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The Sunday Quickfire quiz! 5

Questions will be posted at Sunday 18th September at 10pm
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Is there any reason why this quiz happens at a time when a lot of people are in bed?
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tubeguru wrote:Is there any reason why this quiz happens at a time when a lot of people are in bed?
Because I've experimented with timings and I seem to get the most participants at that time. If anyone wishes me to do another date and time please do contact me!
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could you try 3.54 am next time?
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mullardo wrote:could you try 3.54 am next time?
A tumbleweed/quickfire combo?
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1. What is the most westerly station containing the word “East”?
2. What London Underground station was closed between 1992 and 1998?
3. What does a station on the DLR have in common with another station on Line 1 of the Paris metro?
4. Wheel of Fortune Question! Complete this station *o**ie*s *oo*.
5. How many stations are outside the county of Greater London but are inside the M25?
6. Anagram Time! What tfl station has the anagram “Offering Landlady Anchor”
7. Which two stations can you catch Bakerloo and Southern NR train services?
8. The “Dollis Brook Viaduct” is between which two stations?
9. What is next in this sequence? CJ, IW, WB, KO ….?
10. Which underground line has the most stations names with “x” in their titles?
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Question one: is that measured from the prime meridian then?
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Well played everyone! Here are the answers:
1. What is the most westerly station containing the word “East”?
Eastcote not Hounslow East as most people put.

2. What London Underground station was closed between 1992 and 1998?
Mornington Crescent and was reopened by the cast of "I'm sorry I haven't a clue"

3. What does a station on the DLR have in common with another station on Line 1 of the Paris metro?
King George V

4. Wheel of Fortune Question! Complete this station *o**ie*s *oo*.
Colliers Wood

5. How many stations are outside the county of Greater London but are inside the M25?
11 all on either the Met or Central

6. Anagram Time! What tfl station has the anagram “Offering Landlady Anchor”
Finchley Road and Frognal

7. Which two stations can you catch Bakerloo and Southern NR train services?
Harrow and Wealdstone and Wembley Central. A slight trick question as they are both in northern London

8. The “Dollis Brook Viaduct” is between which two stations?
Mill Hill East and Finchley Central

9. What is next in this sequence? CJ, IW, WB, KO ….?
SB Shepherds Bush

10. Which underground line has the most stations names with “x” in their titles?
Victoria, 3 stations Oxford Circus, Vauxhall, and Brixton
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Result will be posted in the morning! Please wait!
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I got 10 wrong taking x to mean cross.
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Two things I will point out:

1: you didnt specify either geographically or on a map for question 1. On the map, hounslow east is further west and I'm sure that's the idea we all had for that question. How are we able to know or guess if the question isn't clear enough?

2: unless it's me, question 2 was a bit vague as I thought you were asking to name a/any station that was closed in that period, not for the one specific station.
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Right, results:

6th garion24wales
6/10 in 17 mins = 50 points

5th soup dragon
6/10 in 14 mins = 52 points

4th jbom
8/10 in 26 mins = 59 points

3rd going underground
7/10 in 13 mins = 61 points

2nd jamesthegill
7/10 in 12 mins = 62 points

And in 1st place and the first person to get 10/10 is....
1st greatkingrat
10/10 in 26 mins = 74 points
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garion24wales wrote:Two things I will point out:

1: you didnt specify either geographically or on a map for question 1. On the map, hounslow east is further west and I'm sure that's the idea we all had for that question. How are we able to know or guess if the question isn't clear enough?

2: unless it's me, question 2 was a bit vague as I thought you were asking to name a/any station that was closed in that period, not for the one specific station.
Sorry for the lack of clarity
1. All question based on geography will be based on real life rather than the geography of the tube map.
2. I should have put "and reopened in 1998"
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With question one, you didn't even specify the London Underground, hence my previous question. You should therefore have allowed the furthest west station named.
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tubeguru wrote:With question one, you didn't even specify the London Underground, hence my previous question. You should therefore have allowed the furthest west station named.
That would still be Eastcote. I wonder though what are the futhest north, west, east, south stations in the world in terms of latitude?
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