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Parcel Courier Companies Trivia Quiz

At work, during my lunch break, I like to play one or two 'Fun Trivia' quizzes, but this one day I was disturbed constantly by parcel couriers either delivering or collecting and I thought why not try to create a quiz about them.

A multiple-choice quiz by sad-woman. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sad-woman

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
297,920

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the movie "Cast Away" (2000), Tom Hanks worked for this courier company and Julia Roberts escaped from one of her weddings in "Runaway Bride" (1999) using one of their trucks. What's the name of the courier company? Hint

TNT

DHL

FedEx

UPS

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which UK based courier is known as, 'The Big Green Parcel Machine' and has a name similar to a cricketer turned reality game show contestant? Hint

Botham's Express Deliveries

Goughs Deliveries

Tuffnells Parcels Express

Ramprakash Next Day Parcels

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which worldwide parcel courier service is known for their brown vehicles and brown uniforms and one of their drivers married Jennifer Coolidge's character, Paulette, in the movie, 'Legally Blonde'? Hint

DHL

UPS

FedEx

TNT

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Question 4 of 10

4. This courier company, known for their orange and white vehicles, is 'Dynamite'. Hint

DHL

TNT

City Link

Nobel Couriers

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which former UK courier with black and red vehicles was named after a medium sized wild cat? Hint

Jaguar

Ocelot

Lynx

Cougar

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Question 6 of 10

6. This delivery company with its yellow and red uniforms and vehicles are very prominent in the UK, because not only do they have their own UK wide depots, they also took over much of the UK franchise of Securicor Omega Express. Hint

DHL

Omega Red

City Link

OCS

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these parcel delivery services is part of the Royal Mail? Hint

Postman Pat Deliveries

Royal Mail Parcels

Parcelforce Worldwide

Red Star Parcels

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Question 8 of 10

8. This UK based courier company, with its yellow and green vans has been around since 1969. It is part of the Rentokil Initial Group and its name suggests that it joins together such places as London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. Hint

City to City Deliveries

City Link

From North to South

Four Counties Parcel Service

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Question 9 of 10

9. The name of this UK courier company, established in 1912, combines a bird and a part of the body. Hint

Swifthand Carriers

Raveneye Carriers

Eagleheart Carriers

Crowfoots Carriers

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1994 carriers APC were established in Wolverhampton, England. What does APC stand for? Hint

Alpha Parcel Carriers

Alternative Parcels Company

Advanced Parcel Couriers

Added Personal Care

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: FedEx

Tom Hank's character Chuck Noland worked as an executive for FedEx and Maggie Carpenter, played by Julia Roberts, drove away from her wedding to Ike Graham, Richard Gere in one of their delivery trucks. FedEx is a worldwide parcel courier and was founded by Fred Smith in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA with the original name Federal Express (from wikipedia.com).

2. Which UK based courier is known as, 'The Big Green Parcel Machine' and has a name similar to a cricketer turned reality game show contestant?

Answer: Tuffnells Parcels Express

Tuffnell's was started in 1914 by Harold Tuffnell, who had only a horse and cart and a handful of customers in South Yorkshire. The cricketer in question is of course Phil Tufnell who played for Middlesex and England and was crowned second King of the Jungle on 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here', in May 2003.

Answer: UPS

UPS is one of the largest delivery companies, delivering more than 1.5 million parcels per day in more than 200 countries (from wikipedia.com). The character of the UPS guy appeared in both, 'Legally Blonde' (2001) and 'Legally Blonde 2' (2003), played by Bruce Thomas.

4. This courier company, known for their orange and white vehicles, is 'Dynamite'.

Answer: TNT

TNT stands for Thomas Nationwide Transport, not the explosive trinitrotoluene, and has its base in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. TNT was founded in 1946 in Australia by Ken Thomas, and was acquired by the Netherlands company KPN in 1996.

5. Which former UK courier with black and red vehicles was named after a medium sized wild cat?

Answer: Lynx

Lynx Express was bought out by UPS in September 2005.

Answer: DHL

DHL which stands for Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn, is part of the Deutsche Post World Net Company, with its headquarters in Bonn (from wikipedia.com).

7. Which of these parcel delivery services is part of the Royal Mail?

Answer: Parcelforce Worldwide

Parcelforce Worldwide provides express deliveries covering all of the UK.

Answer: City Link

The City Link flying C logo is derived from the image of a smoke stack from a steam locomotive and is integral to the City Link brand. When they were taken over by the Rentokil Initial group in 1993 they changed their name to Initial City Link, but changed back to just City Link some 12 years later.

9. The name of this UK courier company, established in 1912, combines a bird and a part of the body.

Answer: Crowfoots Carriers

Crowfoots Carriers is a family established transport company. They have their head office in Barwell, Leicestershire.

10. In 1994 carriers APC were established in Wolverhampton, England. What does APC stand for?

Answer: Alternative Parcels Company

Established in 1994, APC was born as an overnight parcel delivery service.

Source: Author sad-woman

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