NS Chemicals Jeopardy May 2025

"NO" Your Customers

100

One of the largest producers of chlorine and caustic soda in the U.S., which also owns Winchester ammunition

What is OLIN?

200

Spun off from AkzoNobel in 2018, operates in over 80 countries, and is a large shipper of Sulfuric Acid.

what is Nouryon

300

The 3rd-largest trash company in the US, collecting trash from 9 million customers and moving it to 61 landfills

What is Is Waste Connections?

400

A plastics manufacturer with a large presence in Houston, but headquartered in the Netherlands

What is LyondellBasell?

500

A British chemicals company with a large plastics business, and sponsor of Mercedes-AMG Petronas formula 1 racing team

What is Ineos?

It's Element-ary

100

Atomic number 6, the foundation of all life forms on earth

What is Carbon?

200

78% of the air is made up of this gas

What is Nitrogen?

300

An alkali metal used in battery production

What is Lithium?

400

A strong disinfectant and or/chemical weapon

What is Chlorine?

500

An alkali metal found in bananas

What is Potassium?

NS Predecessors

100

In 1982, Norfolk Southern Corp. was formed by the merger of Southern Railway, and this Roanoke-based railroad 

What is Norfolk & Western?

200

At its peak, the largest railroad in the world by carloads and revenue, and the largest corporation in the world, it stretched across the Northeast and Midwest.

What is Pennsylvania Railroad?

300

This railroad was built and owned by the city of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1880, and finally purchased by Norfolk Southern in 2024.

What is CNOTP?

(Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific)

400

The oldest NS predecessor, dating back to 1827, originally acquired the land that is now Brosnan Forest.

What is South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company?

500

Headquartered in Scranton, spanning Buffalo, upstate New York, Northeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey and terminating in Hoboken.

What is Lackawana railroad?

Railroad Geography

100

The two sides of the Transcontinental Railroad met in at this point in 1869

What is Promontory, Utah?

200

The only city served by all six Class 1 railroads 

What is Chicago, IL?

300

In 1837, Atlanta, GA was originally established under this name, designating it as the end point of the Western & Atlantic Railroad.

What is Terminus?

400

This famous landmark carries a triple-mainline across a steep grade near Altoona, PA

What is Horsehoe Curve?

500

The longest railroad bridge in the US spans about 6 miles across this body of water

What is Lake Pontchartrain?

Acronyms

100

NDO

What is Network Design & Optimization?

200

BLET

What is the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen?

300

C&S

What is Communications & Signals?

400

MOW

What is Maintenance of Way?

500

ABC

What is Algorithmic Blocking & Classification?