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1 The first "Great American Scream Machine" was built in what state in 1973?
Answer: Georgia

Since 1973, the "Great American Scream Machine" has been a major attraction at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton. It was designed by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, has a peak elevation of 104 feet and a length of 3800 feet.

Six Flags over Georgia opened in 1967 and was the second park in the Six Flags chain. Mableton is about 15 miles west of Atlanta.
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2 Located in Kolmarden Wildlife Park, Sweden, what is the name of the thrilling ride featuring three inversions that, upon opening in 2016, became Europe's tallest and fastest wooden coaster?
Answer: Wildfire

Wildfire is a hybrid coaster, meaning it uses a steel track on a wooden support structure - the most common setup for woodies featuring inversions. It stands 56 meters tall and reaches a top speed of 115 kph. The fate of this ride was questioned after just one season when the building permit was found to be flawed and had to be revoked. Ultimately the coaster was allowed to operate again in June 2017.
  From Quiz: Citius, Altius, Fortius
3 Here's a crazy one: coasters in the fourth dimension! The 4-Dimension coaster was first created in 2002 in the United States. What's unique about the seats on these types of coasters?
Answer: The seats turn on an axis (horizontally)

A truly tumultuous experience, the 4-Dimension Coaster allows riders to test their stomachs and mental states by involuntary repositioning mid-ride. Seats on said coasters can turn on a horizontal axis plunging the rider straight ahead and over themselves in a somersault. This, in addition to the frightening heights, the back flips, and the plummeting drops bode for a truly 'different' trip down the tracks.
The first 4-Dimension coaster opened in 2002 in California. The Six Flags coaster known simply as 'X' took the title as the first ever made. Since, several have appeared in Asian and European amusement parks (mostly in Scandinavia).
  From Quiz: A Rush of Blood to the Head
4 This roller coaster is located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States. It opened in May 2005, and reaches 128 miles per hour. What roller coaster am I speaking of?
Answer: Kingda Ka

Kingda Ka goes from 0 to 128 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds, and reaches over 450 feet in height. It was named after one of the seven bengal tigers at the park.
  From Quiz: Identify the Roller Coaster!
5 One of my favourites for all-round entertainment is this indoor coaster at Warner Brothers Movie World. Laser effects, animatronics and a clever track combine for an exciting ride in the dark. What is it called?
Answer: Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster

The $13M ride was made by Heinrich Mack GmbH & Co. of Germany. The 530m of track take 253 seconds to ride. This is a great dark-coaster with lots of surprises which I won't divulge in case you haven't ridden it, but I can say it has a number of unusual technological devices including a rotating station. It seems higher than the maximum 17m and faster than the 44km/h and those sharp corners are a bit scary.
  From Quiz: Australian Roller Coasters Top 10
6 What was the first true roller coaster ever built?
Answer: Switch Back Railway

The Switch Back Railway appeared at New York's Coney Island in 1884. It was designed by La Marcus Thompson, created for entertainment purposes. The ride was about 600 feet long and stood about 50 feet tall. Riders would pay 5 cents to go on the ride that went 6 MPH over dips and small hills.
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7 How tall is the tower on Superman The Escape at Six Flags Magic Mountain?
Answer: 415 feet

It opened in 1997, and is considered one of the tallest roller coasters!
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8 What Chute the Chutes ride is located at Knott's Berry Farm?
Answer: Perilous Plunge

This is at Knott's Berry Farm. It is a 75 degree angle.
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9 Splish-Splash water park can be found in the southeastern part of what state?
Answer: New York

Splish-Splash is on Long Island. When building it, the manager tried to incorporate the woods and forests with the water park.
  From Quiz: Americans Love Their Parks
10 Busch Gardens: The Old Country
Answer: Williamsburg, Virginia
    Your options: [ Williamsburg, Virginia ] [ Banbury Cross, England ] [ Tampa Bay, Florida ] [ St. Petersburg, Russia ]
  From Quiz: Roller Coaster Designers And Parks
11 The second "Great American Scream Machine" was a major attraction at what Six Flags theme park?
Answer: Six Flags Great Adventure

"The Great American Scream Machine" operated at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey from 1989 until 2010. At the time it opened in 1989, it was the tallest and fastest looping roller coaster in the world.

