A collection of songs about Fets, the food, and....Gilligan? 
Where was St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland born?
In Scotland, in the town of Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton. He was captured at the age of 16 by Gaels and taken to Ireland, where he was sold as a slave.
Who invented the thermos bottle in 1892?
Sir James Dewar, the son of an innkeeper, invented the thermos bottle and later invented cordite, the first smokeless explosive.
What piece of modern office equipment was first developed in 1842 by Scottish clockmaker Alexander Bain?
The facsimile machine - better known as the fax. Bain was granted a patent in 1843 for his electro-chemical duplicating telegraph system, which was capable of transmitting crude images short distances.
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