Public Transportation
Whether you take the morning train or hail a cab, this trivia game about city transit will get you where you're going.
15 questions · Published April 18, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. What major metropolitan city opened the first underground railway system in 1863?
Nicknamed the "Tube," the London Underground (opened in 1863) is the world's first underground railway system.
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2. In what southern U.S. city did civil rights activist Rosa Parks famously refuse to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?
After refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, Rosa Parks was jailed in December 1955 for a violation of Montgomery, Alabama's, racial segregation laws.
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3. Who plays Howard Payne, a disgruntled terrorist who rigs a public bus with a bomb, in the 1994 action film "Speed"?
In the 1994 thriller "Speed," Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock try to save passengers on a bus rigged with a bomb planted by terrorist Howard Payne, played by Dennis Hopper. The bomb is programmed to explode if the bus's speed falls below 50 miles per hour.
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4. What is the single letter nickname of Chicago's rapid transit system?
Chicago's "L" earned the nickname because large portions of the rail system run on elevated tracks. The oldest sections of the "L" began operating in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in North America, after New York City's elevated lines.
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5. Where can you ride a three-wheeled auto rickshaw-style taxi called Coco-taxi?
The yellow rickshaw-style Coco-taxi began in Havana, Cuba, at the end of the 1990s. Both the U.K. and Canadian governments have labeled Coco-taxis as unsafe and encourage tourists to avoid them.
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