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1 In the episode "A Close Shave", which engine crashed into the barber shop due to a runaway?
Answer: Duck

It was Duck, who was unpopular with Gordon, James, and Henry because Diesel claimed that Duck had called them names.
    Your options: [ Diesel ] [ Duck ] [ Percy ] [ Thomas ]
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
2 What colour is Thomas?
Answer: Blue

Thomas is a small tank engine who is often seen with his two coaches, Annie and Clarabel.
  From Quiz: "Thomas the Tank Engine" Colours
3 Which engine is number eleven?
Answer: Oliver

Oliver is saved from scrap by Douglas with his breakvan, Toad. Douglas was taking a train to the "Other Railway" were the diesels live. There, he was hailed by Oliver, who requested his help to save him and Toad from being scrapped. Douglas agreed, and helped Oliver escape to the Fat Controller's railway. All the engines welcomed him warmly.

Oliver has many adventures, which include crashing into a turntable well with some trucks, pulling the "Scruffy" truck in half and helping Duck beat the deceitful and lying bus, Bulgy.

He is olive green and has a small bunker.
    Your options: [ Percy ] [ Oliver ] [ Duck ] [ Emily ]
  From Quiz: Number that Engine - Part 2
4 Which engine is number one?
Answer: Thomas

Thomas is probably the most famous of all the engines. His two carriages are Annie and Clarabel. As a reward for his hard work, he is given his own branch-line.

He has also had his share of mishaps, including crashing into the Stationmaster's house, leaving his coaches at the station on his first run, leaving his guard behind and crashing into a wall - shattering his buffers.

He is blue and doesn't have a tender. Instead, he has a bunker.
    Your options: [ James ] [ Henry ] [ Thomas ] [ Edward ]
  From Quiz: Number That Engine
5 What colour is Henry?
Answer: Green

Henry the Green Engine is Number 3. He got shut in a tunnel because he was worried that the rain would spoil his paint.
  From Quiz: Thomas the Tank Engine - First 3 Seasons
6 What is Duck's real name?
Answer: Montague

Duck is green.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
7 What engine ruined his spotless record in the episode "The Spotless Record"?
Answer: Arthur

It was Arthur. Arthur had a lot of trouble with the cars when he came to the island, and Thomas tricking him didn't help. Poor Arthur.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
8 What is one reason why Burnett Stone keeps Lady the Golden Engine on Muffle Mountain?
Answer: She almost got destroyed by Diesel 10

Diesel 10 did try to destroy Lady to get rid of steamies. Burnett was able to fix her, but he never found the right coal for her.
  From Quiz: "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" - Do You Know It?
9 What colour is Percy?
Answer: Green

Percy is a small green engine whose favorite job is delivering the mail.
  From Quiz: "Thomas the Tank Engine" Colours
10 The holder of the number 12 isn't a railway engine. Which non-rail vehicle has the number 12 painted on it?
Answer: Alfie

Alfie is an excavator. He is painted green and loves to work hard. His motto is "More work means more dirt; more dirt means more fun!"
    Your options: [ Isobella ] [ Alfie ] [ Ned ] [ Patrick ]
  From Quiz: Number that Engine - Part 2
11 Which engine is number two?
Answer: Edward

Edward is an old engine. He has his own branch-line, station and yard. He and James didn't get along at first, but soon became firm friends. His many adventures include rescuing James when he was started without a driver, rescuing Trevor from Scrap and "limping" home with a train on two wheels.

He is blue (like Thomas) and has a small tender.
    Your options: [ Salty ] [ Thomas ] [ Edward ] [ Percy ]
  From Quiz: Number That Engine
12 Which engine usually pulls the Express?
Answer: Gordon

Gordon the Big Engine is Number 4. He's very proud of being able to pull the Express.
    Your options: [ Henry ] [ Gordon ] [ James ] [ Edward ]
  From Quiz: Thomas the Tank Engine - First 3 Seasons
13 What is the name of the big station?
Answer: Knapford

This is where the Express goes.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
14 In "Saved from Scrap" who was saved from scrap?
Answer: Trevor

Trevor now happily carries children and works in the Vicarage. He thanked Edward for saving him.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
15 How does Mr. Conductor travel?
Answer: By gold dust

Mr. Conductor uses magic gold dust to get around. This helps him get from place to place quickly.
  From Quiz: "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" - Do You Know It?
16 What colour is Toby?
Answer: Brown

Toby is a tram engine. He is usually found on the Quarry line.
  From Quiz: "Thomas the Tank Engine" Colours
17 Which engine is number fifty-five?
Answer: Stepney

Stepney lives on another railway. He was saved from scrap by escaping from the Diesels who had captured him. He was rescued by the Bluebell Railway, which restored him. Because of his heroic actions, the Fat Controller invited him to spend some time on his railway.

