General Awareness: Transportation Around the World Quiz

1. Which country is the originator of the high speed "Bullet Train"?

a) United States
b) China
c) Japan-
d) Russia

The correct answer is c) Japan

2. What is the name of the Japanese human-powered transports where a runner draws a two wheel cart which seats one or two people?

a) Pedicabs
b) Carriages
c) Sampans
d) Rickshaws

The correct answer is d) Rickshaws

3. What is the name of the Ford Motor Company car produced in 1957 and 1958 which is often called one of the biggest commercial failures in the history of American business?

a) Pinto
b) Flivver
c) Tin Lizzie
d) Edsel

The correct answer is d) Edsel


4. For the pedestrian, what is the name of the sneaker brand which means Victory?

a) Nike
b) Reebok
c) Adidas
d) Puma

The correct answer is a) Nike


5. What was the mode of transportation sold to Springfield by a conman in a "Simpson's" episode from January 1993, which partially spoofed the hit musical "The Music Man"?

a) Jitney
b) Ski Lift
c) Tramway
d) Monorail

The correct answer is d) Monorail


6. What is the name of the two wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular with tourists around the Central Park area of New York City?

a) Sturquell Wagon
b) Hansom Cab
c) Buckboard
d) Hearse

The correct answer is b) Hansom Cab


7. What is the fictional teleportation machine used in the "Star Trek" universe?

a) Transducer
b) Transporter
c) Star Fleet
d) Warp Drive

The correct answer is b) Transporter


8. Which Italian ocean liner collided with the MS Stockholm and sank in July 1956, becoming one of history's most famous maritime disasters?

a) Andrea Doria
b) Andria Gail
c) Titanic
d) Flying Dutchman

The correct answer is a) Andrea Doria


9. To take us beyond our planet, which Apollo mission was the first manned mission to land on the moon in July 1969?

a) Apollo 10
b) Apollo 11
c) Apollo 12
d) Apollo 13

The correct answer is b) Apollo 11

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