Railway Trivia Question
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Ah okay, railway trivia - I got mixed up with the more general facts thread. And it's two not one lol
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Maybe just tube stations specifically, because otherwise there's also Brentwood.jamesthegill wrote: ↑01 Apr 2023, 18:23They're the only numbers that appear on the tube map - Marylebone, Seven Sisters, Nine Elms and Tottenham Court RoadRJSRdg wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 15:19 Nobody got my last question, to which the answer is that they were all "shrunk down" by the magic of television and travelled on model railways - Bernard for a Hornby advert, Ronnie C & B for a musical sketch about a narrow gauge train driver and fireman (filmed on the well-known Dovey Valley Railway layout) and Jules rode on his own model railway/slot car layout in the opening credits to one of his TV shows.
Now a new question - what do the numbers one, seven, nine and ten have in common? (And no, "One of Ten" wasn't a Borg Drone....)
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That's just if we're talking integers. Don't forget our friend pi. In Pinner...
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Also Totteridge and Whetstone and Leytonstone.jamesthegill wrote: ↑01 Apr 2023, 18:23They're the only numbers that appear on the tube map - Marylebone, Seven Sisters, Nine Elms and Tottenham Court RoadRJSRdg wrote: ↑31 Mar 2023, 15:19 Nobody got my last question, to which the answer is that they were all "shrunk down" by the magic of television and travelled on model railways - Bernard for a Hornby advert, Ronnie C & B for a musical sketch about a narrow gauge train driver and fireman (filmed on the well-known Dovey Valley Railway layout) and Jules rode on his own model railway/slot car layout in the opening credits to one of his TV shows.
Now a new question - what do the numbers one, seven, nine and ten have in common? (And no, "One of Ten" wasn't a Borg Drone....)
2,3,4 and 5 also appear on the Tube Map in Arabic numerals rather than as words.
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And e in... more stations than I care to mention.
And if we include imaginary numbers...
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And of course, a ‘number’ could refer to a song or performance, which could also be classed as a ‘turn’. How’s about Turnpike Lane?
Sorry folks, brain’s doing odd things again…
Sorry folks, brain’s doing odd things again…
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