Whilst there, he had many adventures. He shunted a very indignant Thomas because of an Express special he was carrying (Thomas eventually forgave him), he accidentally steamed away with a cricket ball in his trucks, leading to a chase across the whole Island, and taking a train with Duck when a Diesel broke down. He was very sad to leave the Railway.

He is painted gold and has a bunker.
    Your options: [ Thomas ] [ Stepney ] [ Boco ] [ James ]
  From Quiz: Number that Engine - Part 2
18 Which engine is number three?
Answer: Henry

Henry is one of the "big" engines. He used to have a lot of problems - he couldn't even pull a train, but after a rebuild at Crewe, he was like a new engine. He is a mixed engine, and sometimes he even pulls the Express.

His most famous incident is when he crashed while pulling the "Flying Kipper". Other incidents include being bricked up in a tunnel because he wouldn't come out and getting tricked into using "coal barges" as extra tenders.

He is green and has a large tender.
    Your options: [ Oliver ] [ Emily ] [ Henry ] [ Gordon ]
  From Quiz: Number That Engine
19 Who comes to the railway when Henry, Gordon and James go on strike?
Answer: Percy

Percy the Small Engine is Number 6. He came because the three tender engines didn't want to shunt, so the Fat Controller shut them in the shed until they behaved again.
  From Quiz: Thomas the Tank Engine - First 3 Seasons
20 What is the name of Oliver's brake van?
Answer: Toad

They were both saved from scrap by Douglas.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
21 In "The Top Hat" what engine needed a bootlace in order to continue moving his train?
Answer: James

James banged the coaches so hard that he needed a leather bootlace from Jeremiah Jobling in order to proceed.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
22 What are the names of Diesel 10's 'hench-engines'?
Answer: Splatter and Dodge

Splatter and Dodge don't exactly feel comfortable helping out Diesel 10. He repeatedely calls them 'Splodge' to save time.
  From Quiz: "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" - Do You Know It?
23 What colour is Henry?
Answer: Green

Henry is a big tender engine who (due to boiler trouble) has to have special Welsh coal to run.
  From Quiz: "Thomas the Tank Engine" Colours
24 What number is Skarloey?
Answer: 1

Skarloey is the oldest engine on the Island of Sodor. He is a narrow-gauge engine, and works for the Thin Controller. Because of his age, he has many stories to tell, and often reminisces with the other engines. He is the brother of Rheneas. His name means "Lake in the woods."

He has had many adventures, including pulling a train home with only one cylinder and rescuing Duncan from his many scrapes.

He is painted a pale red colour.
  From Quiz: Number that Engine - Part 2
25 Which engine is number four?
Answer: Gordon

Gordon is the biggest and strongest engine. He nearly always pulls the Express. He is very arrogant and conceited, but is often kind.

His many adventures include breaking down while pulling the Express, losing his dome while trying to break a record, coming off the rails into a ditch and pulling the Royal train for the Queen's visit.

He is blue and has a large tender.
    Your options: [ Toad ] [ Percy ] [ Gordon ] [ Duck ]
  From Quiz: Number That Engine
26 Who was the first Engine that Duck met?
Answer: Percy

Duck the Great Western Engine is Number 8. His real name was Montague, but he liked Duck better.
  From Quiz: Thomas the Tank Engine - First 3 Seasons
27 What is the very first episode of Thomas?
Answer: Thomas And Gordon

It was originally released as 'Thomas and Gordon' but was then changed in the US to 'Thomas Gets Tricked'.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
28 In "Buffer Bother" which engine needed new buffers?
Answer: Ben

