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Christmas Quiz 2013 16/12/2013 at 23:19 #52832
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707 posts 		And the Kangaroo is at Canley station, off Sir Henry Parkes Road.
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Christmas Quiz 2013 16/12/2013 at 23:53 #52833
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431 posts 		" said:
Then I have to try Bradford Forster Square
Queenstown Road Battersea= 38
Bradford Forster Square = 40.

Both good, but I have found a 48.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2013 16/12/2013 at 23:58 #52834
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431 posts 		" said:
And the Kangaroo is at Canley station, off Sir Henry Parkes Road.
mfcooper,

Correct, the Kangaroo is at Canley station.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2013 17/12/2013 at 00:34 #52835
Copping
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95 posts 		5.) I'm wanting to say Barnstaple Junction. It had a single line to Barnstaple Town also to Barnstaple Victoria Road.
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Christmas Quiz 2013 17/12/2013 at 00:41 #52836
Copping
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95 posts 		" said:
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Then I have to try Bradford Forster Square
Queenstown Road Battersea= 38
Bradford Forster Square = 40.

Both good, but I have found a 48.

Peter.
Birkenhead Hamilton Square?
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Christmas Quiz 2013 17/12/2013 at 00:46 #52837
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1171 posts 		" said:
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Then I have to try Bradford Forster Square
Queenstown Road Battersea= 38
Bradford Forster Square = 40.

Both good, but I have found a 48.

Peter.
Birkenhead Hamilton Square?
Getting too long (scrabble boards are only 15 tiles wide / long), and are proper nouns therefore disallowed.
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Christmas Quiz 2013 17/12/2013 at 20:24 #52901
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431 posts 		" said:
" said:
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Then I have to try Bradford Forster Square
Queenstown Road Battersea= 38
Bradford Forster Square = 40.

Both good, but I have found a 48.

Peter.
Birkenhead Hamilton Square?
Coping,

Correct, its Birkenhead Hamilton Square = 48.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2013 17/12/2013 at 20:26 #52902
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431 posts 		" said:
5.) I'm wanting to say Barnstaple Junction. It had a single line to Barnstaple Town also to Barnstaple Victoria Road.
Feel free to say it, but It wasn't a terminus them these lines were open. The station in question had two different signal boxes controlling signals onto the same single line.

Peter.
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Christmas Quiz 2013 01/01/2014 at 21:16 #53531
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431 posts 		Thanks to everybody who took part in this years quiz. Here is the complete set of answers.


1. Which national rail station has the highest scrabble score
Birkenhead Hamilton Square = 48

2. Where are the following stations:-
a. Austin & Chicago - Chicago
b. Admiralty & Olympic - Hong Kong
c. Somerset & Little India - Singapore
d. Black Lake & The Crescent - Midland Metro (Birmingham-Wolverhampton)

3. Which four letter word appears most often within national rail station names. - Park (77 times)

4. Which Great Western Railway stations were never served by GWR trains?

  1. Dartmouth (Ferry)

  2. Stoke Works station (on the Bromsgrove - Droitwich line)



5. Which single line terminus used to have signals onto the signal line worked by two different signal boxes.
Shanklin Isle of Wight).

6. Which signal box which was located where a single track line went to double track could switch out? - Templecombe

7. What is the longest route on linked Simsig simulations (at 01-Dec-13) that could be set simultaneously for a single train? - 309m 61ch
Dyce-Aberdeen-Dundee-Stirling-Greenhill Lower-Springburn-Cowlairs-Greenhill Upper-Polmont-Winchburb-The Bridge-Dunfermline-Thornton-The Bridge-Waverley-Berwick on Tweed


8. What is the shortest distance on national rail that a train can run between two terminal/bay platforms - London Cannon Street to London Blackfriars (1mi 26ch) - corrected answer

9. Where would you find a squirrel on a national rail station sign?

  1. Maidenhead

  2. Freshfield



10. Which national rail station has a kangaroo on the station building?
Canley

11. What was unusual about Old Lea Station Signal Box? - It never signalled a train

12. Which two national rail stations have the closest platforms? - St Budeaux Victoria & Ferry Road (28m)

13. What do the lines through London Blackfriars, Darwen and the Ladywell Loop have in common? - The Engineers Line references consist of one letter repeated (HHH, BBB & LLL)

14. Which motor racing circuit has a level crossing on it? - The Isle of Mann TT course crosses the Snaefell Mountain Railway

15. Which country has the largest proportion of its railway lines under ground. - Monaco (100%)

I was struggling for questions this year so if you know of any good questions for next years guiz (where you can't just google the answer) please PM me.

Happy new year to all.

Peter.
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