Round 4 - Trains
Q1
What was the name of George Stephenson's famous locomotive that won the Rainhill Trials in 1829?
Rocket
Q2
The "Rocky Mountaineer" is a famous tourist train in which country?
Canada
Q3
Maglev trains are the fastest in the world, holding the record clocking in at 375mph! But what does Maglev stand for?
Magnetic Levitation
Q4
Which London train station links both the Eurostar and Hogwarts Express?
Kings Cross [St Pancras]
Q5
Which of Worcester two city centre train stations was built first, back in 1850?
Shrub Hill (Foregate Street was 1860)
Q6
Who wrote the famous mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express?
Agatha Christie
Q7
Each railway station in the UK has a three letter code - name the stations whose codes are WOF and BSW?
Worcester Foregate Street, Birmingham Snow Hill
Q8
Opening in 1853, which city is home to the world’s first underground railway system?
London
Q9
On which fictional island will you find Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends?
Sodor
Q10
In which country would you catch a train from a Togstasjon?
Norway