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1 Which part of the motorway network is officially named the Gravelly Hill Interchange?
A Spaghetti Junction (this junction covers 30 acres, serves 18 routes, and includes 2.5 miles of slip roads, but only 0.62 miles of the M6 itself)
2 What form of transport had the nickname ‘Penny Farthing’?
A A bicycle. The name derived from the appearance of its two wheels, which resembled a large British penny and a much smaller farthing coin when viewed in profile.
3 The Japanese Shinkansen train is also colloquially known in English as what?
A The Bullet Train (Shinkansen translates as ‘new trunk line’)
4 Who makes the tilting train operated by Virgin Trains on the West Coast main-line?
A Pendolino (Class 390 – made by Fiat)
5 Which is the largest passenger airliner by capacity currently in service?
A Airbus A380-800 (Boeing’s 747-8 Intercontinental is the world’s longest airliner)
6 Between 1760 and 1790, almost 4,000 miles of what did navvies build in Britain at a cost of some £11 million?
A Canals, navvies is a term short for “navigators”.
7 In which year did British Airways retire its Concorde fleet?
A October 24, 2003.
8 The unsuccessful heavy transport aircraft designed by Howard Hughes had what nickname?
A Spruce Goose (H-4 Hercules, registration NX37602)
9 What is the name of the locomotive which holds the world speed record for a steam engine?
A Mallard, in 1938 (designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the speed recorded by instruments in the dynamometer car momentarily reached 126 mph)
10 What is the name of the human-rated expendable rocket that transported the Apollo crews into space?
A Saturn V (designed under the direction of von Braun, the foundation of the design was the V-2 flying bomb)