Transportation and Public Transit | the Train Era Online Quiz

Train Era Quiz
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1. Before locomotives, what animals pulled carts on tracks?

	triceratops	horses
	hamsters	cart dogs

2. Who built the first locomotive?

	Richard Trevithick	Richard Simmons
	Richard Pryor	Richard Nixon

3. The first locomotive engines were powered by:

	their sense of smell	gasoline
	love of travel	steam

4. Steam engines also were used to power:

	sailboats	ships
	very, very old cars	airplanes

5. In New York City, the population __________ every ten years from 1800 to 1880:

	fell asleep	ate lunch
	doubled	died

6. Who tried to build a subway in secret in a clothing store basement?

	Alfred Neumann	Alfred Ely Beach
	the U.S. President	a bored third grader

7. Los Angeles' Pacific Electric Railway system was the biggest electric rail system:

	built by Henry Huntington	in the world
	in California	in this galaxy

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