Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz Yourself on Cable Car History

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