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On The Right Track Trivia Quiz

Railways feature in many forms of entertainment. I hope you are on the right track when trying to answer this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by KentQuizzer. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
KentQuizzer

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
376,796

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
421

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which Ealing Comedy featured the local community trying to save a small railway line? Hint

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Whisky Galore

The Blue Lamp

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Question 2 of 10

2. Charles Dickens wrote a spooky short story about someone carrying out which railway job? Hint

Porter

Booking clerk

Guard

Signalman

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Question 3 of 10

3. Glenn Miller and his orchestra played a song about which "choo choo"? Hint

Grand Central

Pennsylvania

Chattanooga

Washington

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Murder on the Orient Express" was written by which female British author? Hint

Ruth Rendell

Agatha Christie

PD James

Margaret Atwood

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which British television sitcom, starring many of the "Hi-de-Hi!" cast, was set on a quiet railway branch line? Hint

Dad's Army

Oh, Doctor Beeching!

You Rang, M'Lord?

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which poet, also known for his daffodils, protested against the coming of the railway to his beloved Lake District? Hint

William Blake

Andrew Motion

John Betjeman

William Wordsworth

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Question 7 of 10

7. Catching or missing a train led to two very different outcomes for Helen Quilley in which film with a key scene set on the London Underground? Hint

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Love Actually

Notting Hill

Sliding Doors

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Question 8 of 10

8. Agatha Christie wrote about an incident on a train in which of these works? Hint

5.30 from Euston

10.10 from Victoria

6.45 from Marylebone

4.50 from Paddington

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which family member survived a murder attempt while travelling by train in a film starring Danny de Vito and Billy Crystal? Hint

Momma

Grandma

Uncle

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of Paul Theroux's works covered railway travel through the Americas? Hint

The Kingdom by the Sea

The Great Railway Bazaar

The Old Patagonian Express

Riding The Iron Rooster

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Ealing Comedy featured the local community trying to save a small railway line?

Answer: The Titfield Thunderbolt

The villagers of Titfield successfully fought the closure of their rural branch line despite the scheming of the local bus company. The cast included John Gregson, Stanley Holloway and Sid James.

2. Charles Dickens wrote a spooky short story about someone carrying out which railway job?

Answer: Signalman

"The Signal-Man" involved a signalman seeing a ghost on several occasions while working at a lonely signal box near a tunnel. Each occurrence preceded a tragedy. Charles Dickens wrote "The Signal-Man" shortly after being involved in a serious railway accident.

3. Glenn Miller and his orchestra played a song about which "choo choo"?

Answer: Chattanooga

Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "Chattanooga Choo Choo" in 1941. The song featured in the film "Sun Valley Serenade".

4. "Murder on the Orient Express" was written by which female British author?

Answer: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" was published in 1934 and featured her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The 1974 film version had a star-studded cast including Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave.

5. Which British television sitcom, starring many of the "Hi-de-Hi!" cast, was set on a quiet railway branch line?

Answer: Oh, Doctor Beeching!

"Oh, Doctor Beeching!" was set at Hatley station on a (fictional) branch line threatened with closure. The cast included Jeffrey Holland, Paul Shane and Su Pollard from "Hi-de-Hi!".

6. Which poet, also known for his daffodils, protested against the coming of the railway to his beloved Lake District?

Answer: William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth campaigned against the building of the Kendal and Windermere Railway during the 1840s. His protest included a sonnet beginning "Is then no nook of English ground secure From rash assault?".

7. Catching or missing a train led to two very different outcomes for Helen Quilley in which film with a key scene set on the London Underground?

Answer: Sliding Doors

"Sliding Doors" was a 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah. It followed two parallel stories dependent on whether or not Paltrow's character caught a train.

8. Agatha Christie wrote about an incident on a train in which of these works?

Answer: 4.50 from Paddington

"4.50 from Paddington" was published in 1957. It involved a character witnessing a murder on a parallel train while travelling to visit Christie's Miss Marple. The other titles are made up.

9. Which family member survived a murder attempt while travelling by train in a film starring Danny de Vito and Billy Crystal?

Answer: Momma

Danny de Vito directed and starred in "Throw Momma from the Train", a 1987 black comedy. Anne Ramsey played his mother.

10. Which of Paul Theroux's works covered railway travel through the Americas?

Answer: The Old Patagonian Express

Paul Theroux's "The Old Patagonian Express" described a journey starting in the United States that spanned several countries including Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia and Argentina.

Source: Author KentQuizzer

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