Transport 150512

Transport 150512 is a selection of 10 questions. Transport 150512 is the filename to differentiate it from other Transport quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   The moth, firefly and hornet are all types of what form of transport?
A   They are all sailing dinghies

2   What is Ghost Rider’s usual mode of transport?
A   Motorcycle – Although Ghost Rider’s primary vehicle is a motorcycle, he uses a wide variety of other vehicles in the movies, including different types of cars, bicycles, minibikes and even a snowmobile on public streets.

3   What means of transport connects North Greenwich to the Royal Docks?
A   Cable Car, the IFS Cloud Cable Car (also known as the Emirates Air Line), which provides a scenic journey across the River Thames.

4   Which form of transport gets its name from the Greek words meaning spiral and wing?
A   Helicopter (hélicoptère, coined by Frenchman Gustave Ponton d’Amécourt in 1861 who adapted it from Greek helix (ἕλιξ) “helix, spiral” and pteron (πτερόν) “wing”)

5   Where, according to the nursery rhyme, should you “Ride a cock horse to”?
A   Banbury Cross (Banbury is in Oxfordshire)

6   A howdah mounted on the back of which animal transports people?
A   Elephant (it’s a chair on an elephant’s back)

7   Which transport feature disappeared from the Liverpool waterfront in 1956?
A   The overhead railway (opened in 1893, it was the world’s first electric elevated railway and the first to use automatic signalling)

8   Where in the UK is the only remaining transporter bridge?
A   Middlesbrough (opened 17th October 1911)

9   How wide was the broad-gauge Brunel used for his Great Western Railway?
A   7 ft (2,134 mm)

10   With which expendable rocket did NASA launch the Apollo missions?
A   Saturn V (five).