The GASM was 173 feet tall, with a vertical drop of 155 feet. It's top speed was 68 miles per hour. The coaster had its last ride on July 18, 2010.
  From Quiz: Great Roller Coasters
12 Dreamworld has a steel coaster with a 360-degree loop and "screaming sidewinder". What is the name of the roller coaster which came to Dreamworld from Luna Park Sydney?
Answer: Cyclone

Reaching speeds of 85km/h, the Cyclone is a fun steel coaster.
Thunderbolt is the coaster that was at Dreamworld from 1982 to 2003.
Eureka Mine Ride is a dark coaster in mine carts.
    Your options: [ Cyclone ] [ Eureka Mine Ride ] [ Thunderbolt ] [ Tower of Terror ]
  From Quiz: Australian Roller Coasters Top 10
13 What Coney Island coaster, built in 1926, had its full track shrouded like a long covered bridge?
Answer: Twister

Coney Island had a coaster called the Twister, whose full track was shrouded like a long covered bridge. Covered coasters never caught on (only a few were built) and the Twister was sadly dismantled.
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14 What year did Stealth open at Great America?
Answer: 2000

The world's first flying roller coaster!
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15 What ride launches you at 80 MPH up a hill straight up then straight down?
Answer: HypersonicXLC

It gets you to 80 MPH in 1 second.
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16 The MacBlaster, one of a kind ride, is commonly described as a type of what?
Answer: Water Roller Coaster

The MacBlaster, located in Texas, is supposed to be a 'one of a kind' water ride.
  From Quiz: Americans Love Their Parks
17 Paramount's King's Dominion
Answer: Doswell, Virginia
    Your options: [ Doswell, Virginia ] [ Santa Clara, California ] [ Cincinnatti, Ohio ] [ Rock Hill, South Carolina ]
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18 What part of Hershey Park would you visit to ride the Great Bear?
Answer: Kissing Tower Hill

Great Bear is a steel roller coaster at Hershey Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is 2800 feet long, has a maximum height of 90 feet and maximum speed of 61 mph. The ride is inverted, so passengers are upside down for much of the trip. The Great Bear opened in May 1998.

The Great Bear is in Kissing Tower Hill, which includes several food areas.
  From Quiz: Great Roller Coasters
19 While it did not beat the height record, Dollywood's 2016 addition became the fastest wooden coaster in the world. Unusually for wooden rides, it does not feature a chain lifthill, but rather a magnetic launch system. What's its name?
Answer: Lightning Rod

Like many fast launched coasters, Lightning Rod features theming based on supercars, in this case 1950's hot rod cars. The ride reaches its top speed not directly after the launch as most launched coasters do, but rather after the first hill and drop. It is a terrain-hugging design, making use of the hilly terrain it is built on instead of requiring super-high structures.
  From Quiz: Citius, Altius, Fortius
20 This roller coaster has at least 45 replicas built around the world; it features a cobra roll and a vertical loop-- riders go through it once and then go through it again...backwards. What is the original name for this roller coaster?
Answer: Boomerang

The Boomerang is located at various amusement parks around the world including Elitch Gardens in Colorado, Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, and Carowinds where it is known as Carolina Cobra. Flashback is another name for the Boomerang but not the original.
  From Quiz: Roller Coaster Mania
21 "King Cobra" was the first of this type of roller coaster ever created (back in 1984). What type of coaster, found without actual seats, is it?
Answer: Stand-Up Coaster

First opened in 1984 as a coaster at Ohio's "Kings Island" amusement park, "King Cobra" was the first coaster purposely made as a Stand-Up coaster though others in Asian parks were fitted with Stand-Up trains in earlier years. Although "King Cobra" closed down in 2001, it was succeeded by a nearly-identical ride in Canada's "Wonderland" in Toronto, "Sky Rider".
This ride uses its cars as characteristic qualities. Rather than occupying a seat, the rider stands in the harness on the ride and spends the duration of the track standing upright, even through loops and turns.
  From Quiz: A Rush of Blood to the Head
22 This roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, opened in 1979. This wooden coaster had a similar roller coaster built at the park that opened in 2000. What roller coaster am I describing?
Answer: The Beast

Although The Beast only reaches a top speed of approximately 65 miles per hour, the "sequel" to the coaster (Son of Beast) reaches a top speed of about 78 miles per hour. The Beast was originally going to be named "The Champion".
  From Quiz: Identify the Roller Coaster!
23 Luna Park in Melbourne has the oldest continually-operating roller coaster in the world. What is the name of this icon?
Answer: Scenic Railway

This coaster was installed in the park in 1912, and there are only nine of its kind left in the world.
  From Quiz: Australian Roller Coasters Top 10
24 What Coaster, built in 1926, was said to be haunted?
Answer: Tornado

Tornado, built by the L.A. Thompson company, was creatd in 1926. For many years there were reports that La Marcus Thompson could be seen working in the ride's ornate tower, though he had died years before his company built the ride.
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25 What is the name of the first inverted roller coaster?
Answer: Batman The Ride
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26 What is the name of the club at Disneyland?
Answer: Club 33

I personally have never been there. It's for the thirty three people that made Disneyland.
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27 Six Flags New England
Answer: Agawam, Massachussetts
    Your options: [ Agawam, Massachussetts ] [ Largo, Maryland ] [ Rochester, New York ] [ Jackson, New Jersey ]
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28 The Great Nor-Easter in Wildwood, New Jersey was built by a construction firm from what country?
Answer: The Netherlands

The Nor'Easter was built by Vekoma, which is based in Vlodrop, Netherlands. The company began by manufacturing mining equipment in the 1950s, but transitioned into entertainment rides in the 1970s. Its first roller coasters were built in Europe, but it soon started work in the United States as well.

