Pointless Quiz May 2018 (Closed)

[snoggle]

Apr 26, 2018 19:58:50 GMT @tp446 said:

I hope I haven't made this too challenging!!

I fear you have. I'm no expert on the Pointless TV show but on some of the questions people are going to struggle not to incur high points while others are going to take huge effort or risk a "wrong answer". Still we've just got to get on with what you've put forward.

[Deleted]

Apr 26, 2018 21:22:19 GMT snoggle said:

Apr 26, 2018 19:58:50 GMT @tp446 said:

I hope I haven't made this too challenging!!

I fear you have. I'm no expert on the Pointless TV show but on some of the questions people are going to struggle not to incur high points while others are going to take huge effort or risk a "wrong answer". Still we've just got to get on with what you've put forward.

Q3 was the only one I was doubtful of when compiling my list.
I could think of at least eight examples when I came up with it, so I went ahead.
I knew it would be tricky, but not impossible, and I thought it'd be something different to previous quizzes as well!

Still got 20+ days to find something ...

[RT3062]

Strange how the bus drivers brain works re Q3 thought of a few of them on my travels today😀😀

[Deleted]

10 replies so far, keep them coming!

Only FIVE DAYS left to enter (Sun 20-May) ...

[Deleted]

Thank you to all those who took part.
I will endeavour to post the results up soon, however a heavy workload may delay this by 24hrs.

[Eastlondoner62]

May 21, 2018 11:58:01 GMT @tp446 said:

Thank you to all those who took part.
I will endeavour to post the results up soon, however a heavy workload may delay this by 24hrs.

I don't think I've ever anticipated quiz results so much Looking forward to the results

[Deleted]

So without much further ado, here be I posting the answers followed by the results.


Q1 Name a London Underground station that is served by five or more TfL lines (LU, LO, DLR, XR)
Paddington 5: Bakerloo, Circle, District, H&C, TfL Rail
Baker Street 5: Bakerloo, Circle, H&C, Jubilee, Met
King’s Cross St Pancras 6: Circle, H&C, Met, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria
Liverpool Street 6: Circle, H&C, Met, Central, Overground, TfL Rail
Stratford 5: Central, Jubilee, DLR, Overground, TfL Rail
Bank/Monument 6: Circle, Central, District, Northern, W&C, DLR

15002 Stratford = 3pts
Ak121 Liverpool Street = 6pts
Alex Liverpool Street = 6pts
Eastlondoner62 Stratford = 3pts
Paulsw2 Baker Street = 4pts
vLondon Baker Street = 4pts
Grubbysa Liverpool Street = 6pts
Busocculation Stratford = 3pts
Kmkcheng Baker Street = 4pts
Snoggle Baker Street = 4pts
Craigbus1982 Liverpool Street = 6pts
1tocanadawater Liverpool Street = 6pts
RT3062 King’s Cross St. Pancras = 1pt
Networker93 Liverpool Street = 6pts
Hassaan Paddington = 1pt

enviroPB Waterloo (4 lines) incorrect 20pts
Ronnie Moorgate (4 lines) incorrect 20pts

Q2 Name a single deck TfL route that has an official double deck allocation for school workings.
15002 256 = 3pts
Ak121 313 = 5pts
Alex 293 = 2pts
Eastlondoner62 256 = 3pts
Paulsw2 200 = 1pt
vLondon 293 = 2pts
Grubbysa 313 = 5pts
Busocculation W13 = 1pt
Kmkcheng 143(D) = 2pts
Snoggle 313 = 5pts
enviroPB 256 = 3pts
Ronnie 371 = 1pt
Craigbus1982 143(D) = 2pts
1tocanadawater 313 = 5pts
RT3062 313 = 5pts
Networker93 163 = 1pt
Hassaan U3 = 1pt

Q3 Name a TfL bus route that serves two [or more] stops that share the same name, in the same direction of travel, but are not the same stop. Please state the route number, followed by the stop names, and the direction of travel.

