Q 01/05

The September 11 attacks fell on which day of the week, the least-traveled day for American Airlines?

A) Monday

B) Tuesday

C) Thursday

D) Saturday

Answer · why

B) Tuesday

Tuesday was a light travel day, and Flight 93 was only about one-fifth full. The plotters' own code name for the operation referred to the day of the ...

Q 02/05

George W. Bush was visiting a second-grade classroom in which state when the September 11 attacks began?

A) Florida

B) Texas

C) Virginia

D) Ohio

Answer · why

A) Florida

Florida's Emma E. Booker Elementary in Sarasota was hosting the president for a reading lesson. After an aide whispered the news, he stayed with the c...

Q 03/05

After passengers fought back on September 11, Flight 93 crashed in a field near which Pennsylvania borough?

A) Johnstown

B) Gettysburg

C) Shanksville

D) Chambersburg

Answer · why

C) Shanksville

Shanksville lies about 20 minutes' flying time from Washington, D.C., where the hijackers were headed. A 42-minute takeoff delay gave passengers time ...

Q 04/05

Both planes that struck the World Trade Center on September 11 had taken off from which city's airport?

A) Newark

B) Philadelphia

C) Washington

D) Boston

Answer · why

D) Boston

Boston's Logan International Airport saw the two flights leave 15 minutes apart. The lead hijacker's luggage missed the plane and was found there, hel...

Q 05/05

Fifteen of the 19 September 11 hijackers were citizens of which country, also the birthplace of Osama bin Laden?

A) United Arab Emirates

B) Afghanistan

C) Saudi Arabia

D) Uzbekistan

Answer · why

C) Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia was home to all but four of the hijackers. Two came from the United Arab Emirates and one each from Egypt and Lebanon.