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Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 12 Dec 2022, 23:10
by RJSRdg
What geographical anomaly connects the following railway stations at this time of year?
* Buckfastleigh
* Wallingford
* Corris
* Princes Risborough
* Dereham
* Birmingham Moor Street
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 13 Dec 2022, 23:42
by RobbieM
Do they all claim to run fast services to the same destination? But none of them actually get there?
At least, I don't think there's a station at the North Pole yet...
OR... Do all these stations claim to be the North Pole?
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 15 Dec 2022, 17:47
by DrainBrain
RobbieM wrote: ↑13 Dec 2022, 23:42At least, I don't think there's a station at the North Pole yet...
A certain Mr Hanks (or his animated avatar) might disagree with you...
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 16 Dec 2022, 20:32
by greatkingrat
RobbieM wrote: ↑13 Dec 2022, 23:42
Do they all claim to run fast services to the same destination? But none of them actually get there?
At least, I don't think there's a station at the North Pole yet...
OR... Do all these stations claim to be the North Pole?
Southern trains stop at North Pole regularly.
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 17 Dec 2022, 15:00
by RJSRdg
Yes, all these stations are currently boarding points for services to the North Pole.
However the geographical anomaly is that the trains travel south to get there!
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 18 Dec 2022, 20:36
by RobbieM
RJSRdg wrote: ↑17 Dec 2022, 15:00
Yes, all these stations are currently boarding points for services to the North Pole.
However the geographical anomaly is that the trains travel south to get there!
How anomalous! I didn't spot that bit of the puzzle.
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 12 Jan 2023, 00:36
by RJSRdg
And another question from me:
Which two stations on the Tube map have statues of Edward VII outside them?
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 12 Jan 2023, 09:11
by DavidC
RJSRdg wrote: ↑12 Jan 2023, 00:36
And another question from me:
Which two stations on the Tube map have statues of Edward VII outside them?
Reading and Tooting Broadway? I guessed the first from your wording (on a shortlist with Slough) but took a little while to find the second because of so much material about the statue in Waterloo Place.
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 12 Jan 2023, 21:24
by RJSRdg
David
Well done, they're the two I was thinking of anyway! (In case anyone comes up with another one I didn't know about....)
My forum "handle" was another hint to the first one....
Richard
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 29 Jan 2023, 19:32
by RJSRdg
Another question from me (again railway related):
What connects:
Jools Holland
Bernard Cribbins
The Two Ronnies?
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 06 Feb 2023, 23:02
by RobbieM
Am I along the right lines with this:
Jools Holland - appeared in "The Tube"
Bernard Cribbins - appeared in "The Railway Children"
The Two Ronnies - - appeared in a Tube/Railway stations sketch?
I guess there's more to it than that, but it's hopefully got the ball rolling with guessing the answer.
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 08 Feb 2023, 00:41
by RJSRdg
It's to do with something they appeared in (or on) but it's more specific than that.
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 31 Mar 2023, 15:19
by RJSRdg
Nobody got my last question, to which the answer is that they were all "shrunk down" by the magic of television and travelled on model railways - Bernard for a Hornby advert, Ronnie C & B for a musical sketch about a narrow gauge train driver and fireman (filmed on the well-known Dovey Valley Railway layout) and Jules rode on his own model railway/slot car layout in the opening credits to one of his TV shows.
Now a new question - what do the numbers one, seven, nine and ten have in common? (And no, "One of Ten" wasn't a Borg Drone....)
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 01 Apr 2023, 18:23
by jamesthegill
RJSRdg wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 15:19
Nobody got my last question, to which the answer is that they were all "shrunk down" by the magic of television and travelled on model railways - Bernard for a Hornby advert, Ronnie C & B for a musical sketch about a narrow gauge train driver and fireman (filmed on the well-known Dovey Valley Railway layout) and Jules rode on his own model railway/slot car layout in the opening credits to one of his TV shows.
Now a new question - what do the numbers one, seven, nine and ten have in common? (And no, "One of Ten" wasn't a Borg Drone....)
They're the only numbers that appear on the tube map - Maryleb
one,
Seven Sisters,
Nine Elms and Tot
tenham Court Road
Re: Railway Trivia Question
Posted: 02 Apr 2023, 09:21
by Iain
Alternatively - they're the clotting factors that are vitamin K dependent