The London Underground celebrated a big anniversary of its inauguration inHow many years were they celebrating?
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50
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100
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150
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250
Q.2.
How is Bumper Harris associated with the Underground?
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He designed the Tube map
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He was the first baby to be born on it
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He was the first train driver on the Underground
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He was a one-legged man who was paid to go up and down its first escalator to demonstrate how safe it was
Q.3.
Which line is sometimes called ‘London’s Pride?’
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The Metropolitan Line
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The Victoria Line
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The Bakerloo Line
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The Northern Line
Q.4.
The London Underground is also colloquially called the Tube. This comes from having been nicknamed the ‘Twopenny Tube”. Where did this term first originate?
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The Daily Mail
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London bus drivers who feared the Underground would threaten their livelihoods
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Lord Palmerston, the Prime Minister
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The Cockneys of London
Q.5.
Who was the first reigning monarch to travel on the Underground?
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Queen Victoria
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George VI
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Queen Elizabeth II
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Prince Charles
Q.6.
The tunnels on the Central Line are noticeably crooked and curving. Why is this?
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They follow the medieval street plan
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They had to avoid tunnelling under Marble Arch and St Paul’s
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The tunnelling machine had a technical fault
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The engineering team that built them liked to take long, boozy lunches
Q.7.
During World War II, the Underground’s deep-level stations were also used as what?
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Dance halls
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Mushroom sheds
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Postal storerooms
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Bomb shelters
Q.8.
On 6th June 1915 Maida Vale station first opened. It was ...?
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unsuccessful initially with only 15 journeys taken to or from it in the first 3 months
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directly hit by a bomb within 24hrs and thus closed again for 4 years
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entirely staffed by women
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called Maiden Lane
Q.9.
Which of these is correct?
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The first Tube line was built and financed by a private company
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The first Tube line was the Circle Line
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The first Tube line went from Westminster to St Paul’s
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The first Tube line was abandoned after 4 days
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