The Nor'easter opened in May 1995, and was completely remodelled in 2017. The inverted steel coaster is 2,170 feet long, with a maximum height of 115 feet and drop of 95 feet. It is located at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey, about an hour south of Atlantic City in SE Jersey.
  From Quiz: Great Roller Coasters
29 The wooden roller coaster opened in March 1990. It is located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. What roller coaster am I talking about?
Answer: Texas Giant

Texas Giant reaches an ultimate height of 143 feet and a maximum speed of 62 miles per hour.
  From Quiz: Identify the Roller Coaster!
30 Sea World has a steel looping coaster. What is the name of this ride?
Answer: Corkscrew

The Corkscrew has a double corkscrew and one standard loop and is still a great coaster ride, even after more than 20 years of service (it was installed in 1982). It's also Sea World's only decent thrill ride for those of us who have graduated from carousels.
  From Quiz: Australian Roller Coasters Top 10
31 How tall is Top Thrill Dragster?
Answer: 420 feet

Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point, reaches 420 feet high and achieves speeds of 120 mph.
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32 Where are the roller coasters, Twisted Twins, located?
Answer: Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

The world's first dueling roller coasters!
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33 What is the first ever giga coaster?
Answer: Millenium Force

Millenium Force is the first coaster to use an elevator lift.
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34 What is the brief sensation called that the front seat rider on a roller coaster feels when the roller coaster is suspended for a couple of seconds?
Answer: Hangtime
  From Quiz: Americans Love Their Parks
35 This roller coaster reaches a maximum speed of 120 miles per hour and is 420 feet tall. When it debuted at Cedar Point in May 2003 it broke four world records. Name that coaster.
Answer: Top Thrill Dragster

Top Thrill Dragster held the records for worlds' fastest coaster, world's tallest coaster, world's steepest drop on a roller coaster (tied), and first full circuit coaster to top 400 feet. Kingda Ka exceeded the first two records when it opened up in 2005. Son of the Beast is a wooden coaster located in Ohio. Maverick is another steel coaster at Cedar Point.
    Your options: [ King Da Ka ] [ Top Thrill Dragster ] [ Son of the Beast ] [ Maverick ]
  From Quiz: Roller Coaster Mania
36 Which Minnesota roller coaster was inspired by Magnum XL-200?
Answer: Wild Thing

Valleyfair! has a coaster called Wild Thing that was inspired by Magnum XL-200. The steel hypercoaster is 200 feet tall, reaches 74 mph and has a 5,640 foot long track.
    Your options: [ Ripsaw ] [ Steel Venom ] [ Wild Thing ] [ Excalibur ]
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37 What were the world's first dueling inverted roller coasters and where are they located?
Answer: Dueling Dragons-Universal Studios Islands of Adventure

This ride opened in 1999. There are some places where the two trains are less than one foot apart!
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38 What is the wooden coaster at Knott's Berry Farm called?
Answer: Ghost Rider

This is one of my favorite coasters.
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39 What Texas community is home to the Great White roller coaster, the first to be built at a Seaworld park?
Answer: San Antonio

The Great White is an inverted steel roller coaster at Sea World in San Antonio. It is modeled on the "Batman the Ride" coaster but is shorter at 2562 feet. Its peak height is 108 feet and has a drop of 81 feet. The Great White was opened in February 1997.

When it first opened, Seaworld placed a large shark tank near the entrance to the roller coaster, but the sharks were eventually moved to Discovery Point.

Seaworld San Antonio opened as Sea World of Texas in 1988. At 250 acres, it became the largest of the three Sea World parks.
  From Quiz: Great Roller Coasters
40 The 'Inverted' roller coaster shares similarities with the 'Suspended' coaster in which regard?
Answer: Both feature their train cars underneath the track

While both have passenger cars held underneath the actual steel track of the coaster, the 'Inverted' style of coaster car allows for the rider's legs to dangle beneath them and the 'Suspended' coaster keeps legs within a train car. The Inverted coaster is a very popular ride type and has been since the early 1990s upon their debut in theme parks worldwide. The first, "Batman: The Rid" (which was cloned several times in the United States) appeared in Six Flags parks across North America. 'Suspended' coasters are able to swing their train cars due to a bar constructed within the train itself while 'Inverted' coasters do not have the same feature.
    Your options: [ Both have a station platform underground ] [ Both feature their train cars underneath the track ] [ Both are built on water ] [ Both do not have a closed-circuit track (like a loop or figure-eight) ]
  From Quiz: A Rush of Blood to the Head
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