“Titanic” Most Appalling Ocean Horror/ Chapter 6—“Women and Children First!”
_____ people could safely fit into each lifeboat. However, these boats were never filled to capacity.
What is; 60 people
The feelings the builders of the Titanic had following it sinking in the ocean.
What is; Shame or shameful
How many years will it probably be before the Titanic's floor and walls completely collapse?
What is; 50 years
Name at least two of three things changed to ocean travel after the sinking of the Titanic according to the section; There is Your Beautiful Nightdress Gone
What are; Establishing the International Ice Patrol, No ships had just part time wireless, radio access, and the routes of the ships were shifted to the south, a more southern route.
The amount of years it had been since the tides were as high as when the Titanic sank.
What was; 1,000 years
The amount of lifeboats on board the Titanic.
What is; 20 lifeboats
The author of the poem called Untitled Poem, was written by this entity.
Who is; Anonymous/Belfast, Ireland
Olaus Abelseth could swim but two people that were with him could not. Who were they?
Who was; Abelseth's cousin, and brother-in-law.
The exact time that the Titanic sank was at this time.
What was; 2:20 am
What did the earth being so close to the moon cause?
What was; record high tides
The total amount of passengers the Titanic could hold. This is both passengers, and workers on board.
What is; 3,295 persons
The man who placed the two girls in a blanket and placed them into the life raft was or was not saved?
What is; Not saved
The things Olaus Abelseth did when the passengers were asked if any were sailors on board the ship.
What was; He did not say or do anything even though he had been around the waters all his life.
The amount of time it took the Titanic to sink after hitting an iceberg.
What was; 2 hours and 40 minutes.
On April 15, 1912, two new studies argue that rare states of nature played major roles in the catastrophe. What were they?
What is; Earth’s nearness to the Moon and the Sun — a proximity not matched in more than 1,000 years — resulted in record tides, and Mirages
The officers tried to pick out men to row the life boats in this way.
What is; "picking out the ones that volunteered merely for service and to eliminate those who volunteered merely to save their own lives?"
The two girls' names that were rescued on the lifeboat were ____ and ____.
Who was; Louis and Lolo
The man that interviewed Olaus Abelseth after he got off the Carpathia from being rescued.
Who was; Senator William Alden Smith
The amount of times the Titanic was warned about icebergs the night they hit one.
What was; 4
This is what made the Titanic so hard to find underwater.
What was; It was 2 and a half miles underwater which made it very dark, and the coordinates which were given the night the Titanic sank were wrong.
The man that was referred to as; "A cur in human form?"
Who was; man that put on a ladies skirt and hat and pretended to be a woman?
The name of the man that placed the two girls on the lifeboat.
Who is; Mr. Hoffman
These could potentially and slowly destroy underwater metal structures like oil pipelines. They could also provide a new way to recycle old iron. These are also known to cause the Titanic to eventauly deteriorate.
What is; Rusticles or Halomonas titanicae
The very last message the Titanic sent out stated this;
a. Yes, come quick
b. Come at once. We have struck a berg. It’s a CQD, old man.
c. SOS Titanic sinking by the head. We are about all down. Sinking
d. Come at once. We struck an iceberg. Sinking.
What is; C, Titanic sinking by the head. We are about all down. Sinking...
The year the Titanic was discovered underwater after 73 years.
What was; 1985