T50 A TRANSPORT TEST QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Who did the New Yardbirds become?
LED ZEPPELIN
2 Sherbet is cockney rhyming slang for what mode of transport?
CAB SHEBERT DAB
3 Which politician is nicknamed Two Jags?
JOHN PRESCOTT
4 What made its first journey in 1883 from Paris to Constantinople?
THE ORIENT EXPRESS
5 Which group had a hit with the song Combine Harvester?
THE WURZELS
6 Which football club are nicknamed The Railwaymen?
CREWE ALEXANDRA
7 Which model of Ford car was named after a hunter in Greek mythology?
ORION
8 Which model of Ford car did Steve McQueen drive in the film Bullitt?
MUSTANG
9 Which children’s duo sailed aboard the SS Melodymaker?
PINKY AND PERKY
10 What are the names of the reserve crews in the university boat race?
GOLDIE AND IRIS
11 In the Bible what was said to be, 300 cubits long and 30 cubits high?
NOAH'S ARK
12 What model of car is also a musical instruction meaning quickly?
ALLEGRO
13 Which song features the lyric, “dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans”?
CROCODILE ROCK
14 Who piloted Fireball XL5?
STEVE ZODIAC
15 Which TV series saw Brian Blessed playing PC Fancy Smith?
Z CARS
16 MRS is the airport code for which city?
MARSEILLES
17 What is the actual colour of the black box flight recorder in commercial aircraft?
ORANGE
18 What, opened in 1901, runs from Moscow to Vladivostok?
TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY
19 Which South American city was designed in the shape of an aeroplane?
BRASILIA
20 Which British city is home to the National Lifeboat Museum?
BRISTOL
21 Which duo are the subjects of a statue at Heathrow airport?
ALLCOCK AND BROWN
22 What is the name of the dragon in Ivor the Engine?
IDRIS
23 What is the name of the ship captained by Cut Throat Jake in the Captain Pugwash cartoons?
THE FLYING DUSTMAN
24 Which actress drove the car that killed Victor Meldrew?
HANNAH GORDON
25 Which character invented Supercar?
PROFESSOR POPKISS

[Hazbeen]

4. Orient Express
11. Noahs Ark
17. Yellow

[magpie in the 80's]

4. Orient Express
11. Noahs Ark
17. Yellow...........INCORRECT

OTHER 2 CORRECT HB

[Interceptor]

1 Who did the New Yardbirds become? Led Zeppelin

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Who did the New Yardbirds become? Led Zeppelin

CORRECT INTERCEPTOR

[Brock Landers]

17. Orange

[Brock Landers]

20.Portsmouth

[magpie in the 80's]

17. Orange

CORRECT BL

[magpie in the 80's]

20.Portsmouth

INCORRECT BL

[Turkeywizz]

12 Vivace??

[magpie in the 80's]

12 Vivace??

INCORRECT TW

[Kahuna]

7/ Orion
13/ Crocodile Rock
18/ Trans Siberian railway
25/ Doctor Beaker

[JAS]

Q2 All I can think of is maybe sherbet dab = Cab after the sweeties sherbet dip dabs...bag of sherbet with a lollipop to dip into it.
Q3 John Prescott
Q5 The Wurzzles
Q10 Isis and Goldie
Q12 Allegro
Q15 Z Cars ?
Q21 The Wright Brothers ?
Q23 The Black Pig ?

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

7/ Orion
13/ Crocodile Rock
18/ Trans Siberian railway
25/ Doctor Beaker..INCORRECT

ALL OTHERS CORRECT K

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 All I can think of is maybe sherbet dab = Cab after the sweeties sherbet dip dabs...bag of sherbet with a lollipop to dip into it.
Q3 John Prescott
Q5 The Wurzzles
Q10 Isis and Goldie
Q12 Allegro
Q15 Z Cars ?
Q21 The Wright Brothers ?......INCORRECT
Q23 The Black Pig ?...INCORRECT

Regards
JAS

ALL OTHERS CORRECT JAS

[Peterxtc]

5. The Wirzles (that can't be correct but its my best guess)

opps to late again

[Peterxtc]

6. Crewe Alex
8. Mustang

[Peterxtc]

20. Exeter

[magpie in the 80's]

5. The Wirzles (that can't be correct but its my best guess)

opps to late again

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Crewe Alex
8. Mustang

BOTH CORRECT PETE