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Howdy! Soooo.... You've seen the new movie... You think that you are all very smart, and that you know many words... You think that you know aaaalll about RMS Titanic...Well, you probably know more than me. Anyway, I've scoured all my Titanic references to bring you this quiz on the Grand Lady of the Deep!
I: RMS Titanic was...
A. Really big?
B. An Ocean Liner?
C. A type of Winnebago?
D. A way-back machine?
II: RMS stands for...
A. Really Massive Ship
B. Royal Mail Steamer
C. Royal Majesty's Steamship
D. Ricardo Montelban's Stuff
III: Titanic was built in:
A. Philadelphia, United States
B. Belfast, Ireland
C. Liverpool, United Kingdom
D. Mos Eisley Spaceport
IV: Titanic was powered by:
A. Diesel fuel
B. Steam
C. Nuclear Energy
D. Positive Vibes
V: Titanic's captain's name was:
A. David Jones
B. Edward John Smith
C. Arthur Rostron
D. Jean-Luc Picard
VI: The richest passenger on Titanic was:
A. Col. Archibald Gracie
B. John Jacob Astor
C. Molly Brown
D. Jed Clampett
VII: The Titanic was built by:
A. Bremerton Shipbuilding
B. Thompson Drydocks, Inc.
C. Harland and Wolff
D. Aerotech Industries
VIII: The survivors of Titanic were picked up by:
A. The Normandie
B. The Olympic
C The Carpathia
D. The Millennium Falcon
IX: The Titanic had how many funnels
[smokestacks]?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 4
X: Which passenger created a huge controversy by
taking a seat in a lifeboat?
A. J.J Astor
B. Benjamin Guggenheim
C. J. Bruce Ismay
D. Jack Thayer
I: The lookouts on duty at the time of the collision
were:
A. Harold Bride and Jack Phillips
B. Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith
C. Reginald Lee and Fredrick Fleet
D. Ren Hoerk and Stimpson J. Cat
II: What relation was Thomas Andrews to Lord Pirrie
[owner of Harland and Wolff]?
A. No relation
B. His nephew
C. His second cousin
D. His brother
III: Which of the following officers was the only one
to
survive the disaster:
A. Chief Officer Henry Wilde
B. Sixth Officer James Moody
C. First Officer William Murdoch
D. Second Officer Charles Lightoller
IV: Which of the following survivors did NOT write an
account of the sinking:
A. Molly Brown
B. Fredrick Fleet
C. Eva Hart
D. None of the above wrote accounts
V: Major Archibald Butt was a friend of, and an
advisor to, which US president?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. William Howard Taft
D. Zachary Taylor
VI: The name of Titanic's bandleader was:
A. Charles Joughin
B. Jack Thayer
C. Wallace Hartley
D. Authur Ryerson
VII: How many of the ship's musicians on Titanic
survived?
A. 4
B. 1
C. 6
D. 0
VIII: What was the name of the wireless operator on
The Californian?
A. William Archer
B. Cyril Evans
C. Eric Idle
D. Stanley Lord
IX: Name the Titanic's Ship Surgeon:
A. William Perkis
B. William Alden Smith
C. Herbert Crane
D. J. E. Simpson
X: Which lifeboat did Second Wireless Operator Harold
Bride escape on?
A. Collapsible A
B. Boat No. 1
C. Collapsible B
D. Boat No. 6
I: The How many of Titanic's funnels were found
intact?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 0
D. 4
II: What crushed the wheelhouse and starboard bridge
wing?
A. The iceberg
B. The impact on the ocean bottom
C. The forward funnel toppled on it
D. The pressure at the depth of the wrecksite
III: Which of Titanic's lifeboat davitts are still
intact?
A. All the ones on the port side
B. half of one on each side of the ship
C. None
D. All the ones on the starboard side
IV: What is the average temperature at
Titanic's depth? [F]
A. +10 degrees
B. 0 degrees
C. +32 degrees
D. -10 degrees
V: The massive hole in the starboard side of the ship
was caused by:
A. A thrust of water that blew through the hull plating
as the bow section impacted on the bottom.
B. The iceberg
C. A coal dust explosion in the bunker two decks down
D. It was cut during a salvage operation
VI: Which of Titanic's propellers are still
visible?
A. They all are.
B. The port and starboard ones, the center one is buried
in mud
C. The center one, the other two are missing
D. They're all too deep in the mud to be seen
VII: At what time was the famous boiler image
taken?
