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He was the captain of the Titanic.
Who is Captain Edward Smith?
The Titanic was headed to this American city on her maiden voyage.
What is New York?
This was Titanic’s sister ship that famously sank in the Aegean Sea years later.
What is the Britannic?
The Titanic sank in this ocean.
What is the North Atlantic?
The book emphasizes this code of conduct, which guided the loading of lifeboats.
What is women and children first?
This ship’s wireless operator continued sending distress calls until the end.
Who is Jack Phillips?
The Titanic left from this port in England
What is Southampton?
The number of lifeboats the Titanic carried.
What is 20?
This ship was the first to arrive and rescue survivors.
The disaster led to this major international maritime safety convention.
What is SOLAS?
This White Star Line official survived and was criticized for decisions about speed and lifeboats.
Who is J. Bruce Ismay?
The Titanic struck the iceberg on this day of the week.
What is Sunday?
The Titanic was owned by this shipping company.
What is the White Star Line?
The Titanic took approximately this long to sink after the collision.
What is about 2 hours and 40 minutes?
One major theme of the book is the contrast between human confidence and the force of nature.
What is the sea?
This chief designer of the Titanic went down with the ship after helping passengers.
Who is Thomas Andrews?
Just before the collision, this lookout rang the warning bell.
What are 16 compartments?
This controversial ship was nearby, but failed to respond to distress rockets.
What is the Californian?
The wireless distress call used that night that was new and not familiar to all crew members.
What is SOS?
He was the Second Officer who survived and later defended Titanic’s speed.
Who is Charles Lightoller?
What are calm seas?
The steel hull plates were held together by over three million of these.
What are rivets?
This phrase described the chaotic sound as the ship broke apart and plunged over.
What is "the roar"?
The tragedy is often seen as the symbolic ending of the early 20th-century era of belief in human engineering and progress.
What is the Gilded Age?