On Wednesday, we posted our forty-fifth photo challenge to see how well you know Metro. I took five photos in the Metro system. Here are the answers. How well did you do?

This week, we got 23 guesses. Two of you got all five right. Great work, DAR and redfood!

Image 1: Silver Spring

Okay, okay. April Fools!

Yesterday’s set was, of course, part of our April Fools programming. Thanks to all of you for playing along.

Many of you put in some hilarious answers, and I’m going to recount my favorites in this post. But several of you guessed actual stations, which could have been a winning strategy. If your answer was a station that could have had the attribute, I considered it a right answer.

Seven people guessed real stations on this image, so they all got credit for getting this one right. But the actual ticket vending machine (TVM) pictured is in the northern mezzanine at Silver Spring.

Image 2: Silver Spring

Like the last one, this could have been (almost) anywhere in the system. So if you guessed a real station, I gave you credit. The same seven people got this one “right.”

But I really appreciated some of the creative answers you gave, like this one from Tom Veil:

Federal City College

Chillum

Tenley Circle

Nicholson Lane

Glebe Road

These are, of course, taken from the proposed station names in the 1968 plan. All of these stations were built, but with different names. Frank IBC also submitted five answers based on the same theme, though Frank’s were a mixture of stations that were built (with different names) and stations that never were.

Excellent theme, Tom and Frank!

Image 3: Capitol South

This picture shows the waffle vault reflected on the side of a pylon at Capitol South. If you guessed a real station that has a waffle vault and a center platform, I gave you credit. Five of you got this one “correct.”

Commenter endash also submitted a themed set of answers:

Potomac Yard

Backlick Road

Georgetown

Oklahoma Avenue

Wolf Trap

These are all stations that were proposed at one time, but which haven’t been built (at least not yet). Potomac Yard will likely be built within the next few years. Georgetown could have a stop on the M Street Subway/Loop. But the rest are unlikely to come to fruition.

Image 4: Greenbelt

This picture shows a “light tree” (that’s my name for it, anyway) at Greenbelt. Those of you who guessed a real station got it right if it was an outdoor station (except for stations opened after 2001, which don’t have these). Three of you guessed “correctly.”

Peter K also had a creative set of guesses, mashing up station names.

Franconia-Merrifield

Ronald Reagan Washington Union Station

Federal Bottom SW

Brookland Town Center

Medical City

I definitely laughed out loud at a few of those. Good job, Peter!

Image 5: Fort Totten

The final image shows a grouping of tiles on the lower level platform at Fort Totten. Basically every station has these hex tiles. Even stations that have had the new platforms installed (mostly on the Red Line) still have these in the mezzanine. Only the Silver Line stations lack the tiles. Seven of you guessed a real station, so good job.

I appreciated the station name puns that Patrick submitted:

Smartland

Capitol Steps

Wheel House

Fluorescent Grove

Hexagon

Each of these combines the subject of the picture with a station name in a mash-up similar to Peter’s theme above. I especially appreciated the last one. Great work, Patrick!

Now, to those of you worried— cough cough Peter K—about your winning streaks, no need to despair. I won’t consider this round an official set for scoring purposes.

Thanks to everyone for the laughs! Stay tuned. We’ll have five more images for you next week.

Matt Johnson has lived in the Washington area since 2007. He has a Master’s in Planning from the University of Maryland and a BS in Public Policy from Georgia Tech. He lives in Dupont Circle. He’s a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and is an employee of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. His views are his own and do not represent those of his employer.