A. 12:30am
B. 2:10am
C. 3:30pm
D. 1:05am
VIII: What's odd about the poop deck on the stern
section of the wreck?
A. It's missing completely
B. It's peeled back like the lid of a sardine can
C. It slid down into the engine room
D. It's totally undamaged
IX: The bow and stern sections are:
A. pointing at each other
B. pointing away from each other
C. pointing in the same direction
D. still connected by two wires and a pipe
X: About how much does one single dive on
Titanic's wreck site [not counting expenses to and
from] cost?
A. $250,000
B. $100,000
C. $1,000,000
D. $5000
I: The First Class dining saloon was on:
A. The Boat Deck
B. C Deck
C. D Deck
D. Another ship
II. The corridor that ran the length of the entire
ship
was called:
A. Scotland Road
B. Shaft Alley
C. The corridor that ran the length of the entire
ship
D. Anthony Michael's Hall
III: The bow section had how many anchors?
A. 3 (port, starboard, and auxiliary)
B. 1 (center)
C. 2 (port, and starboard)
D. 4 (all of the above)
IV: Where was the docking bridge located?
A. Same place as the forward bridge
B. At the bow, on the Forecastle
C. At the stern, on the poopdeck
D. It was on the main compass platform, amidships
V: The main elevators were located:
A. Behind the grand staircase
B. Just off the first-class smoking room
C. near the bridge
D. Nowhere. The Titanic didn't have elevators
VI: On what side of the ship was the Verandah Cafe
located?
A. The port side
B. The starboard side
C. Both, there was one on each side of the ship
D. Neither, it was on the center line
VII: A gentleman could purchase cigars in:
A. The bar off the smoking room
B. The Pursor's office
C. The Barber Shop
D. The lounge
VIII: The room for storing potatoes was located:
A. The potatoes didn't have their own room
B. It was off the first-class galley on D-Deck
C. It was above the galley, on C-Deck
D. It was below the galley, on E-Deck
IX: The third-class smoking room was located:
A. On C-Deck, amidships, portside.
B. On A-Deck, starboard side, forward.
C. On C-Deck, portside, aft.
D. They didn't have one, and had to smoke out on the
boatdeck.
X: The lifeboats were stored how:
A. 8 per side, with even numbers on the starboard, odd
on the port for a total of 16.
B. 5 per side, regardless of even or odd numbers, for a
total of 10.
C. 6 per side, with even numbers at the front, odd to
the back, plus two collapsibles on the stern, for a total
of 14.
D. 8 per side, even numbers on the port side, odd on the
starboard, plus four collapsibles above the Officer's
Quarters for a total of 20.
I: What was the fate of the Carpathia?
A. She was sold for scrap in 1955
B. She was captured by the Germans in WWII, and her fate
remains a mystery.
C. She was hit by three torpedoes, and sank in 1918
D. She was turned into a floating restaurant.
II: The first ship sent out to retrieve victims was:
A. The Olympic
B. The Californian
C. The Mackay-Bennett
D. The Baltic
III: The two tender ships at Cherbourg were
called:
A. Samson and Delilah
D. Nomadic and Traffic
C. Saratoga and Ticonderoga
D. They weren't named.
IV: Which of these White Star Line ships was also
designed by Thomas Andrews?
A. The Majestic
B. The Celtic
C. The Teutonic
D. The Baltic
V: Which line owned The Californian?
A. Cunard Line
B. White Star Line
C. The Leyland Line
D. Hamburg-Amerika
VI: What was the first ship to surpass the Olympic
Class in length?
A. Hamburg-Amerika's Imperator
B. The French Line's Ile de France
C. Cunard's Queen Mary
D. The French Line's Normandie
VII: The two tender ships at Queenstown were
called:
A. The Fitzgerald and the MacGregor
B. The Washington and the Philadelphia
C. The Empress and the Henry VIII
D. The Ireland and the America
VIII: Which ship was the first to attempt to locate
the wreck of Titanic?
A. The H.J.W. Fay
B. The Knorr
C. Le Suroit
D. The Gyre
IX: Which of these ships did the Titanic NOT
receive an ice warning from?
A. The Mesaba
B. The Amerika
C. The Bremen
D. The Caronia
X: Name the liner that transported most of the
surviving crewmen back to England
A. The Celtic
B. The Aquatania
C. The Lapland
D. The Carpathia
