French railway mini quiz

Test your knowledge of French railways!
1. What is the French name for railcar?
autocar
automotor
autorail
railauto

2. Where is the national railway museum?
Mulhouse
Mulmaison
Paris
Lille

3. What is a Corpet Louvet?
Un aspirateur
Une ventilateur
Une locomotive vapeur
Une locomotive diesel

4. What does TGV stand for.
Temps Gagne Vrai
Train Grand Vitesse
Train Grosse Vitesse
Train Gens Vieux

5. Where is the gare du nord
Paris
Marseille
Lille
Bordeaux

6. What organisation was responsible for many of the secondary lines?
Chemin de Fer Regionaux
Chemin de Fer Departementaux
Chemin de Fer Dordogne
Reseaux Departementaux

7. What is a cheminot?
a chimney
a smokebox
a firebox
a railway worker

8. Who was Andre Chapelon?
A chocolate maker
A church worker
A steam locomotive engineer
The TGV test driver

9. Renault once produced a famous standard gauge railcar subsequently named after an artist. What was it called?
Monet
Raphael
Matisse
Picasso

10. The first fully automatic line on the Paris metro was number 14. What is it called?
The Meteor
The Rocket
The Ariane
The Star

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