15002 = 1pt
107 Warwick Road x2 in Borehamwood towards Edgware

Ak121 = 1pt
H28 Braybourne Drive / Great West Road, Thornbury Avenue / Great West Road and Willow Gardens / Great West Road towards Bull’s Bridge

Alex = 1pt
53 Warwick Terrace/Plumstead Common Road & Plumstead Common Road/Warwick Terrace towads Whitehall

Eastlondoner62 = 1pt
366 Beckton Triangle Retail Park x2 towards Beckton

Paulsw2 = 1pt
20 Forest Road x2 towards Debden

vLondon = 1pt
N3 St. Mark’s Church x2 towards Bromley

Grubbysa = 1pt
191 Ladysmith Road x2 towards Edmonton Green

Busocculation = 2pts
179 Beehive Lane x2 towards Chingford

Kmkcheng = 1pt
258 Harrow Town Centre x2 towards Watford Jct

Snoggle = 2pts
179 Ladysmith Road x2 towards Chingford

enviroPB = 1pt
325 Katherine Road x2 towards Prince Regent

Ronnie = 1pt
135 West India Avenue towards Old Street

Craigbus1982 = 1pt
197 Upland Road x2 towards Croydon

1tocanadwater = 1pt
N83 Audley Road x2 towards Ealing Hospital

RT3062 = 1pt
W9 Eversley Park Road x2 towards Southgate

Networker93 = 1pt
270 Garratt Lane/ Tooting Broadway Station & Tooting Broadway Station towards Putney Bridge

Hassaan = 1pt
482 Great West Road/Renfrew Road & Great West Road towards Southall

Q4 Name a TfL bus route that runs inside of the pre-2009 Circle line, but terminates outside of it.
Ak121 24 = 1pt
Alex 4 = 1pt
Eastlondoner62 388 = 3pts
Paulsw2 27 = 1pt
vLondon 388 = 3pts
Grubbysa 149 = 1pt
Busocculation 19 = 1pt
Kmkcheng 48 = 1pt
Snoggle 47 = 1pt
enviroPB 43 = 1pt
Ronnie 135 = 1pt
Craigbus1982 2 = 1pt
1tocanadawater 141 = 1pt
RT3062 35 = 1pt
Networker93 36 = 1pt
Hassaan 388 = 3pts

15002 74 incorrect = 20pts
74 terminates at Baker Street Station which is ON the circle line

Q5 Name a station from the tube map that is only served by the Tube, Overground AND National Rail.
15002 Upminster = 2pts
Ak121 Barking = 2pts
Alex Harrow & Wealdstone (H&W) = 3pts
Eastlondoner62 Barking = 2pts
Paulsw2 Wembley Central = 2pts
vLondon H&W = 3pts
Grubbysa H&W = 3pts
Busocculation Highbury & Islington = 1pt
Kmkcheng Wembley Central = 2pts
Snoggle Seven Sisters = 2pts
Ronnie Upminster = 2pts
1tocanadawater Richmond = 2pts
RT3062 Richmond = 2pts
Hassaan Seven Sisters = 2pts

Other correct answers include:
West Brompton
Kensington (Olympia)
Shepherd’s Bush
Euston
West Hampstead

enviroPB Liverpool Street incorrect = 20pts
(also served by TfL Rail)
Craigbus1982 Willesden Junction incorrect = 20pts
(not served by National Rail)
Networker93 Wimbledon incorrect = 20pts
(not served by Overground, and is also served by Tramlink)

Q6 Name a route that changes operator between 01-May 2018 & 20-May 2018.
Only four answers here; 31, N31, 196 & 474
31 = 1pt
Grubbysa

N31 = 3pts
Paulsw2
Kmkcheng
enviroPB

196 = 7pts
Ak121
vLondon
Snoggle
Craigbus1982
1tocanadawater
RT3062
Networker93

474 = 5pts
15002
Alex
Eastlondoner62
Busocculation
Hassaan

Ronnie 171 incorrect = 20pts
Contract retained with GAL

Q7 Name a fleet code of an existing TfL Tower Transit bus.

15002 DH = 2pts
Ak121 BH = 2pts
Alex WV = 4pts
Eastlondoner62 BH = 2pts
Paulsw2 WSH = 1pt
vLondon MV = 1pt
Grubbysa VH = 1pt
Busocculation WV = 4pts
Kmkcheng WV = 4pts
Snoggle DMV = 3pts
enviroPB DMV = 3pts
Ronnie DN = 1pt
Craigbus1982 DH = 2pts
1tocanadawater DM = 1pt
RT3062 DMV = 3pts
Networker93 VN = 1pt
Hassaan WV = 4pts

