Question
The Elizabeth line, part of the Crossrail project, connects this airport to West London and Berkshire (“BARK-shirr”). For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this London airport located in the Borough of Hillingdon. It is the largest airport in the UK by passenger traffic.
ANSWER: London Heathrow Airport [or LHR; or EGLL; prompt on London Airport]
[10h] The Elizabeth Line shares its route to Heathrow with this operator. This operator, which is descended from a company led by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, runs services from Paddington station to Bristol and Cardiff.
ANSWER: Great Western Railway [or GWR; or Great Western Trains or First Great Western]
[10m] The Elizabeth Line also serves this London financial district on the branch to Abbey Wood. This East London district developed into an economic center rivaling the City of London after the closure of the London docklands.
ANSWER: Canary Wharf [prompt on West India Docks; prompt on Isle of Dogs; prompt on Borough of Tower Hamlets]
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Summary
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo | 10/28/2023 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 0% | 67% |
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 43% | 29% |
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
Rutgers | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Cornell B | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
JHU B | RIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
NYU | JHU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
John Jay A | Swarthmore | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Columbia A | UMD A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
UMD B | Pitt | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |