Take a Break From Debating Fare Increases and Play WMATA Trivia Instead...

[WMATAGMOAGH]

It has been awhile since anyone has done one of these, so as a fun reliever from the fare increase discussions, here is some WMATA trivia for the start of your workweek.  I'll post the answers no earlier than 6 PM Wednesday. 

1.  The original hope of WMATA was to have 7 stations open on the opening day.  Only 5 stations actually opened on March 17, 1976.  What two stations would have been included in the original opening if it weren't for their openings being delayed?

2.  What were the reasons for these stations remaining closed?

3.  What is the significance of this car number for Metrorail:  4018

4.  Fill in the blanks:
A:  _______ Burgandy
B:  _______ Sand
C:  Potomac _______

5.  Eastern Market is to Marine Barracks as Federal Center SW is to _______.

6.  You put destination code 34 into your train's console.  What destination sign should be displayed?

7.  Which WMATA General Manager served as Vice President of Communications for The Washington Post (among other positions during a Washington Post tenure that lasted from 1981 until 2006)?

8.  What was Jackson Graham's favorite color?

9.  Name all the WMATA bus divisions that can maintain articulated buses.

10.  Name the WMATA bus division from which the last Fishbowls/New Looks operated from on their last day of service.

11.  What is the significance of this bus number for Metrobus:  5119

12.  Name the only WMATA bus route to have had stops in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia on a single run.

13.  What was the most recent limited bus service on Georgia Avenue prior to the introduction of the current route 79?

14.  What was the original route designation for the current J7 route?

15.  What was the original route designation for the current J5 route?

Have fun and good luck!

[Antozilla]

It has been awhile since anyone has done one of these, so as a fun reliever from the fare increase discussions, here is some WMATA trivia for the start of your workweek.  I'll post the answers no earlier than 6 PM Wednesday. 

1.  What two Metrorail stations were scheduled to open on March 27, 1976 but did not do so? Hmm they would have to be red line stations I thik

2.  What were the reasons for these stations remaining closed? flodding?

3.  What is the significance of this car number for Metrorail:  4018  This is th e car that slid into another during the snow storm>

4.  Fill in the blanks:
A:  _COLONIAL______ Burgandy
B:  _CHESAPEKE______ Sand
C:  Potomac _BLUE______

5.  Eastern Market is to Marine Barracks as Federal Center SW is to _The Reagan Building______.

6.  You put destination code 34 into your train's console.  What destination sign should be displayed? OUT OF SERVUCE

7.  Which WMATA General Manager served as Vice President of Communications for The Washington Post (among other positions during a Washington Post tenure that lasted from 1981 until 2006)?  White

8.  What was Jackson Graham's favorite color? Had to be Dark Brown

9.  Name all the WMATA bus divisions that can maintain articulated buses.
FMR, Northern, West Ox, Benning Road

10.  Name the WMATA bus division from which the last Fishbowls/New Looks operated from on their last day of service. FMR

11.  What is the significance of this bus number for Metrobus:  5119
Unknown, but it is not 9310

12.  Name the only WMATA bus route to have had stops in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia on a single run. 5A

13.  What was the most recent limited bus service on Georgia Avenue prior to the introduction of the current route 79?

14.  What was the original route designation for the current J7 route?

15.  What was the original route designation for the current J5 route?

Have fun and good luck!

[Scrabbleship]

1.  What two Metrorail stations were scheduled to open on March 27, 1976 but did not do so?

Gallery Place and Dupont Circle

2.  What were the reasons for these stations remaining closed?

Gallery Place: Delay in installing elevators
Dupont Circle: Flooding from Rock Creek during construction.

3.  What is the significance of this car number for Metrorail:  4018

The car from the Shady Grove crash in 1996?

4.  Fill in the blanks:

A: Colonial Burgundy
B: Chesapeake Sand
C: Potomac Blue

5.  Eastern Market is to Marine Barracks as Federal Center SW is to...

Voice of America

6.  You put destination code 34 into your train's console.  What destination sign should be displayed?

Dulles, with no line color.

7.  Which WMATA General Manager served as Vice President of Communications for The Washington Post (among other positions during a Washington Post tenure that lasted from 1981 until 2006)?

No idea.

8.  What was Jackson Graham's favorite color?

I want to say red given his original plans to paint the trains red which wouldn't have gone over well at the height of the Cold War.

9.  Name all the WMATA bus divisions that can maintain articulated buses.

Do: Bladensburg, Northern, Montgomery
Have: Landover, Four Mile Run, Annex
Could: West Ox

10.  Name the WMATA bus division from which the last Fishbowls/New Looks operated from on their last day of service.

No idea so I'll take a guess: Western?

11.  What is the significance of this bus number for Metrobus:  5119

Last of the MAN artics to run for Metrobus?

12.  Name the only WMATA bus route to have had stops in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia on a single run.

B11 from Medical Center to Rosslyn.

13.  What was the most recent limited bus service on Georgia Avenue prior to the introduction of the current route 79?

The old 73 prior to the Green Line becoming unified between U Street and Fort Totten.

