Pop quiz everybody!

[statler]

Name as many Metro systems as you can from this image:

http://www.katize.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/metro_logos.jpg

The numbering system will be as follows:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
14-15-etc...

My money is on Van to win this.

Oh, BTW I don't have an answer key, so feel free to make things up and hope no one else catches you. ;)

[Ron Newman]

6 - MARTA, Atlanta
17 - our MBTA
29 - CTA, Chicago
35 - DART, Dallas? or is that 39?
72, 73, 74 all look like London Underground symbols. I can't read the writing on them.
88 - Minneapolis/St. Paul; one of several other systems with a T-circle symbol
97 - New Jersey Transit
99 - NYC MTA
100 - PATH (Port Authority of NY/NJ)
104 - Stockholm; one of several other systems with a T-circle symbol
107 - Paris RER system
111 - Pittsburgh; one of several other systems with a T-circle symbol
127 - BART, San Francisco Bay regional system
128 - Muni, San Francisco city streetcar, buses, cable cars

(next time, please don't use 13 as the length of a row!)

[snarl71]

There's actually a website you can visit to figure out how many transit systems you've ever used:

http://metro.b3co.com/

My transit riding history puts me on 20 of them.

[tobyjug]

66-Romulan/Klingon Cooperative Pathway
95- Hooters Underground
105- Lucille Ballway
109- Reduced fair pass for Red Line perverts
127- Brockton Area Transit Authority

[statler]

I suppose I should post the source (http://www.katize.com/2008/04/12/variations-of-the-letter-m/), eh?

And Mr. Jug, if you are not going to take this quiz seriously, I suggest you remain quiet please.

Edit: Oh hey, look! There is answer key (http://mic-ro.com/metro/metrologos.html).

Oh well, feel free to play along anyway.

[Java King]

I have been on 41 of these systems.

By the way, an EXCELLENT book is "Transit Maps of the World" that claims to have a transit map of EVERY metro on the planet. I picked it up at a bookstore in Harvard Square and it's worth every penny of its $25.00 price.

[a630]

75 is los angeles ...
it would appear that they're in alphabetical order?

[Lrfox]

I've been on 15. At age 22, that's not bad. Could be better, but not bad.

*edit* interesting site with maps and info on many rapid transit systems worldwide:
http://www.subways.net/

[unterbau]

6 - MARTA, Atlanta
(next time, please don't use 13 as the length of a row!)

Top to bottom would've been ten to a row!

[statler]

^^ Plus it would have mixed up the alphabet order. :rolleyes:

[Ron Newman]

"Answer key" graphic is not the same as yours. It has 16 logos per row, and 10.5 rows.

[statler]

Oy. Is it too late to delete this thread in its entirety? It seemed like a good idea at the time. :o

[Ron Newman]

It's not a bad idea, but counting by 13s is hard (my memorized times tables only go up to 12), and the answer key is hard to reconcile to the puzzle.

[ChunkyMonkey]

6 - MARTA, Atlanta
17 - our MBTA
29 - CTA, Chicago
35 - DART, Dallas? or is that 39?
72, 73, 74 all look like London Underground symbols. I can't read the writing on them.
88 - Minneapolis/St. Paul; one of several other systems with a T-circle symbol
97 - New Jersey Transit
99 - NYC MTA
100 - PATH (Port Authority of NY/NJ)
104 - Stockholm; one of several other systems with a T-circle symbol
107 - Paris RER system
111 - Pittsburgh; one of several other systems with a T-circle symbol
127 - BART, San Francisco Bay regional system
128 - Muni, San Francisco city streetcar, buses, cable cars

(next time, please don't use 13 as the length of a row!)

Good answers. I don't think 104 is correct for Stockholm. The T is too thin. Stockholm's T looks just like Boston's. In fact, Boston was "inspired" by the Stockholm symbol. The only thing I'd add is that 12 is Beijing and 33 is Copenhagen's suburban rail. I really suck at this.