The London Underground celebrated a big anniversary of its inauguration inHow many years were they celebrating?
  • 50
  • 100
  • 150
  • 250
How is Bumper Harris associated with the Underground?
  • He designed the Tube map
  • He was the first baby to be born on it
  • He was the first train driver on the Underground
  • He was a one-legged man who was paid to go up and down its first escalator to demonstrate how safe it was
Which line is sometimes called ‘London’s Pride?’
  • The Metropolitan Line
  • The Victoria Line
  • The Bakerloo Line
  • The Northern Line
The London Underground is also colloquially called the Tube. This comes from having been nicknamed the ‘Twopenny Tube”. Where did this term first originate?
  • The Daily Mail
  • London bus drivers who feared the Underground would threaten their livelihoods
  • Lord Palmerston, the Prime Minister
  • The Cockneys of London
Who was the first reigning monarch to travel on the Underground?
  • Queen Victoria
  • George VI
  • Queen Elizabeth II
  • Prince Charles
The tunnels on the Central Line are noticeably crooked and curving. Why is this?
  • They follow the medieval street plan
  • They had to avoid tunnelling under Marble Arch and St Paul’s
  • The tunnelling machine had a technical fault
  • The engineering team that built them liked to take long, boozy lunches
During World War II, the Underground’s deep-level stations were also used as what?
  • Dance halls
  • Mushroom sheds
  • Postal storerooms
  • Bomb shelters
On 6th June 1915 Maida Vale station first opened. It was ...?
  • unsuccessful initially with only 15 journeys taken to or from it in the first 3 months
  • directly hit by a bomb within 24hrs and thus closed again for 4 years
  • entirely staffed by women
  • called Maiden Lane
Which of these is correct?
  • The first Tube line was built and financed by a private company
  • The first Tube line was the Circle Line
  • The first Tube line went from Westminster to St Paul’s
  • The first Tube line was abandoned after 4 days
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