Transport

Transport

Transport - 1 point

CategoryQuestionAnswerLast Update
CarsWhat car manufacturer made the current US presidential state car, sometimes referred to as 'The Beast'?
Cadillac
2023/04/09
CarsIn the name of the car manufacturer MG, for what did the letters MG stand?
Morris Garages
2024/10/22
CarsWhat car company has models that include Diablo, Countach, Huracán, and Aventador?
Lamborghini
2024/10/31
CarsWhat equine name is given to powerful sporty cars, such as the Ford Mustang, Plymouth Barracuda, and Dodge Challenger, that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s and are seen as an offshoot of the muscle car?
Pony car
2024/12/07
CarsWhat model of Volkswagen car has been named Car of the Year by What Car? magazine a record four times?
Golf

*The winners were the Golf GTI (1981), Golf GL (1985), Golf 1.8GL (1992), and Golf 1.6 FSI S 5dr (2004). Volkswagen has also won with the Polo (1995), Up (2012), and ID Buzz (2023), making it the award’s most successful manufacturer.
2024/12/19
ShipsOn April 9, 1982, British educational cruise ship SS Uganda dropped off its child passengers in Naples because it had been requisitioned to serve as what type of vessel?
Hospital boat

*The sudden need for a hospital boat was because the UK had just entered the Falklands War.
2024/05/05
TrainsIn what year was High Speed Two Ltd, the body responsible for building Britain's troubled highspeed railway project, established?
2009
2023/04/20
TrainsThe Lifeline Express in India is an example of what type of train?
Hospital train
2024/05/02
TrainsVia Rail operates the rail system in which country?
Canada
2024/10/31
TrainsReferring to its colour and number, by what name is the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 better known?
Black Five
2024/12/14
SignageHow many sides are there on a UK road stop sign?
8
2024/04/10
SignageWhat colour are road signs indicating a tourist site in the UK?
Brown
2024/04/10
NetworksWith over 4 million daily passengers and plans to expand its network from 13 lines to 20 by 2034, which city has the busiest mass transit metropolitan railway system in South America?
Sao Paulo
2024/12/14
PlanningIn transportation planning, an extension of Braess’s paradox says that urban traffic flow improves when what is removed?
A road

*Examples in Seoul, New York, and Stuttgart have found that removing a main road has actually improved traffic flow in a city.
2024/12/27
MiscellaneousUsed by the US President between 1943 and 1958, what form of transport was the vehicle known as Ferdinand Magellan?
Railcar
2023/04/09
MiscellaneousWhat word can describe a boat famously associated with an Italian city, a type of cable car, and a cabin on a Ferris wheel?
Gondola
2023/04/22
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NetworksWhich two stations of the London Underground have the most Transport for London lines, each with six?
1. Kings Cross & St. Pancras
2. Monument/Bank
2024/12/27
NetworksStarted in 1862 as the Special Scotch Express, between which two capital cities does the Flying Scotsman train operate?
1. Edinburgh
2. London
2025/01/09
AirportsWhat are the names of the two primary international airports serving the city of Chicago?
1. O’Hare
2. Midway
2025/01/01

Transport - 3 points

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FlightIn aircraft attitude, what are the names of the three angles of rotation through which a pilot can move a plane, namely by moving the nose up or down a vertical axis, moving the nose side to side on a lateral axis, or rotating the entire plane around a longitudinal axis?
1. Pitch
2. Yaw
3. Roll
2024/11/14

Transport - 5 points

CategoryQuestionAnswerLast Update
AirportsPer data gathered by the Airport Council International, which five cities in the US have an airport amongst the world’s 10 most busy in terms of passenger numbers?
1. Atlanta (1st)
2. Dallas/Fort Worth (3rd)
3. Denver (6th )
4. Los Angeles (8th)
5. Chicago (9th)
2024/12/07