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The trans-siberian railway

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  • Which place doesn't it go to?
    The Wall of China
    Beijing
    Silesia
    Mongolia
  • The train carriages are not particularly
    large
    clean
    well made
    glamorous
  • The train runs at an average speed of
    60 miles per hour
    160 km per hour
    60 km per hour
    a young buffalo on Vo Thi Sau Street
  • More than 2.5 million people moved to Siberia between
    last Friday and today
    1816 and 1995
    1895 and 1916
  • When did it's construction start?
    1981
    1819
    1918
    1891
  • Who ordered the original Trans-Siberian Railway to be built?
    Ivan the Terrible
    Tsar Alexander III
    President Putin
    Tsar Nicholas II
  • What does trans mean?
    transport
    transfer
    across
  • How long does the trans-siberian trip take to complete
    About a month
    About a week
    About 2 metres
    Too long for a train journey!
  • Many people claimed that the convicts building the line
    had sabotaged it
    weren't good at building bridges
    were lazy
    argued a lot
  • The train carries
    250,000 passengers a year
    250,000 tourists a year
    250,000 containers a year
  • How long is the trans-siberian railway line?
    3,900 KM
    930 KM
    It's really, really long!
    9,300 KM
  • The railway is responsible for
    30% of Russian experts
    30% of Russian quiz questions
    30% of Russian imports
    30% of Russian exports
  • Siberia became famous for
    producing bread and butter
    being heavily industrialised
    being really cold
    being really boring
  • How many women were employed in the railway's construction?
    20,000
    we dont know
    About the same number as the men
    90,000