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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 14:09:43 GMT
Questions appear initially in bold type with individual questions reverting to ordinary type when correctly answered
Alas there are no prizes and, as this is a one-off effort, no points either.
1. In which year did the UndergrounD name first appear on stations?
2. Which station has the earliest train of the day that passengers can board?
3. In which year did the first birth occur on the network?
4. When (month/year) did LUL announce it would play classical music at certain stations?
5. In which year were Penalty Fares introduced on LUL?
6. What is the popular name for the ghost allegedly haunting Farringdon Station?
7. How many times has a funeral cortege been carried on the Underground?
8. In which year was the 100th anniversary of the roundel celebrated?
9. How many London Boroughs are NOT served by the Underground?
10. Which LUL station still uses wooden escalators?
11. Which group of people did the deep level shelter at Clapham South house AFTER the war?
12. Which LUL station has Grade 1 protected status?
13. Which station was the first to be demolished?
14. What is the current hourly rate charged for filming on the system?
15. Which line has the most stations with no surface buildings?
16. How many stations are located outside of the M25?
17. Which line suffered the most complaints in 2012?
18. Which station had a spiral escalator installed in 1907?
19. How many LUL station names contain all five vowels?
20. In which year was busking first licensed on the Underground?
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Post by class411 on Mar 12, 2013 14:14:53 GMT
Great quiz, stevo.
I don't know any of the answers off-hand but when I find the answer to 10 I'm going to pay that station a visit as it would really be a 'blast from the past'. I can't actually remember the last time I used a wooden escalator.
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Post by brigham on Mar 12, 2013 15:01:33 GMT
Greenford, on the CLR Extension has a wooden escalator, but you wouldn't recognise it; it's hidden beneath metal sheeting, to make it look 'modern'.
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 15:40:54 GMT
First correct answer - question 10 - GREENFORD provided by brigham
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Post by brigham on Mar 12, 2013 15:43:12 GMT
Oh Lor'!
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Post by jeebeelodo on Mar 12, 2013 16:19:27 GMT
18. Holloway Road
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Post by jeebeelodo on Mar 12, 2013 16:20:25 GMT
12. is probably St James Park / 55 Broadway
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Post by melikepie on Mar 12, 2013 17:00:03 GMT
16 = 5 : Chorleywood
Chalfont
Chesham
Chamersham
Chepping
12: Paddington H&C
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 17:08:54 GMT
jeebolodo is correct with the answers to No. 12 and No.18
melikepie is correct with the answer to No. 16
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2013 17:26:38 GMT
9: 6 - Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Sutton, Kingston, Lewisham.
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 17:34:44 GMT
stones fan is correct with No. 9. The two former LUL stations in the London Borough of Lewisham are now LO stations
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Post by 1018509 on Mar 12, 2013 18:00:34 GMT
I would hazard a guess at the Victoria line in answer to question 15.
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 18:02:37 GMT
Sorry 1018509, that's not the answer I have.
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Post by 1018509 on Mar 12, 2013 18:13:55 GMT
Waterloo & City?
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Post by class411 on Mar 12, 2013 18:56:28 GMT
This is purely a guess, but is the answer to 15 the Central Line?
My first reaction was Victoria but then I realised that most Victoria line stations are shared with other lines that already had surface buildings and most of the new stations were far enough outside the centre that building a surface structure was not a problem.
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 19:09:20 GMT
Quite correct class 413. Bank, Bethnal Green, Chancery Lane, Gants Hill, Notting Hill gate
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Post by sammyj on Mar 12, 2013 20:39:41 GMT
I think the answer to 19 is 2 ( South Ealing and Mansion House) ?
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 20:45:12 GMT
Exactly right sammyj
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Post by gantshill on Mar 12, 2013 21:00:18 GMT
Is the earliest train in the day one from Hammersmith? Circ/H&C
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 21:24:55 GMT
It is gantshill. You are quite correct. The answer I had was 04:45 Osterley-Heathrow but I just checked the H & C timetable and found one from Hammersmith at 04:38.
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Post by norbitonflyer on Mar 12, 2013 22:09:47 GMT
The first H&C train was mentioned in a correction in the Guardian last week and hereI think the answer to No 11 is some of the passengers from the Windrush, many of whom had come to London to work for the Underground but may have been surprised to find themselves actually living there. |
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Post by stevo on Mar 12, 2013 22:20:04 GMT
Spot on for No. 11 norbitonflyer.
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Post by superteacher on Mar 12, 2013 23:36:15 GMT
Question 5 - 1994
Question 13 - Tower of London
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Post by norbitonflyer on Mar 13, 2013 0:05:24 GMT
13 - I think superteacher is wrong - I think it's Farringdon Street, which was relocated in 1865, only two years after it opened, when the Moorgate extension was built.
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Post by Colin D on Mar 13, 2013 0:24:32 GMT
1: 1908?
3: Marie Cordery was born at Elephent and Castle station in 1924
6: Anne Naylor?
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Post by melikepie on Mar 13, 2013 1:20:14 GMT
jeebolodo is correct with the answers to No. 12 and No.18 melikepie is correct with the answer to No. 16 Technically I think I am correct with number 12 as well seeing as the H&C platforms are shared with the main line ones. Anyway 13 = Hounslow Town in 1909 8 = 2008 17 = I was originally thinking Jubilee but looking at certain figures I would say Metropolitan |
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Post by jeebeelodo on Mar 13, 2013 1:38:56 GMT
3. was Elephant & Castle, think the little girl had the initials T.U.B.E. Was it 1920?
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Post by stevo on Mar 13, 2013 5:23:15 GMT
Superteacher is correct with No. 5
Colin D is correct with No. 1 and No. 3
norbitonflyer is certainly not wrong with No. 13 in the context of re-siting but was the original Farringdon actually demolished? I have a different answer for the actual first demolition of a station - which, incidentally, occurred before Hounslow Town opened.
melikepie is obviously correct in pointing out that Paddington Station has Grade 1 listed status but, in this instance, we are dealing specifically with LUL stations which is why the answer I have for No. 12 is St. James's Park.
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Post by class411 on Mar 13, 2013 9:24:20 GMT
No. 15
We've had suggestions for Victoria, Waterloo and City and Central.
You've said that Victoria is wrong.
Can you confirm (or not) that the others are also wrong?
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Post by Colin D on Mar 13, 2013 12:18:17 GMT
6: Is it The Screaming Spectre of Farringdon?
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