Trains Quiz: questions and answers

1. Where does the word "train" come from?

Persian

Latin

Greek

2. What is the name given to the rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train?

Motive power source

Turbine

Locomotive

3. Who built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive?

Richard Trevithick

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

George Stephenson

4. What does SNCF stand for?

Societé national des crayons de fer français

Societé nationale des chemins de fer français

Sociedad Nacional de Caminos Feos

5. What is the current speed record for a wheeled train?

945.7 km/h

754.9 km/h

574.9 km/h

6. When was Russian Railways established?

September 18, 2003

September 17, 2003

September 17, 2004

7. Where did the history of rail transport begin?

Ancient Greece

Ancient Egypt

Roman Empire

8. What is the world's largest single operator rapid transit system by the number of stations?

Caracas Metro

Beijing Subway

New York City Subway

9. Which is the world's busiest rapid transit system?

New York City Subway

Beijing Subway

London Underground

10. Who was depicted as "The Modern Colossus of Roads" in 1879?

John Pierpont Morgan

William Henry Vanderbilt

George Westinghouse

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