T11 TRAIN SPOTTING QUIZ
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:57 pmTrain 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
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
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I'm sure it was something to do with Dr Beeching who closed all the little branch lines.