Answers to questions in the Logistics and Transport Fun Trivia Quiz completed by teams of delegates at The Welcome Event for International Convention 2015

1. Transport History:
In whichcountrywasthe firstsubmarine builtin1620?
Netherlands
The firststeamengine wasbuiltin1769 in whatcountry?
Scotland
The passengersteamboatwasinventedinwhichCountryin1807?
UnitedStates
The railwaywasinventedin1825 inwhichCountry?
England
The diesel enginewasinventedin1893 in whichcountry?
Germany
The Airbus380 superjumbojet,the world’slargestpassengerplane atthe time wasdevelopedinwhich
countryin 2006?
France
The Boeing747 was originallyconceivedthroughthe projectthateventuallybecamethe LockheedC-5
Galaxy.The 747 has beendesignedwithcargooperationsinmind,eitherasdedicatedmodelsoras
conversioncandidates.Asat30 June 2015, 58 747-800F Freightermodelshave beendeliveredcomparedto
34 passengermodels.Whichthree airlinesoperate14 747-800F aircrafteach?

2. CathyPacificCargo
NipponCargoAirlines
Cargolux Airlines
The earliestrecordeduse of paperpackagingwasin1035. Where was that?
Cairo,Egypt
What yeardid the 1st UPC barcode scan of a take place? Extrapointif you can name for which
Organisation?
1974, Chewinggumfrom WrigleyCorporation.
DELAG is consideredthe world'sfirstairline inrevenueservice whichoperatedZeppelin flights.This
companywas dissolvedin1940. An airline whichstarteditsoperationsin1919 isconsideredasthe oldest
airline inthe worldwhichisstill operatingunderitsoriginalname.Whatisthe name of thisAirline?
KLM
What companyenabledpackage statustrackingviathe internetfirst?
Fedex
Biggest,Busiest, Longest & Largest:
Withmore than2,000 vesselscallingeachyear,whichisthe world’slargestport?
Shanghai,China
Whichis the world’sbusiestbridge?
George WashingtonBridge,New York,USA linkingManhattantoNew Jersey
What isthe longestHighwayinthe world?
AustraliaHighway1
Withan approx lengthof 9,300 km whatisthe longestrailwaylineinthe world?
Trans-Siberian Railway
What isthe busiestflightroute inthe world?(According to theDaily Mail August2014)
Sapporo-Tokyo
Where inthe World doesthe largestcar and Passengerferryoperate?
BetweenStockholminSwedenandHelsinki inFinland.
Witha surface elevationof 3810 m above sealevel,whatisconsideredasthe world'shighestcommercially
navigable lake?
Lake Titicaca
Cargo airlinesare airlinesdedicatedtothe transportof cargo by air whichisa vital componentof many
international logisticsnetworks. Whichcompanyisconsideredthe largestairfreightcarrierintermsof ton-
kilometresflown?
Fed-Ex
Whichnationhas the busiestroadnetworkinthe world?
Indonesia
Whichnationhas the largestmerchantfleetinthe world?
Japan
Whichnationhas the highestfrequencyof airtravel inthe world?
USA
Whichorganisationownsthe largestwarehouseinthe world(measuredbyvolume)?
BoeingEverettFactory

3. CILT
In whatyear didthe Institute of Transportform?
1919
In whatyear didthe Institute of Transporthave theirRoyal CharteredGrantedtobecome the Chartered
Institute of Transport?
1926
In whatyear wasLogisticsaddedtothe name of the Institute formingwhatwe know of todayas the
CharteredInstitute of LogisticsandTransportAustralia?
2001
Today howmanyCILT Branches are there worldwide?
31
List these branches –addedbonuspointsif youknow the year inwhichtheyformed.
Europe
Ireland
Malta 2000
UK 1919
Americas
NorthAmerica
Australasia
Australia1935
NewZealand1959
Asia
Bangladesh 1998
China
Hong Kong1968
Macao 2014
India1993
Indonesia
Malaysia1965
Oman2012
Pakistan1976
Singapore 1971
Sri Lanka1985
Taiwan2008
UAE 2002
Africa
Egypt 2007
Ethiopia2013
Ghana 1965
Kenya
Malawi
Mauritius 1983
Nigeria1958
SouthAfrica2002
Tanzania2008
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Industry Logos:
Name the organisationswhichutilisethese imagesaspartof theirlogo:
1.
Air NZ
2.
APL 3.
Beijing Subway
4.
Ceva Logistics
5.
kuehne + nagel
6.
Mack Trucks 7.
Maersk
8.
Mumbai Metro

