The Ship & The Sinking
The year the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage.
What is 1912?
The event that instantly shattered the myth that the Titanic was unsinkable.
What is it struck an iceberg and sank?
The Canadian province where many Titanic victims are buried.
What is Nova Scotia?
The author of The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson.
Who is Lois Simmie?
Are trolls ugly?
No, Dont be mean
The popular nickname given to the Titanic because of its advanced design.
What is "The Unsinkable Ship"?
The feeling experienced by people worldwide after hearing the news of the disaster.
What is global grief or widespread mourning?
The name of the Canadian ship sent from Halifax to recover victims.
What is the CS Mackay-Bennett?
The character in the novel who sailed to Canada just months after the Titanic sank.
Who is John (Jack) Wilson?
Do apples help clean your teeth?
Yes they do
A major reason so many people died, due to not enough of them on board.
What are lifeboats?
One major thing that changed for all immigrant ships after the disaster.
What are stricter safety rules (like mandatory lifeboat capacity)?
This changed for all future immigrants arriving in Canada because of the disaster.
What are stricter immigration and ship safety policies?
The novel states that Wilson's passengers would have been thinking of this recent event during their voyage.
What is the sinking of the Titanic?
What country has 11 time zones?
France
The hidden danger that caused the "unsinkable" ship to sink.
What is an iceberg?
The disaster became this type of widely-known story for years afterward.
What is a cultural touchstone?
The disaster made the immigrant journey more psychologically difficult, creating this.
What is a "shadow" or a "long shadow" over the journey?
The name of the luxury liner Polly Wilson sailed on, which was a sister ship to another famous liner.
What is the Mauretania?
Railroad, how do you spell that without an R?
"That" doesn't have the letter R in it
The symbolic meaning of the Titanic's "unsinkable" reputation.
What is human arrogance or overconfidence in technology?
A new, specific emotion that immigrants felt about the ocean crossing after the disaster.
What is fear or apprehension?
This government agency provides modern scientific information about the Titanic wreck site.
What is NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)?
The main literary device the presentation says the Titanic serves as in the novel's story.
What is foreshadowing?
(3x+12)2=198
What is the answer?
Idk man
For those who tried to get the answer right ( x = 6)