The Quiz has now closed.Right so here are the Jan 19 Pointless Quiz results
Q1 Name a step free station on the London Overground Network that is NOT served by a Tube line.
kmcheng West Croydon 2 points
Sid West Croydon 2 points
Alex Emerson Park 1 point
busoccultation Chingford 1 point
snoggle Walthamstow Queens road 1 point
snowman Hoxton 1 point
Unorm Queens Road Peckham 1 point
Vjaska Imperial Wharf 1 point
wirewiper Kensal Rise 1 point
Loads of alternatives too many to list.
Q2 Name a vehicle type introduced by London Transport in the 1970’s.
Alex MD (1975) 2 points
busoccultation LS (1973) 2 points
kmcheng M (1978) 2 points
Sid MD 2 points
snoggle LS 2 points
Unorm M 2 points
Vjaska BS (1975) 2 points
wirewiper BS 2 points
snowman SMS (1970) 1 point
other acceptable answers BL ( 1976)
DM (1974)
DMO (1977)
DMS (1970)
FS (1972)
MS (1973)
PD3 (1975) loaned for 190 route
RMA (1975) used for route 175
SM (1970)
SMD(1975)
T (1978)
Q3 Name a London Transport bus type used on route 68 before 2015.
Alex E 2 points
busoccultation E 2 points
kmcheng WVL 1 point
Sid RM 1 point
snoggle RML 1 point
snowman RTL 1 point
Unorm M 1 point
Vjaska D 1 point
wirewiper STL 1 point
other acceptable answers LT (Original NOT NBFL) RT L DLA PVL VA
Q4 Name a route that operated BL vehicles.
kmcheng 215 2 points
snoggle 215 2 points
snowman 71 2 points
Unorm 71 2 points
Alex B1 1 point
busoccultation 216 1 point
Sid 146 1 point
Vjaska 251 1 point
wirewiper 128A 1 point
other acceptable answers 80/A 128 201 202 206 210 211 234A 237 247/B 250 264 265 270 290 C11 P4 W9
(Roundabout had BL85 for use as a float whilst midibuses were refurbed)
plus they often strayed at EW covering defective SMS vehicles here is BL31 on the 240 as shown below.
Image courtesy of Malcolm Allen
Q5 State a current TfL route that crosses Battersea Bridge.
Alex 319 4 points
busoccultation 319 4 points
snoggle 319 4 points
Unorm 319 4 points
snowman 170 2 points
wirewiper 170 2 points
kmcheng N31 1 point
Sid 19 1 point
Vjaska 345 1 point
other acceptable answers 49 N19
Q6 Name a Garage that has operated route 12.
Sid ED (Elmers End) 4 points
snoggle ED 4 points
Unorm ED 4 points
wirewiper ED 4 points
busoccultation PM (Peckham) 2 points
snowman PM 2 points
Alex S (Shepherds Bush) 1 point
kmcheng Q (Camberwell) 1 point
Vjaska AH (Nunhead) 1 point
other acceptable answers TC South Croydon(1934-1972)
TL Catford (1934-1939 1940-1945)
R Riverside (1939-1941)
RL Rye Lane (1952-1969)
WL (1972-1985)
NX (1988-1991)
Q7 Give a route Number that has been used as a “Red Arrow”.
Alex 511 2 points
busoccultation 503 2 points
snoggle 511 2 points
Unorm 503 2 points
kmcheng 521 1 point
Sid 500 1 point
snowman 505 1 point
Vjaska 504 1 point
wirewiper 508 1 point
other acceptable answers 501 502 506 507 509 510 513
Q8 Give a LT route that has had PART or ALL the route as “Express”
snoggle 177E 2 points
Vjaska 177 2 points
Same answer as route was 177 but buses used to display 177E to denote express
Alex X53 1 point
busoccultation 607 1 point
kmcheng A10 non stop Stockley Park business park & Heathrow) 1 point
Sid 130B 1 point
snowman K2 (shoppers Express) 1 point
Unorm 161 (1941-1952 non stop Chislehurst-woolwich) 1 point
wirewiper 292 (1962-196 1 point
Loads of alternatives too many to list.
Q9 Name a route that has been operated with single deck vehicles from TH garage.
Alex 410 2 points
busoccultation 289 2 points
kmcheng 289 2 points
Sid 115 2 points
snoggle 115 2 points
snowman 410 2 points
Unorm 450 2 points
Vjaska 450 2 points
wirewiper 109 1 point
other acceptable answers 64 115A 255 412 455
Q10 Name a route that operated FS vehicles.
Sid P4 4 points
snoggle P4 4 points
snowman P4 4 points
Vjaska P4 4 points
Alex H2 3 points
busoccultation H2 3 points
wirtewiper H2 3 points
kmcheng B1 1 point
Unorm W9 1 point
other answers C11 PB1
Q11 Name a route that had a C suffix (i.e 1C) LT red routes only
Alex 18C 4 points
kmcheng 77C 4 points
Sid 77C 4 points
snoggle 18C 4 points
snowman 18C 4 points
Unorm 77C 4 points
Vjaska 77C 4 points
wirewiper 18C 4 points
busoccultation 169C 1 point
Other acceptable answers 5C 23C 25C 51C 81C 90C 130C 194C 224C 228C
So totals are as follows
kmcheng Winner 18 points
Vjaska 2nd place 20 points
busoccultation Joint 3rd 21 points
snowman Joint 3rd 21 points
wirewiper Joint 3rd 21 points
Alex Joint 4th 23 points
Sid Joint 4th 23 points
Unorm Joint 4th 23 points
snoggle runner up 26 points
It was a close affair and it could be vastly different if other answers were given as popular answers cost everyone dear
Thanks for taking part