The Ship and the Setting
This was the specific time and date when the Titanic struck the iceberg.
What is 11:40 P.M. on Sunday, April 14, 1912?
These two men were the lookouts and the "eyes of the ship" on duty during the collision.
Who are Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee?
To Lady Cosmo Duff Gordon, the jolt felt as though someone had drawn this along the side of the ship.
What is a "giant finger"
This was the number of times Frederick Fleet rang the bell to warn of danger ahead.
What is three times?
These were the three words Frederick Fleet shouted into the phone to the bridge.
What is "Iceberg right ahead"?
Passengers described the surface of the Atlantic on this night using this specific comparison.
What is "polished plate glass"?
This passenger brought along his Airedale named Kitty.
Who is John Jacob Astor?
Mrs. E. D. Appleton described the "unpleasant ripping sound" as being like someone tearing a long strip of this fabric.
What is calico?
This was the specific room where the "shipboard die-hards" were playing cards and smoking cigars.
What is the First Class smoking room?
The iceberg was estimated to be this many feet above the water.
What is 100 feet?
This was the speed at which the Titanic was racing across the sea just before the collision.
What is 22½ knots?
This man was the First Officer in charge of the bridge when the iceberg was sighted.
Who is William M. Murdoch?
This young Swiss girl thought the ship was making a "sloppy landing" like a lake ferry in Zurich.
Who is Marguerite Frolicher?
This happened in James B. McGough’s cabin because his porthole was open during the collision
What is chunks of ice fell into the cabin?
This was the first boiler room where an "ear-splitting crash" occurred and the sea cascaded in.
What is boiler room No. 6?
The Titanic was not only the largest ship in the world but was also described as the most this.
What is glamorous?
This was the name of the prize Pekingese belonging to Henry Sleeper Harper.
What is Sun Yatsen?
Mrs. J. Stuart White said the ship felt like it had rolled over a thousand of these.
What is "marbles"?
Stewards in the dining saloon thought the "grinding jar" meant the ship had dropped this part
What is a propeller blade?
First Officer Murdoch ordered the wheel to be turned this way in an attempt to miss the ice.
What is hard-a-starboard?
This was the name of the Leyland Liner that was stopped in the ice only ten miles away.
What is the Californian?
He was the Managing Director of the White Star Line who woke up feeling the ship had struck something.
Who is J. Bruce Ismay?
Quartermaster George Thomas Rowe noticed these tiny, colorful splinters of ice in the air before the collision.
What are "Whiskers ’round the Light"?
While the collision happened, Chief Night Baker Walter Belford was busy making these for the next day.
What are rolls?
Third Officer Groves on the Californian mistakenly believed the Titanic put out its lights for this reason.
What is to encourage the passengers to turn in (go to bed)?