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It's also home to some of the world's most famous faces and has welcomed icons from across the globe to its streets. 

We've put together a quiz of phrases said about our city or by stars of stage and screen when they spent time here. 

Who praised the city's people for their friendliness? Which comedian warned about getting between a Glaswegian and their holiday? Who compared it to London and the impact it had on Charles Dickens? 

The answers can be found at the bottom of the article...but no cheating! 

1. Which Glasgow funnyman said: “The best thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack, it’ll look exactly the same afterwards"? 

A) Billy Connolly 

B) Kevin Bridges 

C) Brian Limond aka Limmy 

D) Frankie Boyle 

2. Who, during a show-stopping visit to Glasgow in 1947, said: "Children adore me"? 

A) Donna Reed 

B) Marilyn Monroe

C) Rita Hayworth 

D) Mae West 

3. Which star of stage and screen said this during an interview with our sister title The Herald in 2015: "Glasgow is certainly a place where they will tell you if they don’t think you are anything special"? 

A) Gerard Butler

B) Martin Compston 

C) Sam Heughan 

D) James McAvoy 

4. Which leading politician wrote in an Evening Times column: "One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people"? 

A) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon 

B) Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown 

C) Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken 

B) Glasgow City Council Labour leader Frank McAveety

5. Which former Old Firm star said this: "I've always been mentally tough. Believe me, you have to be that way when you've been an Old Firm player living in Glasgow"? 

A) Henrik Larsson 

B) Barry Ferguson 

C) Chris Sutton 

D) Charlie Adam 

6. On the eve of a famous show at Glasgow's Kevin Hall, which jazz star wrote in a telegram: "We have got a wonderful show and my boys are playing greater than ever and I know from your reputation that your boys will help us to give the local cats a good evening’s music they will never forget"? 

A) Ella Fitzgerald 

B) Miles Davis 

C) Louis Armstrong 

D) John Coltrane 

7. Which Scottish poet and author said this about our city during an interview with us: "The fact I've lived here (in Glasgow) most of my life has made it special, like London was for Dickens."

A) Edwin Morgan 

B) Tom Leonard 

C) Ivor Cutler 

D) Alasdair Gray 

8. Which popstar and worldwide icon announced her arrival in the city by being pictured outside the loos of a Glasgow bar with the caption: "Welcome to Glasgow"? 

A) Shania Twain 

B) Madonna 

C) Katy Perry 

D) Christina Aguilera 

9. Which architect, who designed Glasgow's iconic Riverside Museum, said: "It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history"? 

A) Nicholas Grimshaw 

B) David Chipperfield 

C) Norman Foster 

D) Zaha Hadid 

10) Which English comedian said this of the city: “Glasgow Airport, that was a mistake. Unbelievable. I think the message was learnt: don’t f**k with Scottish people who have a holiday booked"? 

A) James Acaster 

B) Jack Whitehall 

C) Michael McIntyre 

D) Peter Kay 

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Answers

1)

It was of course one of the funniest men of all-time, Billy Connolly. The Big Yin has entertained generations across the globe with his brilliant wit and timeless comedy. 

He was even named by our readers as the greatest Glaswegian of all-time and we'd find it hard to disagree. 

2)

Hollywood starlet Mae West is said to have brought the city to a standstill during her visit in 1947. The acting legend was in the city to perform her self-penned play Diamond Lil at the Alhambra Theatre.

Read more about her visit here. 

3)

Outlander star Sam Heughen said this famous quote to The Herald in 2015. Now a household name, thanks to his role in the blockbuster series, he spent two years honing his craft at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)​. 

Read the full interview here. 

4) 

It was of course First Minister and Glasgow Southside MSP Nicola Sturgeon, who made the remarks during a 2014 column. Serving the constituency since 2007, when it was known as Glasgow Govan, Ms Sturgeon became First Minister of Scotland in November 2014. 

5) 

Dundee-born and bred, Charlie Adam moved to the Gers as a teenager before later making the grade at the Ibrox side. He famously helped Walter Smith's men reach the final of the Uefa Cup in 2008, where they lost to Zenit Saint Petersburg. 

He has since gone on to have a successful career in England, playing for Blackpool, Liverpool, Stoke City, and now Reading. 

6) 

He was one of the 20th century music's most famous names and is the voice of Hello, Dolly, Wonderful World, and Mack the Knife. But, Glasgow got its own taste of jazz star Louis Armstrong when he played a hit show in May 1956. He previously visited the city during 1933. 

Read more about his visit to Glasgow here. 

7)

In one of his last interviews before he sadly passed away in December, wordsmith Alasdair Gray made the remarks when asked about the influence Glasgow had had on his work. 

Born in Riddrie, east Glasgow, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art, and later became Writer-in-Residence at the University of Glasgow from 1977 to 1979.

Read more about his life in his final interview here.  

8)

Welcome to Glasgow! pic.twitter.com/LAoA0uA0tN

— Shania Twain (@ShaniaTwain) September 17, 2018

From this moment on, it was clear Shania Twain was going to embrace the Glasgow spirit after being snapped in Buck's Bar ahead of her SSE Hyrdo show in 2018. 

Read more about her visit here here. 

9) 

The Riverside Museum has become one of the city's most famous examples of modern architecture. Opened in 2011, it later was crowned European Museum of the Year in 2013.

Iraqi-British architect Dame Zaha Hadid was the genius behind the design, which earend her plaudits from around the world. 

Sadly, she passed away at just 65 in 2016. 

Read more about her here. 

10) 

Finally, Michael McIntyre is behind our final quote and we're finding it hard to disagree with what he had to say! 

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