RWS Trivia
Wilbert Awdry's house in Gloucestershire, is named what?
What is Sodor
What is Sodor's length west-to-east in Miles
What is 62 Miles
Who are the engines that pull the intermodal container trains
Who is James and Henry
What type of language is Sudric
What is a Goidelic Language (Celtic)
Manx, Irish, Scottish Gaelic
What is the name of the Government Organization of Sodor
What is the Sodor Island Council
What year did an agreement between the NWR and the LMS occur where the NWR can run trains to Barrow?
What is 1925
How long is the Crosby Tunnel?
What is 1 mile
In what year did Percy start working on Thomas' Branchline
When is 1955
Killdane
The Church of the Devil (Keeill-y-Deighan)
In 1951, George Awdry estimated Sodor's population to have 177,000 people living there. Using population math, how many people should hypothetically be living on the Island in modern day?
What is approx. 255,000
What two years since the Railway Series began and ended, did the Series not have a book release
When is 1947 & 1971
In the story Thomas & Bertie, road a rail diverge and a river splits the two up. What is the name of this river?
Bonus points: which other river does this river share a source from?
What is River Callan
Bonus: River Tid (Falls Of Tid)
What two Railway Series characters have been referred to with both He/Him and She/Her pronouns
Who are Thomas & Skarloey
Glennock
The corruption of Gleih-Knock/Blue Hill
What year did the Sodor and Mainland Railway reach Kirk Ronan?
When in 1865
How many copies of The Railway Series has been sold Worldwide
What is 201 million copies
tempt question
tempt answer
In 1939, Gordon got a rebuild at CREWE. What new parts did Gordon get.
Bonus Points for who designed these.
What is a two-cylinder chassis and smoother running plate
Bonus: Who is The Fatt Controller
Balladwail
What is The Farm on the Black Stream
Who was the first King to rule over Sodor
Bonus points for year
Who is Godred MacHarold
979 to 989
Which RWS story made Wilbert decide to start mapping out the Island of Sodor?
What is Thomas and Bertie?
What is...
Ben Glas, Hackenbeck, Hawin Ab, Hawin Croka, Hawin Dooiey, Hawin Ooyre, Hawin Russagh, Maura, River Tid, The Keaullenbeck, Reagh, River Arle, River Callan, River Els, River Hoo
(1500 points total)
How many standard gauge, NWR engines that we know of currently work on Sodor
What is 20 Engines
Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Duck, Donald, Douglas, Oliver, Daisy, BoCo, Bear, Walter, The Pannier, Bloomer, Sodor Railway Repair, Pip, and Emma
Grey Ravine
The name "Sodor" is from what origin?
What is Norse origin