T11 TRAIN SPOTTING QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

Train Trivia Spotting

1 Which Bond movie ended with 007 and Solitaire aboard a train?
LIVE AND LET DIE
2 What name is shared by railway stations in London, Manchester and Mumbai (formerly Bombay)?
VICTORIA
3 Who became known as The Father of Railways?
GEORGE STEPHENSON
4 Which comedy thriller saw Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder and Patrick McGoohan aboard a train?
THE SILVER STREAK
5 Which English city is home to the National Railway Museum?
YORK
6 Which film saw Tom Cruise clinging on to a train in the Channel Tunnel?
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
7 What do the initials APT stand for?
ADVANCED PASSENGER TRAIN
8 Which 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra was adapted from a novel by David Westheimer?
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS
9 Which 2004 film saw Tom Hanks playing several characters including a conductor aboard a train bound for the North Pole?
THE POLR EXPRESS
10 Which Illinois folk hero is associated with the Cannonball Express?
CASEY JONES
11 Who solved the Murder on the Orient Express?
HERCULE POIROT
12 Who wrote the novel Trainspotting?
IRVINE WELSH
13 Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features a train called Rusty?
STARLIGHT EXPRESS
14 Who penned the classic novel The Railway Children?
EDITH NESBIT
15 In which country does the William Tell Express run?
SWITZERLAND
16 Which county witnessed the Great Train Robbery in 1963?
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
17 Who created Thomas the Tank Engine?
REV. W. AWDRY
18 In which sitcom did Paul Shane play a railway porter called Jack Skinner?
OH DOCTOR BEECHING
19 The Huey P Long, the world’s longest railway bridge is located in which US city?
NEW ORLEANS
20 Which European capital city is served by Anhalter Railway Station?
BERLIN
21 Which 1953 comedy filmed by Ealing Studios told the story of a group of villagers attempts in preventing British Rail from closing down a branch line?
THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT
22 In 1863 what became the first underground line on the London Underground?
METROPOLITAN
23 What is the world’s largest railway station?
GRAND CENTRAL NEW YORK
24 Which capital city is served by an underground system known as the T-Bana?
STOCKHOLM
25 Opened in 1901 between which two cities does the Trans-Siberian Railway run?
MOSCOW TO VLADIVOSTOK

[brod]

2. Victoria
3. George Stephenson
4. the Silver Streak
6. Mission Impssible
12 Irvine Welsh
15 Switzerland
17 Rev. Awdry
19. New Orleans
20 Berlin
21 The Titfield Thunderbolt
22. Metropolitan
23 Grand central
24. Stockholm
25 Moscow to Vladivostok

[Thiele]

9. Polar Express

[Turkeywizz]

10 Casey Jones
13 Starlight Express

[Pseudo]

1 - Live and let Die
11 - Hercule Poirot
16 - England

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Victoria
3. George Stephenson
4. the Silver Streak
6. Mission Impssible
12 Irvine Welsh
15 Switzerland
17 Rev. Awdry
19. New Orleans
20 Berlin
21 The Titfield Thunderbolt
22. Metropolitan
23 Grand central
24. Stockholm
25 Moscow to Vladivostok

ALL CORRECT BROD

[magpie in the 80's]

9. Polar Express

CORRECT THIELE

[magpie in the 80's]

10 Casey Jones
13 Starlight Express

BOTH CORRECT TW

[magpie in the 80's]

1 - Live and let Die
11 - Hercule Poirot
16 - England.. ENGLAND IS NOT A COUNTY

ALL OTHERS CORRECT PSEUDO

[Kahuna]

8/ Von Ryans Express
16/ Edit: ok ok England is still not a county.............reaches for reading glasses

[magpie in the 80's]

8/ Von Ryans Express
16/ Edit: ok ok England is still not a county.............reaches for reading glasses

CORRECT K

[JAS]

Q5 Don't think it's moved since abandoning a mates hubby there while we went shopping haha...York
Q14 Nesbit...but I've forgotten the first name.
Q16 Buckinghamshire
Q18 I'm sure it was something to do with Dr Beeching who closed all the little branch lines.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5 Don't think it's moved since abandoning a mates hubby there while we went shopping haha...York
Q14 Nesbit...but I've forgotten the first name.
Q16 Buckinghamshire
Q18 I'm sure it was something to do with Dr Beeching who closed all the little branch lines.

Regards
JAS

ALL CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Train Trivia Spotting

1 Which Bond movie ended with 007 and Solitaire aboard a train?
LIVE AND LET DIE
2 What name is shared by railway stations in London, Manchester and Mumbai (formerly Bombay)?
VICTORIA
3 Who became known as The Father of Railways?
GEORGE STEPHENSON
4 Which comedy thriller saw Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder and Patrick McGoohan aboard a train?
THE SILVER STREAK
5 Which English city is home to the National Railway Museum?
YORK
6 Which film saw Tom Cruise clinging on to a train in the Channel Tunnel?
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
7 What do the initials APT stand for?
ADVANCED PASSENGER TRAIN
8 Which 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra was adapted from a novel by David Westheimer?
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS
9 Which 2004 film saw Tom Hanks playing several characters including a conductor aboard a train bound for the North Pole?
THE POLR EXPRESS
10 Which Illinois folk hero is associated with the Cannonball Express?
CASEY JONES
11 Who solved the Murder on the Orient Express?
HERCULE POIROT
12 Who wrote the novel Trainspotting?
IRVINE WELSH
13 Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical features a train called Rusty?
STARLIGHT EXPRESS
14 Who penned the classic novel The Railway Children?
EDITH NESBIT
15 In which country does the William Tell Express run?
SWITZERLAND
16 Which county witnessed the Great Train Robbery in 1963?
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
17 Who created Thomas the Tank Engine?
REV. W. AWDRY
18 In which sitcom did Paul Shane play a railway porter called Jack Skinner?
OH DOCTOR BEECHING
19 The Huey P Long, the world’s longest railway bridge is located in which US city?
NEW ORLEANS
20 Which European capital city is served by Anhalter Railway Station?
BERLIN
21 Which 1953 comedy filmed by Ealing Studios told the story of a group of villagers attempts in preventing British Rail from closing down a branch line?
THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT
22 In 1863 what became the first underground line on the London Underground?
METROPOLITAN
23 What is the world’s largest railway station?
GRAND CENTRAL NEW YORK
24 Which capital city is served by an underground system known as the T-Bana?
STOCKHOLM
25 Opened in 1901 between which two cities does the Trans-Siberian Railway run?
MOSCOW TO VLADIVOSTOK

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTION UNANSWERED IS IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