What famous whisky, known and consumed worldwide, is produced in Ayrshire? Johnnie Walker Jim Beam Jack Daniels William Wallace

2. The first ever British Open golf championship was played at which Ayrshire golf course? Turnberry Irvine Gails Royal Troon Prestwick

3. What Ayrshire man was credited with creating roads made from Tarmac? Robert Adam Roddy McKenzie Charles Rennie Macintosh John Loudon McAdam

4. Which one of these sub-divisions of Ayrshire does NOT exist? South Ayrshire East Ayrshire West Ayrshire North Ayrshire

5. Farming now. "Ayrshires" are a world famous breed of what type of farm animal? Horse Pig Cattle Sheep

6. Ayrshire in Scotland is the only place in Britain that this world famous music star ever visited in 1960. He was on his way home from army service in Germany? Frank Sinatra Elvis Presley Buddy Holly Dean Martin

7. As of 2006, what was the approximate population of the county of Ayrshire? 366,500 36,650 3,665 3,665,000

8. A famous son of Ayrshire, Sir Alexander Fleming, accidentally discovered penicillin in 1928 whilst working on the influenza virus. Sir Alexander died on 11th March 1955 and was cremated. Where were his ashes interred? His back yard On the Isle of Iona Along with his mother St Paul's Cathedral

9. Which of these great men was NOT born in Ayrshire? Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia John Boyd Orr, Nobel peace prize winner William Murdoch, inventor of gas lighting Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone

10. Specifically, what in Ayrshire are Garnock, Irvine, Ayr, Doon, Girvan and Stinchar? Towns Public Houses (Pubs) Churches Rivers