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On what college campus does the original "golden spike," of the First Transcontinental Railroad, currently reside? (40 points)

	Utah State University
	University of Texas at Austin
	Stanford University
	Villanova University
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In the board game Monopoly, Short Line is a railroad. In real life, it wasn't a railroad at all. What was the Short Line? (40 points)

	a ferry boat
	a bus route
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What railroad joined the Central Pacific at Promontory Point in Utah in 1869, completing America's first transcontinental railroad? (30 points)

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	Great Western
	Union Pacific
	Baltimore & Ohio
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In the world of rail transportation, "rolling stock" consists of... (40 points)

	cattle being transported
	railroad cars and engines
	perishable goods
	profit-earning investments
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John Luther Jones is better known as: (40 points)

	Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones
	comic book character Jughead Jones
	folk hero Casey Jones
	baseball all-star Chipper Jones
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