Who is the best-known Scot?

The Loch Ness Monster
No, not Robert Burns, the poet.
No, not John Logie Baird, who invented television.
No, not Sean Connery (more of him later in this post)
The results of a poll amongst 2,000 British people to say who the best-known Scottish personality was yielded this result:

1 Loch Ness Monster 29%

2 Robert Burns 27%

3 Sean Connery 12%

4 Robert the Bruce 9%

5 William Wallace 7.5%

6 Robbie Coltrane 6%

7 Billy Connolly 4%

8 Lorraine Kelly 2.5%

9 Ewan McGregor 2%

10 Lulu 1%

(source: BBC Scotland)

Of Sean Connery then.
He is kicking himself right now. It was revealed in the papers this weekend, that he was offered the role of Gandalf the Grey in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Sean Connery turned down the lucrative role, as he could not grasp the complexities of J.R.R. Tolkien's intricate story. So, he forfeited 225 million pounds, in retrospect. (that is about 400 million dollars). Is Tolkien's story really that complicated? It's not the easiest read, but I managed it at age 11, thank you.