Bumper bignosemac Prize Picture Quiz, August 2012. *QUIZ CLOSED*

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[JayMac]

*THIS QUIZ IS NOW CLOSED*

A slight departure from the norm with this quiz. Instead of requesting one answer each for the first 24 hours, I'm asking for your full list of answers by Personal Message (PM). The person getting the most right by 2359 on Sunday 2nd September will be offered a small prize, a gift card from a High St retailer of their choice. In the event of a tie, a random draw will be conducted by a forum administrator to decide the winner. This thread will be locked so that no answers can be posted directly to it. Full rules, terms and conditions and entry criteria can be found below.

There's some easy ones in the selection and some not so easy ones. All photos are on or near stations on either the national network or heritage rail locations. When answering please provide the full name of the station. If you're not sure of an answer than have a guess, you might be lucky!

Due to the image sizes the pictures are best viewed on a monitor, laptop or tablet. Smartphone users may have difficulty viewing them.

Please read the rules before entering.

Good luck!

bignosemac


Rules:

Entry: One entry per person. All entries to be submitted to bignosemac by Personal Message (PM). Please title your Personal Message (PM) "Prize Quiz August 2012", then list your answers 1-20. Personal Messages (PM) can be sent by clicking on the speach bubble icon below bignosemac's profile picture or by using the forum's 'My Messages' button. Closing date for entries will be 2359 (11:59pm) Sunday 2nd September 2012. Entries after that time will not be accepted.

Eligibilty: The quiz is open to all registered members of the Great Western Passenger's Forum (aka Coffee Shop). The forum's Administrators and Moderators are not eligible to enter.

Answers: All images are of UK^▸ (United Kingdom) National Rail or Heritage Rail locations. Station locations must be named in full (i.e. Bristol would not be an acceptable answer when the image is of Bristol Parkway). Lineside locations can be answered with either details of the specific location or the full name of the nearest UK National Rail or Heritage Rail station.

Winning Entry: The winning entry will be the one having the most correct answers. A list of correct answers has been provided to the forum's Administrator/Moderator team. In the event of a tie, the tied entries will each be assigned a number by bignosemac and an Administrator will pick one of those numbers at random. The Administrator will not be informed of the forum name or avatar of the tied entries. Following completion of the quiz the list of correct answers and the forum name of the winner will be posted on the prize quiz thread.

Prize: The prize will be a ^10 Gift Card for a High Street retailer. The choice of retailer may be made by the winner. The winner will be required to provide address details to bignosemac and the prize will be forwarded by recorded Royal Mail delivery. Those address details will not be published or stored and there is no requirement to provide your real name.

General: Outside of entry to the quiz and awarding of the prize, no correspondence will be entered into. The decisions of the Moderators and Administrators of this forum will be final. These General Terms and the Specific Rules shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

[JayMac]

Picture 1 Slough


Picture 2 Lydney Town (Dean Forest Railway)


Picture 3 Bracknell


Picture 4 Swindon


Picture 5 Hoveton & Wroxham


Picture 6 Liskeard


Picture 7 Banbury


Picture 8 Paignton


Picture 9 Nailsea & Backwell


Picture 10 Norwich


Picture 11 Penzance


Picture 12 Severn Beach


Picture 13 Brighton


Picture 14 Falmouth Docks


Picture 15 Reading


Picture 16 Newport


Picture 17 Stourbridge Junction


Picture 18 Oxford


Picture 19 Bishops Lydeard (West Somerset Railway)


Picture 20 Blaenau Ffestniog

[Chris from Nailsea]

I'm posting here in support of bignosemac, simply to encourage all of you to enter this quiz.

There are 20 pictures: I'm not eligible to take part, but I'd have got three (or possibly four) right - so if you think you can do as well, if not better, please do join in! 

[JayMac]

A handful of entries thus far. Still plenty of time for others to try their luck.

[JayMac]

Two more days to get your entry in!

[JayMac]

Just under 24 hours to go to get your entry in.

Go on. Give it a go. It may only be a tenner up for grabs, but you have to be in it to win it!

[JayMac]

The quiz is now closed. Thanks to all who entered.

The submitted entries will be checked and scored later today (Monday 3rd September) and if there's a tie a forum Administrator will pick a winner at random from the tied entries.

On Tuesday, I'll list the correct answers and announce the winner. If anyone would like to know how they scored then I'll post that information as well.

[JayMac]

Here is the list of answers (which have now been tagged to the images also):

1. Slough
2. Lydney Town (Dean Forest Railway)
3. Bracknell
4. Swindon
5. Hoveton & Wroxham
6. Liskeard
7. Banbury
8. Paignton
9. Nailsea & Backwell
10. Norwich
11. Penzance
12. Severn Beach
13. Brighton
14. Falmouth Docks
15. Reading
16. Newport
17. Stourbridge Junction
18. Oxford
19. Bishops Lydeard (West Somerset Railway)
20. Blaenau Ffestiniog

Congratulations go to bobm who's entry had the most correct answers. All 20 right in fact!

