T319 TRAINS QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1. In film, when does the train arrive in Hadleyville?
HIGHNOON
2. What was the name of Freddie Laker's no frills bring your own lunch service between Gatwick and JFK airports?
SKY TRAIN
3. How did William Huskisson make headlines in September 1830?
OFFICIALLY THE 1ST PASSENGER TO DIE ON A TRAIN
4. Who sang "I'm a train I'm a train I'm a chook a train"?
ALBERT HAMMOND

Who was the leading actor in each of the following 5 'train' films?

5. North by Northwest
CARY GRANT
6 Von Ryan's Express
FRANK SINATRA
7 The Train
BURT LANCASTER
8 The General
BUSTER KEATON
9 Breakheart Pass
CHARLES BRONSON
10 The Cassandra Crossing
RICHARD HARRIS

11. What is the rail destination in the song 'King of the Road'?
DESTINATION BANGOR MAINE
12. Measured in the amount of passengers, the two busiest railway stations in the world are both found in which city?
TOKYO
13. What is the next word in this famous poem about a rail disaster?
Beautiful railway bridge on the silv'ry ...
TAY
14. The French high speed trains are called TGV's. What do the letters TGV stand for?
TRAIN A GRANDE VITESSE

The following words are from which 'train' songs?

15 I aint got time to take a fast train
THE LETTER
16 Choo Choo Choo Choo, I feel so good today
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
17 Take the train from Casablanca going south
MARRAKESH EXPRESS
18 Fie Fi Fiddly i o
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
19 We'll have time for coffee flavoured kisses
LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE
20 It was 9.29
LAST TRAIN TO LONDON
21 I serve on the Danville train
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
22 A chug a chug
LOCOMOTION
23 Well the train I ride on is 100 coaches long, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
900 MILES
24 Yeah, the train left the station, it had two lights on behind
LOVE IN VAIN
25 In the shuffling madness
LOCOMOTIVE BREATHE

[fish]

15 - My baby just wrote me a letter

[JK]

5. Cary Grant
6. Frank Sinatra

[Grahaml]

5. Gregory Peck
12. New York
14. Train a Grand Vitesse
15 Aeroplane

[Media Park]

11: "Destination: Bangor, Maine."

[Kahuna]

4/ Albert Hammond
21/ The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

[godoubleblues]

Q20 - last train to london

[magpie in the 80's]

15 - My baby just wrote me a letter

[magpie in the 80's]

5. Cary Grant
6. Frank Sinatra

[magpie in the 80's]

5. Gregory Peck
12. New York
14. Train a Grand Vitesse
15 Aeroplane

[magpie in the 80's]

11: "Destination: Bangor, Maine."

[magpie in the 80's]

4/ Albert Hammond
21/ The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

[magpie in the 80's]

Q20 - last train to london

[magpie in the 80's]

Last days for this quiz

[magpie in the 80's]

1. In film, when does the train arrive in Hadleyville?
HIGHNOON
2. What was the name of Freddie Laker's no frills bring your own lunch service between Gatwick and JFK airports?
SKY TRAIN
3. How did William Huskisson make headlines in September 1830?
OFFICIALLY THE 1ST PASSENGER TO DIE ON A TRAIN
4. Who sang "I'm a train I'm a train I'm a chook a train"?
ALBERT HAMMOND

Who was the leading actor in each of the following 5 'train' films?

5. North by Northwest
CARY GRANT
6 Von Ryan's Express
FRANK SINATRA
7 The Train
BURT LANCASTER
8 The General
BUSTER KEATON
9 Breakheart Pass
CHARLES BRONSON
10 The Cassandra Crossing
RICHARD HARRIS

11. What is the rail destination in the song 'King of the Road'?
DESTINATION BANGOR MAINE
12. Measured in the amount of passengers, the two busiest railway stations in the world are both found in which city?
TOKYO
13. What is the next word in this famous poem about a rail disaster?
Beautiful railway bridge on the silv'ry ...
TAY
14. The French high speed trains are called TGV's. What do the letters TGV stand for?
TRAIN A GRANDE VITESSE

The following words are from which 'train' songs?

15 I aint got time to take a fast train
THE LETTER
16 Choo Choo Choo Choo, I feel so good today
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
17 Take the train from Casablanca going south
MARRAKESH EXPRESS
18 Fie Fi Fiddly i o
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
19 We'll have time for coffee flavoured kisses
LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE
20 It was 9.29
LAST TRAIN TO LONDON
21 I serve on the Danville train
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
22 A chug a chug
LOCOMOTION
23 Well the train I ride on is 100 coaches long, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
900 MILES
24 Yeah, the train left the station, it had two lights on behind
LOVE IN VAIN
25 In the shuffling madness
LOCOMOTIVE BREATHE

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE

END OF QUIZ