Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - History Quiz: The NYC Subway Opens

1. On October 27, New York City opened its first new rapid transit system--the subway—in what year?

1860

1890

1900

1904

1950

2. What city has the world's oldest underground train?

London

Paris

Berlin

New York

Shanghai

3. The first London subway trains ran using what kind of power?

Gas

Steam

Horse

Electric

Coal

4. What was the first U.S. city to have a subway?

D.C.

Atlanta

San Francisco

New York

Boston

5. How much did the first New York City subway ride cost?

Penny

Nickel

Dime

Quarter

Fifty-cents

6. Before there were underground trains, New York offered what kind of rapid transit service?

Overground Railway

Aboveground Railway

Elevated Railway

Middle-Ground Railway

Quick Bus

7. While not the first to have a subway system, New York City was the first to use what for public transport?

Motor Buses

Trolleys

Omnibuses

Doubledeckers

Horsecars

8. How many people rode the New York City subway on the first day?

1,000

5,000

150,000

1,000,000

10

9. What was the first New York City subway system called?

Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT)

Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MTA)

New York City Rapid Transit (NTA)

Fast Transit (FT)

Knickerbocker Rapid Transit (KPT)

10. Which president's train car still sits on its secret track below Grand Central Terminal?

George W. Bush

Jimmy Carter

Woodrow Wilson

Richard Nixon

Franklin Delano Roosevelt