Ayrshire Quiz Answers

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25. Greenan Castle

33. Tibbie's Brig, Muirkirk

The Answers to the Early Ooters' 2013 Ayrshire Quiz

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1  Jimmy
2  Allan
3  Paul






1 Which place was first known as Glengall Asylum when it was first built in 1869?
Ailsa Hospital, Ayr
2 What height does Ailsa Craig rise to - 910, 1110 or 1310 feet?
1110 feet
3 Where are the ruins of the old House of Auchans?
near Dundonald
4 What town was originally known as New Kilmarnock when it was first built in 1830 as a holiday settlement but later adopted the name of the local farm and burn?
Barassie
5 We've been walking a couple of times at Barr. But where is Barr Castle?
Galston
6 Loch Bradan is the water supply for which town?
Troon
7 Where in Ayrshire did Sir Thomas Brisbane build an observatory for astronomical purposes?
Largs
8 Craig Tara Holiday Camp used to be Wonderwest World. Before that it was Butlin's. What was it before that?
army barracks
9 What was the film "The Brave Don't Cry" about?
Knockshinnoch mine disaster, New Cumnock
10 Who was gifted a guest flat in Culzean Castle as a thank you for his part in the Second World War?
General Eisenhower
11 What place name, according to some arguments, comes from Dame Helen's Town?
Dalmellington
12 Dalquharran Castle is near Dailly. But where is Dalquharn House?
Darvel
13 Which ruined castle (some of us have lunched in it) consists of 11 uneven sides?
Loch Doon Castle (Balloch Castle)
14 Which 2 places in Ayrshire have names which originated in India?
Patna, Joppa
15 Which loch has an islet in it, known as Peden's Isle, because it was a hiding place for the famous Covenanter?
Loch Riecawr
16 A sandstone column marks the traditional spot where Robert Burns parted from his sweetheart Highland Mary. In which village is it?
Failford
17 Which village was historically divided into two, the Laigh part being home to weavers,  and the High or Kirkton part having a large concentration of shoemakers?
Fenwick
18 Which famous person was born at Lochfield Farm and received his secondary education at Kilmarnock Academy?
Sir Alexander Fleming
19 Where is Scotland's oldest railway viaduct, built in 1807?
near Laigh Milton Mill, Crosshouse
20 Where is "Old Stumpy", the former tollbooth of this particular town?
Girvan
21 Bill Shankly was born in Glenbuck. Name the four teams he played for!
Glenbuck Cherrypickers, Carlisle United, Preston North End, Scotland (apparently he didn't play for the cherrypickers - hey ho)

22 Which firm produced the country's first ever wave-making machine for a municipal swimming pool?
Glenfield and Kennedy for Kilmarnock Baths
23 What is the name of the RSPB nature reserve islet just outside of Ardrossan Harbour?
Horse Island
24 Where was John Galt, author of "Annals of the Parish" born?
Irvine
25 What is the name of the castle perched on the headland near Doonfoot?
Greenan
26 Where will you find the graves of Douglas Graham, John Davidson, "Kirkton" Jean Kennedy, the originals from Tam o' Shanter?
Kirkoswald
27 Which castle in Ayrshire takes its name from the conical hill nearby, which has a prehistoric fort on its summit?
Knock (Largs)
28 Near where did William Wallace defeat an English force in 1297? (The site also had a Roman fort in the vicinity.)
Loudoun Hill
29 Where is there a cairn commemorating John Loudoun McAdam, road builder?
Muirkirk, on the old Sanquhar Road
30 Where is the Mother Lodge of the Masonic movement, the oldest known lodge in Scotland?
Kilwinning
31 Which edifice is still listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest masonry arch in Britain, built in 1848?
Ballochmyle Viaduct
32 Which famous person learned how to heckle flax in Irvine in 1781?
Robert Burns
33 Where is Tibbie's Brig, named after Isobel "Tibbie" Pagan, poetess and contemporary of Robert Burns?
near Muirkirk on the river Ayr walk
34 Above which village is the Auld Hill, with the remains of a fort and dun on it? In 1913 an unsolved murder took place in the cottage on the seaward side of the hill.
Portencross
35 What was the name of the cannibal who inhabited with his family a cave in a small bay known as Balcreuchan Port near Bennane Hill on the Coastal Path?
Sawney Bean
36 And which two places mark the beginning and end of the aforementioned Coastal Path?
Glenapp and Skelmorlie
37 The old bridges at Sorn and Stair both still carry vehicular traffic. But which is the older?
Sorn 1710 (Stair 1745)
38 On the road between which two villages will you find Cloncaird Castle?
Kirkmichael and Straiton
39 The ninth hole of which golf course is known as Bruce's Castle? It has one of the most spectacular tees in the world, being perched on a rock.
Turnberry
40 Which of these Junior football teams has never been in the final of the Scottish Cup -  Lugar Boswell, Darvel, Irvine Victoria or Glenafton Athletic?
Irvine Vics

26. Kirkoswald Churchyard (2011)

34. Auld Hill from Portencross Castle