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As a young boy, he comes from a poor background, polishing and shining boots in his native Glasgow. He migrates to the US at the age of 13 and literally strikes gold & makes his first million.
Once rich, he settles down on the top of Killmotor Hill, in a building called ‘Money Bin’.
Who, from fiction, who gets his name from another work of fiction?

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Scrooge McDuck
The character is almost exclusively portrayed as having worked his way up the financial ladder from humble immigrant roots. His characteristics are believed to be strongly influenced by the life of a real, incredibly wealthy Scottish-American business magnate, Andrew Carnegie, as well as Ebenezer Scrooge, the rich miser from Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol, McDuck's namesake.
Take a trip down Memory Lane.

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While the origins of the dish are very hard to pin point, one of them goes as follows:
On a typical dark, wet Glasgow night, a bus driver coming off shift came in and ordered _____. He sent it back to the waiter saying it’s dry. At the time, the cook had an ulcer and was enjoying a plate of tomato soup. So he said why not put some tomato soup. They sent it back to the table and the bus driver absolutely loved it. He and his friends came back again and again and the dish was put on the menu.
Which dish am I talking about?

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Chicken Tikka Masala
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