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Pompeii
Titanic
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
San Francisco 1906
Banqiao Reservoir Dam
100
What volcano erupted and destroyed Pompeii?
What is Mt. Vesuvius
100
What was the Titanic dubbed and known for?
What is unsinkable
100
What caused the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge?
What is wind
100
What two disasters destroyed San Francisco?
What is earthquake and fire
100
Where is the dam located?
What is River Ru
200
What modern day city was close to the location of Pompeii?
What is Naples
200
How long did the voyage last?
What is 5 days
200
How long did it take for the bridge to collapse after its opening?
What is 4 months
200
How much of the city was leveled and many people died?
What is 80% of the city and 3,000 people
200
How much rain fell on that record day?
What is 1080mm
300
What year was Pompeii destroyed? (Be specific of which era AD or BC)
What is A.D. 79
300
When did the Iceberg strike?
What is April 14th
300
What design flaw in the bridge helped wind effect it?
What is solid sides
300
What was the magnitude of the earthquake?
What is 8.25
300
How many homes were destroyed
What is 11 million
400
Who discovered Pompeii and in what year?
What is Domenico Fontana in 1599
400
Where does the Titanic rest today?
What is 12,415ft below the ocean surface
400
What engineering fields have been researched more since its collapse?
What is Aerodynamics/Aeroelastics
400
How much money was spent renovating?
What is 6 billion dollars
400
What problem occurred after the flood?
What is disease and lack of water and food
500
What happened to the people of Pompeii that can still be found today?
What is turned into ash castings
500
How many people survived the Titanic?
What is 710 people
500
What was the only fatality of the collapse?
What is a cocker spaniel
500
Why did the government lie about the magnitude of the earthquake?
What is property rates would drop
500
What did the collapse of the dam sound like to people?
What is heaven crashing upon them