4. 9.
Nigeria Air
10.
Paris Airport
11.
Port of Melbourne 12.
Singapore Changi
Airport
Transport and Logistics Terms & Names
“Logistics”derivesfromthe ancientGreek adjective,”logistikos”whichtranslatesaswhat?
"Skilled incalculating"
What type of boat has underwaterwingsthatdevelopliftinthe Water?
Hydrofoil
The RENFE is the name of the railwayinwhichEuropeancountry?
Spain
What city’smajorinternational airportisassignedthe airportcode ICN?
Seoul (IncheonInternational Airport)
What isthe name of the world’slargestairline cargoalliance?(Inaugural members:AeroméxicoCargo,Air
France Cargo, DeltaAirLogistics,andKoreanAirCargo)
SkyTeam Cargo
What isthe name of one of the world'soldestcontinuouslyrunningjournalsthatoriginallyprovidedweekly
shippingnewsinLondonasearlyas 1734?
Lloyd’slist
What isthe name of the hingedflightcontrol surface thatisusedto control an aircraftin roll,or movement
aroundthe aircraft’slongitudinal axis?
Aileron
The Maersk Triple E classis a familyof large,fuel-efficientcontainershipsconsideredthe world'slargest
and mostefficientoperational container shipasof 2013, totaling400 metersinlength.The name "Triple E"
isderivedfromthe class'sthree designprincipleswhere twoof themare"Energyefficientlyand
environmentallyimproved".Whatdoesthe other“E” standfor?
Economyof scale
RFID isthe wirelessuse of electromagneticfieldstotransferdata,forthe purposesof automatically
identifyingandtrackingtagsattachedto objects.RFIDtags are usedin manydifferentindustriesfrom
automobile tolivestockmanagement. WhatdoesRFIDstand for?
Radio-frequencyidentification
The SilkRoute or SilkRoadrefersto a networkof ancienttrade routesconnectingAsia,Europe andAfricain
whichSri Lanka alsoreceivedaprominentrole due toitsstrategiclocationinthisroute andhad several
harborsto accommodate the shipsthat came throughthis route.“Gokanna”was one harborwhichplayed
an importantrole duringthe ancienttime.Whatisthe modernname forGokanna” whichisknownas now?
Trincomalee
A flightrecorderisanelectronicrecordingdevice placedinanaircraftforthe purpose of facilitatingthe
investigationof aviationaccidentsandincidents.Thisiscommonlyreferredtoasa blackbox.An Australian
engineeriscreditedasthe inventor of the Blackbox currentlyusedinaircrafts. What ishisname?

5. DavidWarren
On containerships,whatdothe initials"TEU"standfor?
TwentyfootEquivalentUnitcontainers(20'longstandardizedcontainers)
The term SupplyChainmanagementwasfirst usedinwhatyear?
1982
What isthe optimumtemperaturefortransportingandstoringfrozenfoods?
0°F or -18°C
Whichcompanydevelopedthe conceptof “just-in-time”?
Toyota
“Yieldmanagement”measuresacompany’sloadcapacityinorderto maximize revenues- providingthe
rightservice tothe rightcustomerat the righttime for the rightprice. What industrypioneeredthis
performance indicator?
Aviation