November 2026 edition

Trains quiz

Q12 / 50Easy15.0s
In English, what are Japan's Shinkansen trains nicknamed?
ABullet train
BRocket train
CDragon train
DLightning train
104 pts+10

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Trains · November 2026 edition

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Q4 / 50Opener
What is the London Underground's famous nickname?
AThe Tube
BThe Pipe
CThe Chunnel
DThe Loop

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerFamous routes, stations and tickets
2EasyLocomotives, speeds and timetables
3TrickyTracks, tunnels and signals
4HardPioneers, engineers and rival railways
5BrutalGauges, couplings and rail oddities
Trains titlesout of 500
Right on time50 / 50
Chief engineer350+
Engineer275+
Conductor200+
Guard100+
Trainee1+
Signal failure0

44 of 50 right · six short of Right on time

You vs Katie BTrains · Easy
412 pts
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You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Who wrote the novel Murder on the Orient Express?
Agatha Christie✓GBKB
Arthur Conan Doyle
Dorothy L. Sayers
Raymond Chandler

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Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. What's the London Underground's nickname? Clock's ticking.

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