Bill became jealous of Ben needing new buffers. The two then started arguing and eventually Bill didn't get new buffers because he was punished.
    Your options: [ Bill ] [ Ben ] [ Ryan ] [ Mavis ]
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
29 Which engine actually travels the magic railroad?
Answer: Thomas

Thomas has to travel through the buffers so Lily can get back to Muffle Mountain. He also recovers a missing coal truck. That coal was the special kind that Lady needed to work again.
    Your options: [ Toby ] [ Gordon ] [ Thomas ] [ Percy ]
  From Quiz: "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" - Do You Know It?
30 What colour is Gordon?
Answer: Blue

Gordon is a big tender engine like Henry. His favorite job is pulling the express.
  From Quiz: "Thomas the Tank Engine" Colours
31 What number is Sir Handel?
Answer: 3

Sir Handel, originally Falcon, is a narrow gauge engine that was bought from an old railway that closed down. He is a very cheeky, proud engine, and often annoys the other engines.

He would repeatedly feign illness to get out of work (which led to Peter Sam being involved in a nasty accident), his new 'Steam roller' wheels led him to have an accident with the Steam roller George and he almost fell of the mountain on his first train trip with Duke. Sir Handel admires Gordon immensely.

He is blue and has a very small bunker.
  From Quiz: Number that Engine - Part 2
32 Which engine is number five?
Answer: James

James is a "mixed-traffic" engine - meaning he can take both trucks and coaches. He was originally painted black, but after his accident on his first day, he was re-painted red, and is the only red engine. He has a small tender.

His many escapades include being started and left to run without a driver, smashing into tar wagons after being pushed down the hill by trucks, not being able to pull the Express because of leaves, damaging coaches and the Fat Controller's top hat and being swarmed and stung by bees.
    Your options: [ Duncan ] [ Henry ] [ James ] [ Alfred ]
  From Quiz: Number That Engine
33 Who saved Stepney from scrap?
Answer: Rusty

Rusty was looking for a Bluebell engine for the line that he travelled along because it was closing down.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
34 In "Escape" who is revealed to be Oliver's brake van?
Answer: Toad

Toad and Oliver were saved from scrap by Douglas and now work happily on Duck's branch line.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
35 Who is Mr. Conductor's cousin?
Answer: Junior

Junior is the one who takes Lily to the Island of Sodor. This is where Lily meets Thomas and Mr. Conductor.
  From Quiz: "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" - Do You Know It?
36 What colour are Donald and Douglas?
Answer: Black

Donald and his brother Douglas are medium-sized tender engines and are from Scotland.
  From Quiz: "Thomas the Tank Engine" Colours
37 What number is Peter Sam?
Answer: 4

Peter Sam, originally Stuart, is a narrow gauge engine that was bought from an old railway that closed down (along with Sir Handel). He is very polite and is a favourite with the engines, coaches and trucks.

His most famous adventure was when some heavily-laden ballast trucks broke their rope on the incline and smashed into him. He was left battered and broken. However, he got a new funnel and can now work harder than ever. Peter Sam is usually very apologetic about Sir Handel's bad behaviour and often tries to make up for it.

He is green and has a small bunker.
  From Quiz: Number that Engine - Part 2
38 Which engine is number six?
Answer: Percy

Percy is a tank-engine, who was bought by the Fat Controller when Henry, Gordon and James were sulking because they wouldn't shunt their own coaches. He is an odd-jobs engine - shunting trucks, taking the mail van, etc.

Percy is very cheeky, and has had many adventures. They include racing Harold the helicopter and winning, getting tricked into believing the existence of "backing signals", getting pushed by trucks into the sea and pulling a train home through floods.

He is green and only has four wheels.
    Your options: [ Peter Sam ] [ Rusty ] [ Percy ] [ James ]
  From Quiz: Number That Engine
39 What was the name of the Diesel that Bill and Ben try to rescue their trucks from?
Answer: Boco

The twins are eventually stopped by Edward.
  From Quiz: Thomas the Tank Engine - First 3 Seasons
40 What is the name of the celebrity in 'Gordon and the Famous Visitor'?
Answer: City of Truro

He is a Great Western Engine like Duck and Oliver.
  From Quiz: Thomas The Tank Engine
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