Q 01/05

In I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, what is George searching for below decks when the iceberg strikes?

A) A stowaway

B) A tiger

C) A mummy

D) A motorcar

Answer · why

C) A mummy

A mummy is only a rumor George hears on board, but he cannot resist sneaking down to the baggage compartment to look, and he is there when he hears a ...

Q 02/05

Which safer gas could the airship in I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 not get from the United States?

A) Helium

B) Hydrogen

C) Nitrogen

D) Neon

Answer · why

A) Helium

Helium cannot burn, but nearly all of it came from America, which banned its export, so the giant airship flew on flammable hydrogen instead.

Q 03/05

What are the soldiers King George hired from Europe called in I Survived the American Revolution, 1776?

A) Redcoats

B) Hessians

C) Minutemen

D) Loyalists

Answer · why

B) Hessians

Hessians came mostly from the German states of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Hanau, and Nate slips past them by putting on a fallen soldier's green coat and ...

Q 04/05

Which sport, taught to him by his Uncle Benny, does Lucas love in I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001?

A) Baseball

B) Basketball

C) Ice hockey

D) Football

Answer · why

D) Football

Football is everything to Lucas until his parents rule it too dangerous, so he skips school and heads into New York City alone to ask Uncle Benny for ...

Q 05/05

Which city, much of it below sea level, is home to Barry Tucker in I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005?

A) Corpus Christi

B) Baton Rouge

C) New Orleans

D) Pensacola

Answer · why

C) New Orleans

New Orleans is ringed by water, and when Barry's little sister Cleo falls sick the Tuckers have to ride out the storm at home in the Lower Ninth Ward.