That Pesky Iceberg!
The People On Board
Aboard the Lovely Steam Liner
Food and Drink
A Little Bit of Everything
100
The Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:30. Was it actually earlier or later?
What is later. It struck the iceberg at 11:40
100
Was the maximum capacity for the Titanic more or less than 3,000 people?
What is MORE -- at 3, 547
100
The ship had it's own daily newspaper. True or False
What is TRUE - it was called the Atlantic Daily
100
How many glasses of water were consumed every day on the titanic? Was it more or less than 10,000 gallons.
What is MORE. The people on the titanic drank 14,000 gallons of water each day.
100
True or False, The captain chose to drown with his ship?
What is TRUE!
200
It took the ship 1 hour to sink. Did it actually take longer or shorter?
What is LONGER - It took the ship just over 2 and a half hours to fully sink.
200
The lifeboats all went out half empty. However, it was lifeboat 1 who went out the most empty carrying only 7 crew members and 5 passengers. True or False?
What is TRUE Most lifeboats went out with only 24 people on them when they could hold 40
200
The 3rd Class Passengers had a total of 50 bathtubs that they had to share between more than the 700 of them. Was that number actually higher or lower?
What is LOWER! Between over 700 3rd class passengers, they were only given 2 bathtubs!!
200
How much ham and bacon was on the Titanic? More or less than 1,000 pounds?
What is MORE There was 7,500 pounds of ham and bacon on board!
200
How much did it cost to build the Titanic? Was it more or less than 5 million dollars?
What is MORE! It cost $7, 500,000!
300
True or False, The members aboard the Titanic cancelled a lifeboat drill on the very day that the ship sank.
What is TRUE!
300
Of the 9 dogs on board the titanic, how many of them got rescued over passengers?
What is 2
300
How much did it cost for a first class ticket on the Titanic? More or Less than $1000?
What is MORE. The average price was $4,350 (which comes to roughly 875 pounds)
300
How many heads of lettuce were aboard the Titanic? More or less than 1,000?
What is MORE! It was actually 7,000!
300
Approximately how many light bulbs were on the ship? More or less than 5,000?
What is MORE! There were approximately 10,000 light bulbs on the Titanic.
400
The Titanic struck the Iceberg on April 14, 1912. True or False?
What is TRUE
400
How many couples were on their honey moon on board? Was it more or less than 20?
What is LESS -- 13 couples were on their honeymoon
400
How much did it cost for a 2nd class ticket on the Titanic? Was it more or less than $1000?
What is MORE For a standard passage ticket, the average price was $1,750.
400
How many pounds of butter were on the Titanic? Was it more or less than 10,000 pounds?
What is LESS! There were 6,000 pounds of butter aboard the Titanic!
400
Although the Titanic could hold 64 lifeboats, how many did she leave port with? More or Less than 50?
What is LESS She only carried 20 lifeboats. (imagine how many more people they could have saved if they had all 64 life boats)
500
The crew had 5 minutes to react when the warning call came out about an iceberg in sight. True or False?
What is FALSE -- They only had 37 seconds to react.
500
9 dogs were taken aboard the titanic. Were there more than 9 cats or less than 9 cats?
What is LESS -- No cats were on board even though it was thought that cats brought good luck to ships.
500
How much was a 3rd class ticket on the Titanic? Was it more or less than $500?
What is LESS! The average price for a 3rd class ticket was $30.
500
How many pieces of cutlery were there on the Titanic? More or Less than 30,000?
What is MORE! There were 44,000 pieces of cutlery on board!
500
How cold was the water people had to swim in when the boat was sinking? Was it colder or warmer than 0 degrees?
What is COLDER. The water was -2 degrees Celsius. Brrrr.