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1. He emigrated, nearly penniless, from Dunfermline to the US at the age of 13, became a "bobbin boy", and ultimately accumulated one of the greatest fortunes in American history. Who he?
2. A sports hero somewhat without honor in either his native land or the US, this mustachioed Canadian (and likely descendant of one of the great Highland clans) is probably, all things considered, the greatest harness racing driver in history. Who is he?
3. This noted (fictional) Scot taught at the "Marcia Blaine School For Girls" in Edinburgh, and had a strange fixation on romance and leaders of the far, far right. Maggie Smith won an Oscar for the film role. Who was she?
4. The now-legendary Scottish poet, Ewen MacTeagle, who still pops up on TV reruns with some regularity, was a very unusual artist. What in specific distinguished his poems?
5. In perhaps the most memorable scene in the David Lean version (read: 'only version') of "Great Expectations", young Pip turns from his parents' gravestone and runs straight into the arms of the lurking escaped convict, Abel Magwitch, as the audience gasps. What Scotsman played Magwitch in the 1946 film?
6. This fiery, red-bearded son of the crags and moors, known for his muscular build and paradigmatically Scottish brand of stoicism, was once heard to remark that he "dinna cry when me own father was hung for stealing a pig..." although he immediately thereafter broke down and cried at a mawkish theatrical production. Who is or was he?
7. Scottish church reformer John Knox, in essence the father of the Church of Scotland (or Kirk, to be specific), had a relative who became President of the United States. Who was this?
8. Scottish musician Gerry Rafferty, soon to become (briefly) famous for such 70's hits as "Stuck In the Middle With You" and "Baker Street",
played in a band called the Humblebums before forming the late lamented Stealers Wheel. What notoriously hairy and legendarily profane entertainer was in the Humblebums with him way back when?
9. This pale-skinned Glaswegian rock diva took America by storm in the early 80's; she's since graduated to more middle-of-the-road stuff (including a Vegas show with David Cassidy), but in her fifth decade
she's arguably even more stunning than she was as a kid. Who is the comely lassie?
10. What was the name of the Scotsman who would become internationally famous as a result of some airborne micro-gunk landing on a petri dish he had left uncovered?
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