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* Endlessly parodied by satirists when given any opportunity to put the boot into the people running the train service.▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Very common in ''[[Zipi y Zape]]'', where they get those as asignements half the time and one entire long story is set around solving one. [[Vague Age|They do this when they aren't asked simple multiplication]]. [[Book Dumb|Which they have trouble with anyway]].
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* ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'': Connie reads some kids in Whit's End a riddle about an electric train that involves the speed and direction of the train and of the wind. The question is, in which direction is the train's smoke blowing? The answer, of course, is that {{spoiler|electric trains don't have any smoke}}. Connie explodes when the kids don't get it.
* Often pondered by the navigation officer, Sub-Lieutenant Phillips, on ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' (among many other things, including references to Noddy's Big Book of Boats). The answer is usually, "Left hand down a bit."
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
▲* Endlessly parodied by satirists when given any opportunity to put the boot into the people running the train service.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The
* Done in one episode of ''[[Dog City]]'' with two protagonists tied up on the bridge that both trains would soon cross.
* One of the questions used in ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' to [[Logic Bomb|overload the brain]] of a super-genius who used a special ray gun to increase his IQ when he had a clear head. DW and Launchpad bombarded him with questions while they fired the ray at him, causing [[Your Head Asplode|his head to a-splode]].
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** Him also gives Blossom this riddle in a [[Your Worst Nightmare]] scenario he's conjured for her, as her worst nightmare is failing an upcoming test. The question following the set-up is, "Which train will get to Cuba first?"
{{quote|'''Blossom:''' Neither -- trains don't go to Cuba!}}
* In one episode of ''[[Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (animation)|Big Guy and Rusty
== [[Video Games]] ==
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