A Little Easy Quiz.....The Titanic

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1. Titanic was labeled "unsinkable"by...
a) The captain
b) A shipbuilding journal
c) The shipbuilders

2. In 1912 dollars, the wealthiest passenger on board was worth...
a) $100 million
b) $10 million
c) $2 million

3. Exceeding minimum legal requirements of the era, the total capacity of Titanic's lifeboats was...
a) Enough for half of its passengers
b) Enough for all on board
c) Enough for first class passengers only

4. Receiving iceberg warnings from other ships, the captain...
a) Did nothing
b) Slowed the ship down
c) Changed course

5. The iceberg Titanic hit was "invisible"because...
a) The fog was very thick that night
b) Only a small portion was above water
c) It had darker than normal coloring

6. The surface area of the iceberg's gash was equivalent to the size of...
a) An Olympic swimming pool
b) A human body
c) An SUV

7. Titanic's "watertight"compartments failed because...
a) The material they were made of turned porous
b) They didn't account for water weight dragging the bow down
c) Their electronic doors malfunctioned

8. The distress signal sent out by the Titanic was significant because...
a)It marked one of the first uses of the SOS code
b) It traveled the greatest distance of any telegraph in history
c) It was misinterpreted as a routine status update

9. While the Titanic sank, lifeboat captains were instructed to...
a) Fill their boats and row away quickly to avoid suction
b) Fill their boats but stay nearby
c) Use lethal force against the crowd if necessary

10. The ship snapped in half upon sinking because...
a) The iceberg ripped it open down the center
b) Cold water shattered its low-grade steel
c) Water suction pulled the bow section down

11. Rescue did not come earlier because...
a) Other ships had to navigate around icebergs to reach Titanic
b) The wireless operator of the closest ship had gone to bed
c) Titanic's wireless operators did not send out the proper signals

12. Most passengers who weren't rescued died as a result of...
a) Drowning
b) Hypothermia
c) Dehydration

13. Despite the "women and children first"rule...
a) More men than women survived the sinking
b) More first class dogs survived than third class women
c) More first class men survived than third class children

14. The wreckage of Titanic's bow is in better shape than its stern because...
a) It sank to the ocean floor more gently
b) There was less water pressure on its flooded insides as it sank
c) The stern sank into a gorge

15. The Titanic was discovered at an ocean depth equivalent to..
a) The height of Mount Everest
b) The length of twenty football fields
c) Ten Empire State Buildings placed end to end

Now go check how you've done by clicking the comments tab. Just for fun...no prizes..But you can consider yourself a captain if you get them all right, a first mate if you get 12 or more, a good sailor for 10 or better. If you got fewer than 10 correct, you go down with the ship.