Q 01/05

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

A) Liverpool

B) Belfast

C) Southampton

D) Plymouth

Answer · why

C) Southampton

Southampton: as Titanic pulled away, the liner New York's mooring ropes snapped, and a collision was only narrowly avoided.

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

Robert Ballard found Titanic lying in two main pieces, proving she broke apart as she sank instead of going down intact, as long assumed.

Q 03/05

Which company employed Titanic's two wireless operators?

A) Marconi

B) Telefunken

C) Western Union

D) Siemens

Answer · why

A) Marconi

Marconi employed them: Jack Phillips and Harold Bride worked for the Marconi International Marine Communication Company, not the White Star Line. Phil...

Q 04/05

Which Cunard liner picked up more than 700 Titanic survivors from the lifeboats?

A) Californian

B) Mauretania

C) Caronia

D) Carpathia

Answer · why

D) Carpathia

Carpathia's engineers cut the ship's heating and hot water to send every bit of steam to the engines, and she was later sunk by a U-boat in 1918.

Q 05/05

The Lusitania sank in just 18 minutes in 1915; off which country's coast did she go down?

A) Ireland

B) Wales

C) France

D) Scotland

Answer · why

A) Ireland

Ireland: she went down off the Old Head of Kinsale, and though a passenger liner, she was also carrying rifle ammunition in her cargo.