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Author Topic: Prize Picture Quiz Summer 2015 *QUIZ CLOSED*  (Read 29108 times)
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« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2015, 02:57:06 »

Just a gentle reminder that time is now running out:

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The Prize Picture Quiz will run for four weeks with a closing date of 11:59pm Sunday 2nd August 2015.

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« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2015, 04:47:11 »

And the competition is now closed; marking with the judges ...
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« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2015, 10:59:40 »

I shall be going through the entries later this evening, providing the answers and announcing the winners.

Thanks to all who took part.
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« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2015, 13:07:11 »

Found a bit of spare time to go through the entries and I can now announce the prize winners...

Winner: Adelante_CCT with 7 out of 25. Wins a ^20 Postal Order.

Runner up: AMLAG with 5 out of 25. Wins a ^10 Postal Order.

They have both been contacted by Personal Message (PM) to arrange delivery of prizes.



The thread is now unlocked. Before I provide the full list of answers I'll open the quiz to the forum just for fun. Feel free to guess the locations. As many or as few as you want.
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« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2015, 13:25:50 »

The ones I felt certain about were:

1 - Clapham Junction
23 - Church Stretton
25 - Kemble

The ones I had my doubts over were:

5 - Southend Airport
20 - Swindon

As for the rest...  Grin
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« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2015, 13:42:21 »

1. Clapham Junction
20. Swindon
23. Church Stretton

5 and 25 incorrect.
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« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2015, 16:36:41 »

Ones I felt certain about were;

9. Penzance
11. Tiverton Parkway
16. Smallbrook Junction
24. Crewkerne

The rest - not a clue!
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« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2015, 16:49:55 »

Ones I felt certain about were;

9. Penzance
11. Tiverton Parkway
16. Smallbrook Junction
24. Crewkerne

The rest - not a clue!

Those are all correct. Had you entered and guessed one more correct you may well have been in a tie-break for runner-up!
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« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2015, 18:00:27 »

Well I am surprised about that, I certainly don't get out and about as much as I used to and felt sure that a few others would get a much higher score than me! To be honest some of them were simply processes of elimination. I haven't been told which ones were correct but here were some of my guesses and reasons for them
3 = Manchester Piccadilly, not many other places where a FTPE» (First TransPennine Express - website) crosses paths with a Pendolino.
5 = Luton, somewhere an EMT» (East Midlands Trains - about) stops underneath the wires, this led to Luton Airport which is a newer station than that and Bedford which I believe it not to be from memory.
17 = Queens Park, my first thoughts were somewhere south of London but then I noticed what appears to be the infamous shed that you pass through when heading north of Queens Park station
21 = Orpington, my first thought was Bromley South but then I realised there were more than 4 platforms, which to my knowledge Orpington is the only station on the SouthEastern network (outside London) other than Ashford (which I knew it was not) to have more than 4 platforms.
22 = Taunton, I'm not sure if this is correct but I always remember it as having a canopy on the outer platform(s) with no cover on the middle line platforms.
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« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2015, 18:04:21 »

Here are my thoughts:

2 - Reading
3 - Manchester Piccadilly
4 - Manchester Oxford Road
5 - Sheffield
7 - Bristol Temple Meads
8 - London Blackfriars
13 - Pewsey
15 - Bridgwater
18 - Warminster
21 - Bromley South
22 - Taunton

I have reserve guesses for 3 answers also
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« Reply #25 on: August 03, 2015, 18:13:17 »

Well I am surprised about that, I certainly don't get out and about as much as I used to and felt sure that a few others would get a much higher score than me! To be honest some of them were simply processes of elimination. I haven't been told which ones were correct but here were some of my guesses and reasons for them
3 = Manchester Piccadilly, not many other places where a FTPE» (First TransPennine Express - website) crosses paths with a Pendolino.
5 = Luton, somewhere an EMT» (East Midlands Trains - about) stops underneath the wires, this led to Luton Airport which is a newer station than that and Bedford which I believe it not to be from memory.
17 = Queens Park, my first thoughts were somewhere south of London but then I noticed what appears to be the infamous shed that you pass through when heading north of Queens Park station
21 = Orpington, my first thought was Bromley South but then I realised there were more than 4 platforms, which to my knowledge Orpington is the only station on the SouthEastern network (outside London) other than Ashford (which I knew it was not) to have more than 4 platforms.
22 = Taunton, I'm not sure if this is correct but I always remember it as having a canopy on the outer platform(s) with no cover on the middle line platforms.

Your correct answers Adelante_CCT were:

1. Clapham Junction
3. Manchester Piccadilly
5. Luton
16. Smallbrook Junction
17. Queens Park
21. Orpington
22. Taunton

Do PM me your address details (don't post here!) so I can arrange for your prize to be delivered. Well done!
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« Reply #26 on: August 03, 2015, 18:17:36 »

Left to identify...

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 25.
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« Reply #27 on: August 03, 2015, 19:27:50 »

Left to identify...
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 25.

I seem to see a pattern here
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« Reply #28 on: August 03, 2015, 19:33:20 »

Left to identify...
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 19, 25.

I seem to see a pattern here

We're an odd bunch here, so you would expect the even ones to be left ...  Grin
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« Reply #29 on: August 03, 2015, 19:54:52 »

4. Bridgend?
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