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BRITISH TRANSPORT

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  • When did canals become improtant?
    During the industrial revolution
  • What company makes the Double Decker chocolate bar?
    Cadbury
  • How do you hail a black cab?
    By raising your arm
  • What should you never do to a black cab?
    Shout Taxi
  • A black cab has to be tall enough to accommodate an individual wearing a what?
    A hat
  • What is the best bus to catch for sightseeing in London?
    15 to Tower Hill
  • 3. Which American car company started mass producing automobiles?
    Ford Motor Company
  • The test that every taxi driver must pass to receive his or her license is known as?
    The Knowledge
  • 2. Who started making his army march on the right and why?
    Napoleon, he was left handed.
  • Where was the first taxi rank situated?
    At the Strand
  • What is the actual name of the double decker buses?
    The Routemaster
  • Nickname for the London Underground?
    The Tube
  • How much weight could the barges on the canal carry?
    40 tonnes
  • 8. How many passengers use the underground every day?
    2.5 Million
  • 1. In ancient times why did people walk on the left?
    Their right arm was used to wield a sword.
  • What are the gates on canals actually called?
    Locks
  • Which London Mayor intruced the new Routemaster?
    Boris Johnson
  • How many stations are there on the London Underground?
    275
  • 9. How many lines doe the London underground have?
    12
  • How many horses pulled the bus carriages?
    3
  • From where was the horse drawn bus idea imported from?
    Paris
  • 10. Other than “Mind the Gap” what does the automated system say?
    Doors Closing
  • 7. What was used to pull the first underground carriages?
    Coal Engines
  • What is HACKNEY?
    A burough of London