Railroads Around the World
Plymouth, MA
Stock Signs
Cartoons
Weights and Measures
1

This country has the fastest trains, capable of reaching 260 mph

China

1

Two of these killed a majority of the Native Americans in the area in 1614 and 1617

Plagues

1

Hingham Institution for Savings

HIFS

1

Throughout this franchise, many different high profile actors were featured, including Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Sandra Bullock

Despicable Me/Minions

1

The number of US cups in one gallon

16

2

45 of the 51 busiest train stations are in this country.

Japan

2

This first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a resident of Plimoth and is the namesake for a Liberty Pole road.

John Winthrop

2

Amazon

AMZN

2

This cartoon featuring neighborhood friends was originally going to have actors wearing costumes when the pilot was made in 1998. The first episode, "Pirate Treasure", was aired on September 11th

The Backyardigans

2

The unit sound is measured in

Decibels

3

People can ride this railroad from a fictional book and movie series. The real life railroad originates in Glasgow.

Hogwarts Express

3

Plymouth Municipal Airport features daily flights to this location

Boston

3

Tesla

TSLA

3

This cartoon Disney movie, which was originally called 'Helium', was released in 2009 and quickly flew to the top of the box office for the year.

Up

3

The length of a bimillennium

2,000 years

4

This is the country with the most tracks in miles. It has 2.5x more than the #2 country. 80% of the tracks are used for freight

United States

4

Plymouth is known as "America's __________"

America's Hometown

4

Apple

AAPL

4

When this book, which was later made into a cartoon series, was released in England in 1941, the main character was named Zozo because their popular name was the same as the king at the time. The book was written by the Rey's and Alan Shalleck who was killed days before its TV release.

Curious George

4

This is the measure of brightness of a light

Lumens

5

This country has only 200 ft of track. Italy agreed to install the track as a part of a treaty between the country.

Vatican City

5

Plymouth was listed as one of the top 25 beach towns in New England by this regional magazine which shares the name of a candle company

Yankee

5

Pfizer

PFE

5

This 2012 movie features many famous voice actors, such as Ed Helms, Betty White, Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, and Taylor Swift. It was adapted from the 1972 book by Dr. Suess and talks about many current climate-changing problems.

The Lorax

5

This tool measures the air pressure

Barometer