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The Brian Lehrer Show

Ten Question Quiz: Subway Stops

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

York, News, Politics, Radio, Arts, News Commentary, Public, Lerer, Media, Wnyc, Bryan, Daily News, New, Nyc, Npr

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Listeners try their hand at a ten-question quiz about subway stops.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone.

0:14.8

And now it's another Brian Laird show, 10 question quiz, which we're doing one of every day during the drive.

0:20.7

Call in and answer two

0:21.8

questions in a row right, and you'll win a Brian Laird Show baseball cap. Today we're doing

0:27.0

a subways quiz, as I mentioned before the news and before the break. Tomorrow we're going to do

0:34.2

a commuter rails quiz. So today it's if you ride the trains in the subways.

0:40.5

Tomorrow it's if you ride the trains in the subways.

0:44.9

Today it's if you ride the trains in the city.

0:47.8

Tomorrow it's if you ride the trains in or from the suburbs.

0:53.1

So tune in for that as well. but it's a subway quiz right now.

0:56.0

212, 433, WNYC, 212, 433, 9692. And Jamie and Manhattan is ready to play. Hi, Jamie,

1:07.4

you ready for question one? Yes. Okay. Now, our first few questions are on transfer stations,

1:14.6

stations where multiple train lines stop, and you can transfer from one line to another. So, if you're

1:22.5

checking out a game at MSG, or you need to take the Long Island Railroad, Amtrak, or New Jersey Transit, or transfer

1:30.7

between the 1, 2, 3, AC, or E-trains, what subway station are you at?

1:35.6

I'm going to go with 34th Street, Penn Station.

1:38.0

34th Street, Penn Station is right. That was the customary first question, where we check

1:42.9

to make sure you're awake,

1:51.0

because we think everybody would know that answer. Now, at a major transfer point in Queens,

1:56.7

you can switch between any of five different subway lines that connect there,

2:03.3

the E, F, M, R, and the number seven. The station actually has two different names.

2:05.9

Can you tell me either one?

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