Q8 Name an operational Metroline Travel garage.
15002 Cricklewood = 3pts
Ak121 Willesden = 2pts
Alex Willesden = 2pts
Eastlondoner62 Brentford = 2pts
Paulsw2 King’s Cross = 2pts
vLondon King’s Cross = 2pts
Grubbysa Potters Bar = 4pts
Busocculation Potters Bar = 4pts
Kmkcheng Harrow Weald = 1pt
enviroPB Cricklewood = 3pts
Craigbus1982 Potters Bar = 4pts
1tocanadawater Brentford = 2pts
RT3062 Cricklewood = 3pts
Networker93 Potters Bar = 4pts
Hassaan West Perivale = 1pt

Snoggle Alperton incorrect = 20pts
Ronnie Greenford incorrect = 20pts
These are listed as Metroline West garages, not Travel

Other answers include:
Edgware
Holloway
Perivale

Q9 Name any current TfL bus route that includes “E” in the route number.
15002 E3 = 3pts
Ak121 EL3 = 5pts
Alex EL3 = 5pts
Eastlondoner62 EL2 = 2pts
Paulsw2 EL3 = 5pts
vLondon E10 = 1pt
Grubbysa E6 = 1pt
Busocculation EL3 = 5pts
Kmkcheng E3 = 3pts
Snoggle E7 = 1pt
enviroPB EL3 = 5pts
Ronnie E9 = 1pt
Craigbus1982 E5 = 2pts
1tocanadawater E2 = 1pt
RT3062 EL2 = 2pts
Networker93 E3 = 3pts
Hassaan E5 = 2pts


Q10 Name a current TfL bus route that has an official Express or Limited Stop section of its route.
15002 96 = 4pts
Ak121 X68 = 5pts
Alex 96 = 4pts
Eastlondoner62 96 = 4pts
Paulsw2 428 = 1pt
vLondon X26 = 1pt
Grubbysa A10 = 4pts
Busocculation 677 = 1pt
Kmkcheng A10 = 4pts
Snoggle A10 = 4pts
enviroPB 96 = 4pts
Ronnie X68 = 5pts
Craigbus1982 607 = 1pt
1tocanadawater A10 = 4pts
RT3062 X68 = 5pts
Networker93 X68 = 5pts
Hassaan X68 = 5pts



LEADERBOARD

WINNER 21 points Paulsw2
2nd) 25 points Hassaan
2nd) 25 points Kmkcheng
2nd) 25 points vLondon
5th) 27 points Busocculation
5th) 27 points Eastlondoner62
5th) 27 points Grubbysa
8th) 30 points 1tocanadawater
8th) 30 points RT3062
10th) 33 points Alex
11th) 36 points Ak121
12th) 46 points 15002
12th) 46 points Craigbus1982
14th) 49 points Networker93
14th) 49 points Snoggle
16th) 63 points enviroPB
17th) 72 points Ronnie


Thank you to all who took part. The range of answers has been interesting to go through.
And an additional thanks to all for ploughing through Q3 successfully :-)

[kmkcheng]

Joint 2nd place not bad. It was a good quiz. Certainly one of the more harder quizzes so far, especially Q3. I only fortunately stumbled upon the answer by chance as I was using LVF for something else. I can’t imagine how long it would have taken me otherwise! What else made it harder was the smaller pool of answers for some of the questions and deciding which one to use

[busoccultation]

@tp446 -  Regarding Mine and Snoggle's answer on Question 2, There is a typo as the stops meant to be Beehive Lane not Ladysmith Road.

Anyway for me coming 5th isn't too bad considering its one of the challenging quizzes that I've done so far.

[Deleted]

May 22, 2018 14:22:18 GMT busoccultation said:

@tp446 -  Regarding Mine and Snoggle's answer on Question 2, There is a typo as the stops meant to be Beehive Lane not Ladysmith Road.

Anyway for me coming 5th isn't too bad considering its one of the changeling quizzes that I've done so far.

Duly amended, thanks for spotting!

[rhys]

I'm surprised no one said Route 452 and Silverthorne Road in Question 3

[LBOTG]

Thanks so much for the quiz! 8th isn't bad at all considering I really didn't have time to think about it properly - got so lucky with Q3 given that I didn't have to go around searching for an answer as I knew the N83 off the top of my head as a local that I used regularly in the form of the old daytime service.

[Alex]

May 22, 2018 15:45:05 GMT LBOTG said:

Thanks so much for the quiz!

Like he says , thanks and well done for hosting - another exercise for the brain

[snoggle]

Grump

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Now where's my dunce's hat?

[paulsw2]

WOW I am shocked I manage to win something sheer luck in some of my answers I think roll on the next one