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Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 14:47
by tubeguru
OK, as we're in need of a quiz, I have nicked these questions from a quiz happening on another rail-related forum at the moment. If you frequent said forum, you will recognise the questions, so I'll know you've already seen the answers!
Anyway, see what you make of these. Feel free to post your answers in the thread, as we can then argue about them as we go.
1. What is the longest official station name on the National Rail network?
2. How many UK stations can you name which have the same number of platforms as letters in their name?
3. Which English cities appear in London Underground station names?
4. Excluding "London", Which UK location appears in the most UK station names?
5. How many UK stations can you name with a geometrical shape in their name? (Note: GEOMETRIC shape)
6. English passengers on some trains from Linz, Austria might be worried about the smell. Why is this?
7. Which UK station name is an acronym?
8. Which two stations in the UK sharing a place name are the furthest apart?
9. There are three stations on the National Rail network sharing an identical name. There are 318 miles total distance between them. What is the shared name of these three stations?
10. What is the furthest destination to have appeared on a sign anywhere on the London Underground?
11. In the early years of the 20th Century, what journey would you have made if you had taken the "North Express" and "Further North Express" trains from their origins to destinations, and what connection would you have had to make between the two?
Some are easy, some are hard. As always, my decision on the answers is final (so there). Try not to answer them all at once. Pick one or two to have a go at, and we'll see how we go.
Go!
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:21
by tractakid
1) Loch Eil Outward Bound?
2)
3) London, Liverpool, Westminster
4) Sutton?
5)
6)
7) West Ham is an acronym of Ham West
9) Bentley, Millbrook
10)
11)
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:25
by tubeguru
tractakid wrote:1) Loch Eil Outward Bound?
Nope.
tractakid wrote:3) London, Liverpool, Westminster
Correct, but there are more.
tractakid wrote:4) Sutton?
Nope.
tractakid wrote:7) West Ham is an acronym of Ham West
Acronym, not anagram ...
tractakid wrote:9) Bentley, Millbrook
Nope.
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:30
by Iain
Tractakid - an acronym is a word made from the initial letters of words - like TARDIS (Time And Relative Distance In Space)
Longest name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name concocted as a tourist attraction, although until 2007 another station followed the same idea and was called Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion. The latter is now known by the more modest name of "Golf Halt"
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:31
by tractakid
Yes, I have the acronym one now. Once I got my words unmuddled I got it straight away.
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:37
by Iain
3) Leicester (Square)
5) Winnersh Triangle
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:38
by tubeguru
Iain wrote:Tractakid - an acronym is a word made from the initial letters of words - like TARDIS (Time And Relative Distance In Space)
Longest name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, a name concocted as a tourist attraction, although until 2007 another station followed the same idea and was called Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion. The latter is now known by the more modest name of "Golf Halt"
Both are incorrect.
The official name of the station serving Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is "Llanfairpwll".
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:38
by tubeguru
Iain wrote:3) Leicester (Square)
5) Winnersh Triangle
Very good. Any more?
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 15:59
by tractakid
3) Oxford.
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 16:44
by tubeguru
tractakid wrote:3) Oxford.
Another correct one.
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 16:50
by Iain
1) Appears to depend on whether you count spaces (Heathrow Airport Terminals 1, 2 and 3) or not (Rhoose Cardiff International Airport)
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 16:57
by tubeguru
Iain wrote:1) Appears to depend on whether you count spaces (Heathrow Airport Terminals 1, 2 and 3) or not (Rhoose Cardiff International Airport)
Spaces count, but the answer is neither of those, despite Rhoose being (I believe) the second-longest.
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 17:19
by barrykas
tubeguru wrote:OK, as we're in need of a quiz, I have nicked these questions from a quiz happening on another rail-related forum at the moment. If you frequent said forum, you will recognise the questions, so I'll know you've already seen the answers!
4. Excluding "London", Which UK location appears in the most UK station names?
If you include London Underground, it's Acton, with seven: North Acton, South Acton, East Acton, West Acton, Acton Main Line, Acton Central and Acton Town
7. Which UK station name is an acronym?
I'd suggest IBM, but the official name appears to be IBM Halt. At least that's what
NRES thinks.
9. There are three stations on the National Rail network sharing an identical name. There are 318 miles total distance between them. What is the shared name of these three stations?
Manchester, London and Southend Victoria?
10. What is the furthest destination to have appeared on a sign anywhere on the London Underground?
At a guess, somewhere like Brussels or Paris at Waterloo... More realistically, probably Aylesbury.
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 17:33
by Iain
5) Leicester Square
Re: Sort of Railbenders, but not quite. Well, actually ...
Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 18:04
by tubeguru
barrykas wrote:4. Excluding "London", Which UK location appears in the most UK station names?
If you include London Underground, it's Acton, with seven: North Acton, South Acton, East Acton, West Acton, Acton Main Line, Acton Central and Acton Town
You might be onto something with that. And you do include the Underground, so yes.
barrykas wrote:7. Which UK station name is an acronym?
I'd suggest IBM, but the official name appears to be IBM Halt. At least that's what
NRES thinks.
IBM is correct, as I don't think the "halt" bit is in common usage.
barrykas wrote:9. There are three stations on the National Rail network sharing an identical name. There are 318 miles total distance between them. What is the shared name of these three stations?
Manchester, London and Southend Victoria?
Nope - the shared name is a place name in each case. In other words, each station serves a town or village of that name.
barrykas wrote:10. What is the furthest destination to have appeared on a sign anywhere on the London Underground?
At a guess, somewhere like Brussels or Paris at Waterloo... More realistically, probably Aylesbury.
Interesting thinking, but alas technically wrong.