Name that Coaster
What was the first true roller coaster ever built?
The Switch Back Railway appeared at New York's Coney Island in 1884.
A type of inversion with two half loops connected to each other?
Boomerang
Knott's Berry Farm?
CALIFORNIA
Which state boasts the most roller coasters?
California! (78)
Early steel roller coasters with a layout that features fast, quick turns, drops and helix turns?
Mine train
Name of the first inverted roller coaster?
Batman: The Ride
Describes a double inversion?
Cobra roll
Universal's Islands of Adventure?
FLORIDA
2nd place for the most roller coasters?
Pennsylvania (55)
Coaster where riders stand, instead of sit, on adjustable, bicycle-type seats?
Stand-up coaster
Name of the first ever giga coaster?
Millenium Force (OH)
A twisting inversion?
Corkscrew
Six Flags Magic Mountain?
CALIFORNIA
3rd on the list for the most roller coasters?
Florida (45)
A roller coaster designed where the trains ride below the track opposed to on top of the track?
Suspended coaster
What DC Comic thrill ride changed it launch direction from forwards to backwards?
Superman: The Escape
Describes a roller coaster with a height or drop of 300 feet or more?
Giga coaster
Carowinds?
NORTH CAROLINA
LIM roller coasters launch using what mechanism?
Electromagnets
A turn on a roller coaster that forms a radius of more than 360-degrees?
Helix
Name of the floorless roller coaster at Sea World, Orlando?
The Kraken
Describes a diving loop on an inverted steel roller coaster? (Named after a World War 1 German pilot who invented the flying maneuver.)
Immelmann Roll
Canobie Lake Park?
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Stratacoasters, perhaps one of the largest types of roller coasters, can reach a height of how many feet?
450 ft
Describes the feeling created by negative g-forces which gives riders the sensation of floating on a roller coaster?
Airtime