14.  What was the original route designation for the current J7 route?

J8.

15.  What was the original route designation for the current J5 route?

No idea. J6? C5?

Have fun and good luck!

[Sand Box John]

WMATAGMOAGH
It has been awhile since anyone has done one of these, so as a fun reliever from the fare increase discussions, here is some WMATA trivia for the start of your workweek.  I'll post the answers no earlier than 6 PM Wednesday. 

1.  What two Metrorail stations were scheduled to open on March 27, 1976 but did not do so?

I know of only one. Gallery Place.

2.  What were the reasons for these stations remaining closed?

No elevator

3.  What is the significance of this car number for Metrorail:  4018

4018 was the lead car of train 105 that was stopped at the Woodley Park-Zoo platform when it was struck by train 703.

6.  You put destination code 34 into your train's console.  What destination sign should be displayed?

DULLES

[WayneNYC]

9.  Name all the WMATA bus divisions that can maintain articulated buses.

Bladensburg, Landover, Montgomery, Four Mile Run, Northern and hopefully West Ox

10.  Name the WMATA bus division from which the last Fishbowls/New Looks operated from on their last day of service.

Montgomery and Northern??

11.  What is the significance of this bus number for Metrobus:  5119

The only MAN artic to get painted in WMATA 3rd color scheme.

13.  What was the most recent limited bus service on Georgia Avenue prior to the introduction of the current route 79?

71?

14.  What was the original route designation for the current J7 route?

J8?

[WMATAGMOAGH]

1.  What two Metrorail stations were scheduled to open on March 27, 1976 but did not do so?[/i]

I know of only one. Gallery Place.

I'm rephrasing the question in attempt to make it a bit clearer. 

[Sand Box John]

WMATAGMOAGH
1.  The original hope of WMATA was to have 7 stations open on the opening day.  Only 5 stations actually opened on March 27, 1976.  What two stations would have been included in the original opening if it weren't for their openings being delayed?

The original plan may have been to open 7 station on the initial phase, however my recollection of the actual construction schedule leading up to that opening resulted in postponing the opening of Dupont Circle. The station cavern and connecting tunnels with completed track bed were essentially done before the contractor finished excavating the north end of trench for the Farragut North pocket track. The Dupont Circle station cavern remained untouched for more then a year after it's excavation before the finish contractor came in and built the vault arch, platforms, mezzanines, ancillary areas and station entrances. The 5 station plus Gallery Place were essentially done when remnants of Hurricane Eloise flooded the Dupont Circle station on 09 27 1975. The contractor working on Dupont Circle had not even started setting platform tile before the flood, the surface elevator shaft had not been excavated, escalator installation work had not begun. Had the flood not happened, there was no way in hell Dupont Circle could have opened on 03 27 1976. The flood of 09 27 1975 was not the primary reason why Dupont Circle did not open on 03 27 1976.

[MetroLinerXLZ]

As an outsider, I'm going to take wild guesses at this.....here's my answers....


1. I know Dupont Circle is one of them. I guess the second would be Farrugut?

2. I think that one of them suffered from delays in it's construction, the other due to flooding.

3. It was the first rail car involved in a train accident.

4. Colonial Burgandy, Cheasepeake Sand, Potomac Blue

5. ?

6. Not much of a train-head....I'll say Forest Glen?

7. Catoe?

8. Blue?

9. Northern, Landover, Montgomery, West Ox, Bladensburg, and Four Mile Run.

10. Landover

11. I think that was the last MAN artic built for U.S. transit properties.....

12. The N11 line

13. Unsure.....the 72....

14. J8?

15. The J3?

[79MetroExtraMD]

I guess I'll post a couple of mine

1. Which route has termini that do not end at a Metro station?
2. Which route has the most transfers to a Metro station?
3. What are the two shortest routes in each jurisdiction?
4. Which route serves all three MARC train lines?

[Scrabbleship]

1. Which route has termini that do not end at a Metro station?

G2

2. Which route has the most transfers to a Metro station?

If there is one besides the full length 70/71 (8 for trips to 9th & Maine SW, 9 for trips to Half & O SW/Buzzard Point), I'd be hard pressed to think of one.

4. Which route serves all three MARC train lines?

F4 and F6: Brunswick at Silver Spring, Camden at Riverdale (F4)/College Park (F6), Penn at New Carrollton.

[79MetroExtraMD]

I forgot about the G2. There is another one.

[Scrabbleship]

I forgot about the G2. There is another one.

Now that I think of it, the S1 (Potomac Park-16th & Colorado)

[79MetroExtraMD]

I forgot about the G2. There is another one.

Now that I think of it, the S1 (Potomac Park-16th & Colorado)

There are a couple more.

[Scrabbleship]

I forgot about the G2. There is another one.

Now that I think of it, the S1 (Potomac Park-16th & Colorado)

There are a couple more.

The 15M and the 29's?

[79MetroExtraMD]

I forgot about the G2. There is another one.

Now that I think of it, the S1 (Potomac Park-16th & Colorado)

There are a couple more.

The 15M and the 29's?

Bingo.