Q 01/05

From which English port did the Titanic depart on her maiden voyage in April 1912?

A) Liverpool

B) Belfast

C) Southampton

D) Plymouth

Answer · why

C) Southampton

She was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast and registered in Liverpool, but sailed from Southampton for New York. About 1,500 of the 2,208 aboard d...

Q 02/05

Who led the Franco-American expedition that found the Titanic wreck on 1 September 1985?

A) Jacques Cousteau

B) James Cameron

C) Thor Heyerdahl

D) Robert Ballard

Answer · why

D) Robert Ballard

Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel found the ship had split in two near the surface. Ballard went on to locate the Bismarck in 1989.

Q 03/05

How many lifeboats did Board of Trade rules require for a ship of Titanic's size, 10,000 tonnes and up?

A) Twenty

B) Thirty-two

C) Fourteen

D) Forty-eight

Answer · why

C) Fourteen

Titanic carried twenty, six more than the law demanded, yet her davits could have held 48. The rules had not kept up with ship sizes.

Q 04/05

Which Cunard liner reached the Titanic's lifeboats two hours after she sank and rescued over 700 survivors?

A) Californian

B) Mauretania

C) Olympic

D) Carpathia

Answer · why

D) Carpathia

Captain Arthur Rostron raced through the ice fields at full speed. Carpathia was herself sunk by a German U-boat in July 1918.

Q 05/05

How long did the Lusitania take to sink after a German torpedo struck her off Ireland in May 1915?

A) About 18 minutes

B) About 2 hours

C) About 40 minutes

D) About 5 hours

Answer · why

A) About 18 minutes

Only six lifeboats got away and 1,198 people died, including 128 Americans, which hardened US opinion against Germany.