His entry:

1) Slough (Windsor Bay)
2) Lydney Town
3) Bracknell (looking towards Wokingham)
4) Swindon (platform 3)
5) Hoveton & Wroxham
6) Liskeard
7) Banbury
8  Paignton
9) Nailsea & Backwell
10) Norwich
11) Penzance (St Michael's Mount behind you!)
12) Severn Beach
13) Brighton
14) Falmouth Docks
15) Reading (platforms 4 & 5)
16) Newport (South Wales)
17) Stourbridge Junction
18) Oxford
19) Bishop's Lydeard
20) Blaenau Ffestiniog

20/20

I'll not publish all the entries for modesty/embarrassment reasons, but if you entered and are happy to see your score published then ask here and I'll put it up for all to see.

Feedback on the quiz would also be appreciated. This is the first time we've attempted a prize quiz on the forum and it'd be nice to hear what you thought, with any observations or criticisms welcome. Such a quiz may become a semi-regular feature, a few times a year around traditional holiday times, if deemed worthwhile.

[ReWind]

Can I see my results please BNM

[anthony215]

Can I see my results please as well and also I think this quiz was a very good idea and was a bit challenging since I have never seen a lot of the places that were in the photo's

[Btline]

I'm happy for my very low mark to be published/ sent as a PM

[JayMac]

anthony215s entry:

Hi

Sending you my entry for your quiz:

Didnt recognise a few pics but here is a list of those I do know:

Picture 2: Lydney Town station on the Dean Forest Railway.
Picture 4:  island platform @ Swindon
Picture 7: Banbury station with the voyager heading to Birmingham and then perhaps to Manchester or Newcastle.
Picture 8: Paignton  station (mainline platforms)
Picture 9: Hst arriving at Nailsea & Backwell station heading towards Bristol Temple Meads & London Paddington.
Picture 10: Ipswich station with the class 153 working one of the local services.
Picture 11: A hst at Penzance station
Picture 12: one of the class 150's hired to FGW^▸ (First Great Western) seen at Severn Beach station
Picture 13: London Liverpool Street.
Picture 15: two SWT^▸ (South West Trains) class 458's at the new platforms at Reading station waiiting for their return trips to London Waterloo.
Picture 16: hst at Platform 3 at Newport (gwent) station.
Picture 17: One of London Midlands class 172's at Stourbridge Junction .
Picture 20: An ATW^▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company))) class 150 at Blaenau Festiniog waiting to head back to Llandudno.

thanks

anthony

11/20

Sorry, no additional points for identifying rolling stock That's an idea for a future quiz perhaps.....

Oh, and it wasn't a HST^▸ (High Speed Train) arriving at Nailsea & Backwell, that's a Mk2^▸ (Mark 2 coach) carriage. Former Anglia Railways stock used on the loco-hauled Cardiff-Taunton/Paignton services. Picture taken October September 8th 2010.

[JayMac]

I'm happy for my very low mark to be published/ sent as a PM

Published it is then! 

Dear BNM,

Not much chance of me winning, but I'll give it a go! I think there are two definites in there for me!

Regards,

Btline

1) Chichester
2) Watchet, WSR
3) Ascot
4) Maidenhead
5) Keynsham
6) Bedford Saint Johns
7) Banbury
8 Weston Super Mare
9) Patchway
10) Shrewsbury
11) Penzance
12) Ffairfach
13) Brighton
14) Falmouth Docks
15) Reading
16) Didcot Parkway
17) Stourbridge Junction
18) Twyford
19) Dunster
20) Blaneau Ffestiniog

7/20 

[JayMac]

Can I see my results please BNM

Of course.

1.  Brockenhurst
2.  Toddington  ( Gloucs. & Warwickshire Railway )
3.  Egham
4.  Swindon
5.  Malvern Link
6.  Bramley
7.  Banbury
8.  Paignton
9.  Nailsea & Backwell
10.  Shrewsbury
11.  Penzance
12.  Severn Beach
13.  London Paddington
14.  Looe
15.  Reading 4a & 4b
16.  Newport  ( South Wales )
17.  Kidderminster
18.  Oxford
19.  Bridgnorth
20.  Blaenau Ffestiniog

10/20

[Ollie]

Pretty sure mine is lowest out of everyone (feel free to post it)

Annoyingly, looking at pictures again with the answers, things stand out and make me feel like an idiot for not realising at the time!