This document contains the questions and answers from 5 rounds of a trivia contest focused on transportation and logistics. The rounds cover topics like the history of transportation innovations, largest/busiest infrastructure, CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) information, industry logos, and terminology related to transportation and supply chain management.

1. CILT International Convention 2015
Welcome Function
Trivia

2. Round 1
History

3. QUESTION 1
In which country was the
first submarine built in
1620?

4. QUESTION 2
The first steam engine
was built in 1769 in what
country?

5. QUESTION 3
The passenger
steamboat was invented
in which Country in
1807?

6. QUESTION 4
The railway was
invented in 1825 in
which Country?

7. QUESTION 5
The diesel engine was
invented in 1893 in which
country?

8. QUESTION 6
The Airbus 380 super
jumbo jet, the world’s
largest passenger plane at
the time was developed
in which country in 2006?

9. QUESTION 7
The Boeing 747 was originally conceived
through the project that eventually
became the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. The 747
has been designed with cargo operations
in mind, either as dedicated models or as
conversion candidates. As at 30 June 2015,
58 747-800F Freighter models have been
delivered compared to 34 passenger
models. Which three airlines operate 14
747-800F aircraft each?

10. QUESTION 8
The earliest recorded
use of paper packaging
was in 1035. Where was
that?

11. QUESTION 9
What year did the 1st
UPC barcode scan of a
take place? Extra point if
you can name for which
Organisation?

12. QUESTION 10
DELAG is considered the world's first airline
in revenue service which operated Zeppelin
flights. This company was dissolved in 1940.
An airline which started its operations in
1919 is considered as the oldest airline in
the world which is still operating under its
original name. What is the name of this
Airline?

13. QUESTION 11
What company enabled
package status tracking
via the internet first?

14. Round 2
Biggest, Busiest
Longest, Largest

15. QUESTION 1
With more than 2,000
vessels calling each year,
which is the world’s
largest port?

16. QUESTION 2
Which is the world’s
busiest bridge?

17. QUESTION 3
What is the longest
Highway in the world?

18. QUESTION 4
With an approx length of
9,300 km what is the
longest railway line in the
world?

19. QUESTION 5
What is the busiest
flight route in the
world?

20. QUESTION 6
Where in the World does
the largest car and
Passenger ferry operate?

21. QUESTION 7
With a surface elevation
of 3810 m above sea
level, what is considered
as the world's highest
commercially navigable
lake?

22. QUESTION 8
Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated
to the transport of cargo by air
which is a vital component of many
international logistics networks.
Which company is considered the
largest air freight carrier in terms of
ton-kilometres flown?

23. QUESTION 9
Which nation has the
busiest road network in
the world?

24. QUESTION 10
Which nation has the
largest merchant fleet in
the world?

25. QUESTION 11
Which nation has the
highest frequency of
air travel in the world?

26. QUESTION 12
Which organisation
owns the largest
warehouse in the
world (measured
by volume)?

27. Round 3
CILT

28. QUESTION 1
In what year did the
Institute of Transport
form?

29. QUESTION 2
In what year did the
Institute of Transport have
their Royal Chartered
Granted to become the
Chartered Institute of
Transport?

30. QUESTION 3
In what year was Logistics
added to the name of the
Institute forming what we know
of today as the Chartered
Institute of Logistics and
Transport Australia?

31. QUESTION 4
Today how many CILT
Branches are there
worldwide?

32. QUESTION 5
List these branches –
added bonus points if
you know the year in
which they formed.

33. Round 4
Industry
Logos

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10.
9.
11. 12.

35. Round 5
Names &
Terms

36. QUESTION 1
“Logistics” derives from
the ancient Greek
adjective, ”logistikos”
which translates as
what?

37. QUESTION 2
What type of boat has
underwater wings that
develop lift in the
Water?

38. QUESTION 3
The RENFE is the name
of the railway in which
European country?

39. QUESTION 4
What city’s major
international airport is
assigned the airport code
ICN?

40. QUESTION 5
What is the name of the
world’s largest airline cargo
alliance? (Inaugural members:
Aeroméxico Cargo, Air France
Cargo, Delta Air Logistics, and
Korean Air Cargo)

41. QUESTION 6
What is the name of one of the
world's oldest continuously
running journals that originally
provided weekly shipping news
in London as early as 1734?

42. QUESTION 7
What is the name of the hinged
flight control surface that is
used to control an aircraft in
roll, or movement around the
aircraft’s longitudinal axis?

43. QUESTION 8
The Maersk Triple E class is a family of large,
fuel-efficient container ships considered the
world's largest and most efficient
operational container ship as of 2013,
totaling 400 meters in length. The name
"Triple E" is derived from the class's three
design principles where two of them are"
Energy efficiently and environmentally
improved". What does the other “E” stand
for?

44. QUESTION 9
RFID is the wireless use of
electromagnetic fields to transfer data, for
the purposes of automatically identifying
and tracking tags attached to objects. RFID
tags are used in many different industries
from automobile to livestock
management. What does RFID stand for?

45. QUESTION 10
The Silk Route or Silk Road refers to a network of
ancient trade routes connecting Asia, Europe and
Africa in which Sri Lanka also received a prominent
role due to its strategic location in this route and
had several harbors to accommodate the ships that
came through this route. “Gokanna” was one
harbor which played an important role during the
ancient time. What is the modern name for
Gokanna” which is known as now?

46. QUESTION 11
A flight recorder is an electronic recording
device placed in an aircraft for the purpose
of facilitating the investigation of aviation
accidents and incidents. This is commonly
referred to as a black box. An Australian
engineer is credited as the inventor of the
Black box currently used in aircrafts. What
is his name?

47. QUESTION 12
On container ships,
what do the initials
"TEU" stand for?

48. QUESTION 13
What is the optimum
temperature for
transporting and
storing frozen foods?

49. QUESTION 14
The term Supply Chain
management was first
used in what year?

50. QUESTION 15
Which company
developed the
concept of “just-in-
time”?

51. QUESTION 16
“Yield management” measures
a company’s load capacity in
order to maximize revenues -
providing the right service to
the right customer at the right
time for the right price. What
industry pioneered this
performance indicator?