All About Trains
This American locomotive manufacturer produced the SD40-2, one of the most popular freight locomotives in North America.
What is EMD (Electro-Motive Diesel)?
This is the value of π (pi) rounded to two decimal places.
Answer: What is 3.14?
This document, signed in 1776, declared the American colonies' independence from Britain.
Answer: What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Scottish national hero, portrayed by Mel Gibson in Braveheart, led a rebellion against English rule in the late 13th century.
Answer: Who is William Wallace?
This animated TV family lives in the fictional town of Springfield and has been a staple of American television since 1989.
Answer: Who are The Simpsons?
This quote, "I have a dream," is from whose famous speech delivered during the March on Washington in 1963.
Answer: Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The locomotive featured in Unstoppable is an SD40-2, but the train's lead engine number is famously this.
Answer: What is 777?
This river is the longest in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.
Answer: What is the Nile River?
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing slaves in the Confederacy.
Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This battle in 1314 saw the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, achieve a significant victory over the English.
Answer: What is the Battle of Bannockburn?
This pop superstar, known for hits like "Bad Romance" and "Poker Face," is also famous for her bold fashion choices.
Answer: Who is Lady Gaga?
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" was famously said by this U.S. president in a 1987 speech in Berlin.
Answer: Who is Ronald Reagan?
This national passenger railroad service was established in 1971 to provide intercity rail travel across the United States
What is Amtrak?
This element, with the symbol O, is the most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere.
Answer: What is oxygen?
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States, acquiring land from France.
Answer: What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This iconic flower is the national emblem of Scotland and is often seen as a symbol of resistance against English rule.
Answer: What is the thistle?
This Marvel superhero wields a hammer called Mjolnir and is known as the God of Thunder.
Answer: Who is Thor?
This fictional movie character said, "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
Answer: Who is Vito Corleone (The Godfather)?
This northeastern passenger rail service operates in the New York City metropolitan area and is one of the busiest commuter rail systems in the U.S.
This author wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird," a novel that addresses serious themes like racism and injustice.
Answer: Who is Harper Lee?
This battle, fought in 1863, is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
Answer: What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This popular British TV series often jokes about the rivalry between Scotland and England, with the Scottish character Groundskeeper Willie famously declaring, "Scotland forever!"
Answer: What is The Simpsons?
This popular Netflix series, set in the 1980s, features a group of kids battling supernatural forces in the town of Hawkins.
Answer: What is Stranger Things?
This artist once declared, "I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was."
Answer: Who is Muhammad Ali?
This freight railroad, with roots dating back to 1827, operates primarily in the eastern United States and is known for its blue locomotives.
Answer: What is CSX Transportation?
This explorer is credited with being the first European to land in North America, nearly 500 years before Columbus.
Answer: Who is Leif Erikson?
This American inventor is credited with creating the first practical light bulb in 1879.
Answer: Who is Thomas Edison?
This English king famously declared himself overlord of Scotland after the death of the Scottish king Alexander III, leading to the First War of Scottish Independence.
Answer: Who is Edward I?
This British spy, known by the code number 007, has been portrayed by actors including Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Daniel Craig.
Answer: Who is James Bond?
This British Prime Minister famously said, "We shall fight on the beaches... we shall never surrender," during World War II.
Answer: Who is Winston Churchill?
This major railroad operates in the Canadian provinces and the U.S. Midwest, and it is known for its red locomotives with a white stripe.
Answer: What is Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail)?
This 1994 film features the quote, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."
Answer: What is Forrest Gump?
This U.S. Supreme Court case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Answer: What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This stadium in Glasgow is the home of the Scottish national football team and has hosted many fierce matches against England.
Answer: What is Hampden Park?
This reality TV family, led by matriarch Kris Jenner, became famous with their show that began in 2007.
Answer: Who are the Kardashians?
"I am not a crook," was a famous line delivered by this U.S. president during the Watergate scandal.
Answer: Who is Richard Nixon?
This freight railroad is one of the largest in the northeastern United States and was formed by the merger of several smaller lines, including the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Answer: What is Norfolk Southern?
This Dutch painter is known for cutting off his own ear and painting "Starry Night."
Answer: Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This event on December 7, 1941, led the United States to enter World War II.
Answer: What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This 1707 agreement officially united Scotland and England into a single kingdom, though it remains a point of contention in Scottish history.
Answer: What is the Act of Union?
This 1997 film became the highest-grossing movie of its time, centered around a tragic love story on a doomed ocean liner.
Answer: What is Titanic?
This tech visionary said, "Stay hungry, stay foolish," during a 2005 commencement address at Stanford University.
Answer: Who is Steve Jobs?
This passenger rail line operates high-speed service between Boston and Washington, D.C., and is the fastest train service in the U.S.
Answer: What is the Amtrak Acela Express?
This principle in physics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.
Answer: What is the law of conservation of energy?
This 19th-century doctrine stated that the United States had the right to expand westward across the North American continent.
Answer: What is Manifest Destiny?
This famous Scottish dish, often served at Burns Night, is sometimes the subject of humor and rivalry between Scotland and England.
Answer: What is haggis?
This American singer, known as the "King of Pop," had a massive hit with the album Thriller in 1982.
Answer: Who is Michael Jackson?
"Let them eat cake," is a quote often (though incorrectly) attributed to this French queen, supposedly reflecting her obliviousness to the plight of the poor.
Answer: Who is Marie Antoinette?
This regional railroad, primarily serving the Pacific Northwest, is known for hauling timber and forest products, and it operates in Oregon and California.
Answer: What is the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CORP)?
This mountain range, stretching over 1,500 miles across Asia, is home to the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
Answer: What are the Himalayas?
This U.S. president was responsible for the New Deal, a series of programs and reforms designed to combat the Great Depression.
Answer: Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
This English monarch faced a rebellion from the Scottish Covenanters during the 17th century, leading to the Bishops' Wars.
Answer: Who is Charles I?
This fantasy series, based on the books by George R.R. Martin, became a cultural phenomenon with its HBO adaptation.
Answer: What is Game of Thrones?
This controversial statement, "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters," was made by this U.S. political figure.
Answer: Who is Donald Trump?
This smaller locomotive, the EMD SW1500, is often used for switching duties in rail yards due to its compact size and maneuverability.
Answer: What is a switcher locomotive?
This U.S. president is known for his "Fourteen Points" speech and led the country during World War I.
Answer: Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This was the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607 in present-day Virginia.
Answer: What is Jamestown
Where is Hogwarts located?
Answer: What is Scotland!
This director is known for creating the Star Wars franchise, which debuted in 1977 and became a pop culture juggernaut.
Answer: Who is George Lucas?
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," was said by this U.S. president during his first inaugural address.
Answer: Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?