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1 Which motorway would you take travelling between Cardiff and Swansea?
A M4
2 The President of the USA sometimes travels in Marine One. What kind of vehicle is this?
A Helicopter
3 In the name of the Sandbach-based lorry manufacturer, ERF, for what does the F stand?
A Foden. Edwin Richard Foden.
4 What was the name of the famous plane that Colonel Paul Tibbets was the pilot of?
A Enola Gay (the B-29bomber that was used by the United States on August 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan)
5 How many engines were there on Howard Hughes “Spruce Goose”?
A 8, officially the H-4 Hercules, was powered by eight Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engines.
6 In which decade did the first London underground railway, (Metropolitan) open?
A The 1860s (1863), opened between Paddington and Farringdon, serving six intermediate stations.
7 On board ship what is kept in a binnacle?
A Compass (it’s stand or housing, helping to protect the delicate compass from the elements)
8 Who built the world’s first passenger railway from Stockton to Darlington?
A George Stephenson (and his son Robert were the main engineers for the line)
9 Which Somerset city has a Spa railway station?
A Bath. “Bath Spa”
10 Which engineer designed and built the Saltash railway bridge between Devon and Cornwall in 1859?
A Isambard Kingdom Brunel, also known as the Royal Albert Bridge, connecting Devon and Cornwall