Transport 115964

Transport 115964 is a selection of 10 questions. Transport 115964 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   Delag, the world’s first commercial airline, used airships to transport fare-paying passengers. In which European country was it based?

A   Germany DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft, acronym for “German Airship Transport Corporation”, was the world’s first airline.

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

3   What common sight in urban town centres derives its name from the Minister of Transport for 1934 to 1937?
A   Belisha beacon, named after 1st Baron Leshe Hore-Belisha

4   Which Australian city now stands on the site of Botany Bay, the former settlement to which criminals were transported from Britain?
A   Sydney

5   In which decade was the MOT test introduced in the UK?
A   60s – 1960 (The Ministry of Transport test) (When originally instituted, the test applied to vehicles over ten years old)

6   André Édouard Turcat, a French Air Force Major, was the test pilot for which passenger aircraft’s maiden flight?
A   Concorde – Brian Trubshaw flew the first test Concorde aircraft on their delivery flights

7   Which well-known railway system connects the east and west coasts of Canada?
A   Canadian-Pacific railway – over 12,500 miles of track in seven provinces of Canada and into the United States

8   Reg Varney played which character in the sitcom “On the Buses”?
A   Stan Butler

9   What kind of aircraft gave NASA’s space shuttle a piggy-back before 1981?
A   Boeing 747 (Jumbo Jet)

10   What colour is the District Line on the London Underground map?
A   Green