Transit in the Making"! You can read our trivia questions and answers
below. Over the last year, TTCriders has organized non-stop and it's paid
off: we've won 2-hour transfers and the Fair Fare Pass, and we're very close to
getting them funded. In the weeks ahead, we'll be pushing John Tory and Toronto
City Council to keep their promise to fund 2-hour transfers and the Fair
Pass in 2018! And we're going to keep fighting for better TTC service. You can
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Transit & Toronto Trivia Night
Easy Round
1. Which public figure has received an award from TTCriders?
TTC Sardine Award, to Kathleen Wynne
Transit Troll Award, to John Tory
Transit Santa Award for Best Blogger, to Steve Munro Thanks For Nothing Award,
to Mike Harris
2. The TTC used to offer which kind of tours?
Tours to public gardens
Christmas light tours
Tours of Toronto’s ravine system Tours of John Tory’s Toronto properties
3. What do the rapper P-Diddy and former Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman have in
common?
Both wear lots of gold chains
Both owned a business called Bad Boy
[Former Mayor Mel Lastman owns Bad Boy Superstore, a furniture and
appliances store, and P-Diddy owned Bad Boy records]
Both were born in the United States Both have been invited to one of Drake’s
birthday parties
4. What does it mean when an operator speaks over the TTC public address system
and says, “506 Kennedy, 506 Kennedy...Please call control”, what does that mean?
The operator is instructing drivers that there are delays at Kennedy station
and to call the control centre
The operator is referring to the code for maintenance, and a maintenance
person from Kennedy is being asked to call the control centre
506 Kennedy is code word for rat or raccoon sightings and drivers are being
instructed to keep their cool
5. Which term describes the following phenomenon that happens way too often on
the TTC: When a group of two or more transit vehicles (such as buses or
streetcars) , which were scheduled to be evenly spaced running along the same
route, instead run in the same place at the same time.
Gapping Short-turning
Bunching
Crashing Follow-the-leader
6. What is the name of the extensive underground passage system that links much
of the Financial District of downtown Toronto?
MUTS (the Metro Underground Tunnel System) The Corridor
The PATH [it’s over 30km long!] The Underground
7. Located close to the lake in the west end of Toronto is one of Canada's
oldest surviving forts. What is the name of this historic landmark?
Fort Knox Fort Worth Fort Erie Fort York
[Fort York houses Canada's largest collection of original War of 1812
period buildings]
8. Which Canadian public figure was NOT born in Toronto?
John A. Macdonald [Born in Scotland] Drake Lester B.
Pearson Samantha Bee Maestro Fresh Wes
9. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince owned a house in Toronto. True or false?
True False
[Prince’s former home in Toronto’s Bridle Path neighbourhood includes 6
bedrooms, 10 baths, a tennis court, beauty salon, and award-winning
pool]
10. When was the idea of building an underground Relief Line formally proposed
to Toronto City Council?
8 years ago 50 years ago 94 years ago 107 years ago
Intermediate Round
1. Which of these “secret” tunnels in Toronto are real and not just rumours?
Lower Queen Lower Bay Underneath the King Edward Hotel
All of the above
None of the above
2. The term “White Elephant” has recently been used to refer to what?
A new exhibit at the Toronto Zoo
The Scarborough Subway Extension The Gardiner
Expressway A new brunch spot in Leslieville
[The Scarborough Subway Extension was named by the Guardian as one of the
world’s top ten “Urban White Elephants” — projects that are expensive wastes
of public money.]
3. Which local icon was banned from the TTC for continuously doing shirtless
pushups in 2006, and also has a graphic novel written about him?
Alexander Brovedani a.k.a. Toronto Batman
Zanta
Russell Oliver Jesus Guy from Dundas Square Don Cherry
4. The name “Toronto” [Tkaronto] comes from the Mohawk word for:
The Rivers Raccoon
Trees Standing in the Water
Meeting Place The Centre of the Universe
5. Which group of cities all have subway systems that run 24 hours a day?
Berlin, London, Paris New York, Copenhagen, Stockholm [Must be nice!] New York, Chicago, Los Angeles New York, Berlin,
Amsterdam London, Dublin, Edinburgh
6. In which of the following places in Toronto have there been widely reported
ghost sightings or paranormal activity?:
The Old Don Jail TTC’s Lower Bay Station Casa Loma
All of the above
[But which station will Andy Byford come back to haunt?]
7. Torontonians elected Canada’s first politician of African descent
True False
[William Peyton Hubbard was a City of Toronto alderman from 1894 to 1914.
He was the first politician of African descent elected to office in
Canada.]
8. Which of these technologies and products were invented in Toronto?:
The electron microscope Antigravity suits Canada Dry Ginger Ale
All of the above
None of the above
9. When did Toronto get its name?
In 1793, after John Graves Simcoe made it the capital of Upper Canada
In 1834, after residents petitioned to change the name
In 1814, after the war with the United States had ended
[In classic colonial fashion, Simcoe changed Toronto’s name to York—an
English name—but residents later petitioned to change it back to
Toronto]
10. What TTC surface route (meaning bus or streetcar) had the highest daily
ridership in 2016?
35 Jane 29 Dufferin 504 King
[On any given day, this streetcar has approximately 65,000 riders] 7
Bathurst 510 Spadina
Difficult Round
1. New York City has the most stations of any subway system in the world. How
many stations does it have (not double-counting for transfers)?
75 144
425
970
2. When John Tory ran for mayor in 2014 how many new stops were going to be
built in Toronto as part of his SmartTrack transit plan?
3 12
22
45
3. As of December 2017, how many new stops are planned to be built in Toronto as
part of John Tory’s SmartTrack transit plan?
2
6
7 12
4. Which Canadian celebrity was once a resident of Cabbagetown?
Avril Lavigne [she could be seen sk8ing down Parliament] Justin Bieber Rick
Mercer Russell Peters Peter Mansbridge
5. Which of the following singers or bands is not from Toronto?
Billy Talent [They’re from Mississauga] Neil Young
Deborah Cox The Weeknd
6. Which of the following is NOT a term used to describe Fred G. Gardiner, after
whom the Gardiner Expressway is named?
Big Daddy Municipal Churchill
Concrete Man
Towering Giant
7. Which TTC bus or streetcar route had the least amount of riders in 2016?
501 Queen
353 Steeles
127 Davenport 117 Alness 168 Symington
8. What were the end points of the first GO Transit train line when it opened?
Hamilton to Pickering Oakville to Toronto Toronto to Barrie
Long Branch to Guildwood
9. Which of the following movies were shot in Toronto or featured at least one
scene in Toronto?
A Christmas Story (1983) Police Academy (1984) Chicago (2002)
All of the above
None of the above
10. Which subway system has the highest ridership in the world?
Beijing New York London Tokyo Seoul
[Beijing’s subway system has the highest ridership in the world, with 3.66
billion trips delivered in 2016 and averaging almost 10 million trips per
day. If all of the recommendations from the TTC’s much-delayed Ridership
Growth Strategy were implemented and funded, Toronto still wouldn’t come
close.]