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Cable cars and, eventually, automobiles replaced what as the main mode of transportation?
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1. On January 17, 1871, Andrew Smith Hallidie patented an improvement to the cable car which he called what?
Endless Loop
Endless Wire Ropeway
Infinity Pattern
Rope Loop
Wire Ring
2. Cable cars and, eventually, automobiles replaced what as the main mode of transportation?
Horses
Carts
Trains
U-hauls
Donkeys
3. What city used the first cable car?
Los Angeles
San Diego
Santa Ana
San Francisco
Sacramento
4. What topographical feature made cable cars so useful to their indigenous city?
Rocky soil
Wind
Steep terrain
Low altitude
Mud flats
5. Of the 23 original cable car lines established in San Francisco, how many remain?
Two
Three
Ten
Twelve
Eighteen
6. The Muni System holds what kind of competition for the Cable Cars employees each year?
Fastest route
Steepest hill
Bell ringing
Quick Ticket Taking
Wolf whistling
7. What city has the oldest continuously operating streetcar line?
Portland
Boston
Seattle
Cleveland
New Orleans
8. What city had the first subway?
London
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Paris
9. There were three canals existing in the United States before the War of 1812, but what canal was the first one built as a public works venture?
Dismal Swamp
Santee Canal
Middlesex Canal
Erie Canal
San Francisco Canal
10. What means of transportation changed the course of the United States during the Industrial Revolution?
Automobile
Railway
Paddleboat
U-Boat
Submarine
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