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"Empire Builder" Part 2 Trivia Quiz

"Empire Builder", by Mayfair Games, is an excellent railroading game. This is the second quiz about specifics from the original "Empire Builder" game (US and Canadian cities only).

A multiple-choice quiz by pjbump. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pjbump

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
150,435

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
334

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Which load would a player pick up in Atlanta? Hint

Nothing

Tobacco

Cotton

Machinery

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which load would a player pick up in Boise? Hint

Lead

Coal

Nothing

Uranium

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Question 3 of 25

3. Which load would a player pick up in Buffalo? Hint

Nothing

Machinery

Coal

Cars

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which load would a player pick up in Cheyenne? Hint

Nothing

Cattle

Sheep

Swine

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Question 5 of 25

5. Which load would a player pick up in Chicago? Hint

Nothing

Tourists

Cattle

Swine

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which load would a player pick up in Denver? Hint

Nothing

Iron

Coal

Lead

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which load would a player pick up in Detroit? Hint

Nickel

Nothing

Cars

Machinery

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which load would a player pick up in Fargo? Hint

Oats

Wheat

Nothing

Corn

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which load would a player pick up in Jacksonville? Hint

Nothing

Machinery

Tobacco

Cotton

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which load would a player pick up in Kansas City? Hint

Corn

Cattle

Nothing

Wheat

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Question 11 of 25

11. Which load would a player pick up in Knoxville? Hint

Machinery

Uranium

Nothing

Coal

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which load would a player pick up in Los Angeles? Hint

Nothing

Imports

Fruit

Machinery

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which load would a player pick up in Memphis? Hint

Swine

Nothing

Bauxite

Corn

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which load would a player pick up in Miami? Hint

Cattle

Fruit

Nothing

Tourists

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which load would a player pick up in Minneapolis? Hint

Wheat

Nothing

Corn

Oats

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which load would a player pick up in Montreal? Hint

Imports

Nickel

Nothing

Machinery

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which load would a player pick up in New Orleans? Hint

Tourists

Nothing

Rice

Oil

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Question 18 of 25

18. Which load would a player pick up in New York? Hint

Nothing

Tourists

Imports

Machinery

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which load would a player pick up in Philadelphia? Hint

Imports

Machinery

Fish

Nothing

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which load would a player pick up in Phoenix? Hint

Nothing

Copper

Cotton

Uranium

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which load would a player pick up in Portland, ME? Hint

Nothing

Fish

Wood

Machinery

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which load would a player pick up in Sudbury? Hint

Nothing

Nickel

Machinery

Cars

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which load would a player pick up in Tampa? Hint

Nothing

Fruit

Machinery

Fish

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which load would a player pick up in Las Vegas? Hint

Nothing

Copper

Tourists

Sheep

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which load would a player pick up in Pittsburgh? Hint

Steel

Iron

Nothing

Coal

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which load would a player pick up in Atlanta?

Answer: Nothing

Generally speaking, the major cities in these "Empire Builder"-based board games have nothing to pick up; they are demanders only.

2. Which load would a player pick up in Boise?

Answer: Lead

There are 11 demands for lead totaling 176 million, averaging 16.0 million.

3. Which load would a player pick up in Buffalo?

Answer: Machinery

There are 24 demands for machinery totaling 256 million, averaging 10.67 million.

4. Which load would a player pick up in Cheyenne?

Answer: Cattle

There are 12 demands for cattle totaling 203 million, averaging 16.91 million.

5. Which load would a player pick up in Chicago?

Answer: Tourists

There are 10 demands for tourists totaling 180 million, averaging 18.0 million.

6. Which load would a player pick up in Denver?

Answer: Lead

New York pays the most for lead, 30 million.

7. Which load would a player pick up in Detroit?

Answer: Cars

There are 11 demands for cars totaling 216 million, averaging 19.63 million.

8. Which load would a player pick up in Fargo?

Answer: Oats

There are 10 demands for oats totaling 132 million, averaging 13.2 million.

9. Which load would a player pick up in Jacksonville?

Answer: Machinery

Calgary pays the most for machinery, 24 million.

10. Which load would a player pick up in Kansas City?

Answer: Nothing

Kansas City automatically rebuilds the internal city bridges the turn after the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers flood.

11. Which load would a player pick up in Knoxville?

Answer: Machinery

Despite a low average payoff for machinery (10.67 million per), only sugar demands total to more (258 million).

12. Which load would a player pick up in Los Angeles?

Answer: Nothing

Los Angeles pays the most for corn, 24 million.

13. Which load would a player pick up in Memphis?

Answer: Bauxite

Bauxite pays 31 million in Seattle; 30 million in Los Angeles.

14. Which load would a player pick up in Miami?

Answer: Cattle

Montreal pays 25 million for cattle.

15. Which load would a player pick up in Minneapolis?

Answer: Corn

Los Angeles and Seattle both pay 24 million for corn.

16. Which load would a player pick up in Montreal?

Answer: Imports

Keeping it in Canada, Winnipeg pays the most, 19 million, for imports.

17. Which load would a player pick up in New Orleans?

Answer: Rice

There are 10 demands for rice totaling 176 million, averaging 17.6 million.

18. Which load would a player pick up in New York?

Answer: Tourists

Tourists to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seatle, and Las Vegas all pay over 25 million.

19. Which load would a player pick up in Philadelphia?

Answer: Imports

There are 12 demands for imports totaling 154 million, averaging 12.83 million.

20. Which load would a player pick up in Phoenix?

Answer: Copper

There are 11 demands for copper totaling 231 million, averaging 21.0 million.

21. Which load would a player pick up in Portland, ME?

Answer: Wood

There are 11 demands for wood totaling 231 million, averaging 21.0 million (just like copper).

22. Which load would a player pick up in Sudbury?

Answer: Nickel

There are 10 demands for nickel totaling 173 million, averaging 17.3 million.

23. Which load would a player pick up in Tampa?

Answer: Fruit

There are 9 fruit demands totaling 169 million, averaging 18.77 million.

24. Which load would a player pick up in Las Vegas?

Answer: Nothing

There are 5 demands by Las Vegas; the best paying ones are for tobacco (35 million) and for tourists (27 million).

25. Which load would a player pick up in Pittsburgh?

Answer: Steel

There are 13 demands for steel totaling 146 million, averaging 11.23 million.

Source: Author pjbump

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