Titanic: The Unsinkable Ship That Sank!

#75 Week 16

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Sigrun Sørumgård
April 15, 2025

On 15 April 1912, the world's most famous ship, the Titanic, sank. Can you answer questions about the ship’s construction, its fateful voyage, and its aftermath?

  1. Which shipping company owned the Titanic?

  2. Who was the captain of Titanic during its fateful voyage?

  3. Where was Titanic built?

  4. From which port did Titanic set sail on her maiden voyage?

  5. How many lifeboats did Titanic have?

  6. What was the name of the first ship to reach the scene of the Titanic's sinking?

  7. Approximately how many of the 2,224 on board (passengers and crew) died on April 15, 1912?

  8. In what year was the wreck of the Titanic found?

  9. Where is the wreck located geographically?

  10. In what year was James Cameron's blockbuster film "Titanic" released?

The Wonder Wall

  • The accommodation on Titanic was luxurious and spacious. In first class there were many new attractions such as squash courts, a Turkish bath, a gymnasium, a barber shop and also the first swimming pool on board a ship.

  • The Titanic carried post. The reason the Titanic is often referred to as ‘RMS Titanic’ is because the RMS stands for Royal Mail Ship.

  • And she was no ordinary ship, Titanic was the most impressive and luxurious ship of her time! She was the biggest, too, measuring 28 metres wide, 53 metres tall and 269 metres long — that’s about the length of three football fields!

Yesterday´s Questions & Answers

  1. Which bird lays the world's largest egg?

    The ostrich. The ostrich egg is the world's largest egg, but if you compare it to the size of the bird that lays the egg, the ostrich egg is actually the world's smallest.

  2. How many million eggs do Norwegians eat in total at Easter, from Maundy Thursday to Easter Monday? Figures from 2022.

    26 million eggs.

  3. What was the name of the Russian jeweler / inventor / goldsmith who is famous for his jeweled decorated eggs, which were made for the Russian tsars?

    Peter Carl Fabergé, born Carl Gustavovich Fabergé, hence the name Fabergéegg.

  4. Eggs contain more or less all the vitamins and minerals the body needs for growth and maintenance, except for which vitamin?

    Vitamin C. But eggs contain iodine, protein, selenium, iron, folate, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B12, vitamin D and vitamin E.

  5. Which country eats the most eggs per capita per year?

    China

  6. Which bird lays the world's smallest eggs?

    Bee hummingbird. The world's smallest egg, weighing just 0.27 grams, belongs to the smallest hummingbird species. It takes about 200 hummingbird eggs to lay a regular chicken egg.

  7. Painting Easter eggs is a very old Christian tradition that can be traced back to the 13th century, to which European country?

    Germany

  8. The largest known egg laid in Norway (laid by a "regular" hen) weighed 210 grams, and was laid in Høyjord in 1993. But how much does an average egg weigh?

    63 grams.

  9. Which mammal lays eggs?

    The platypus is a species of mammal in the platypus family, which belongs to the order of cloven-hoofed animals. There is only one living species in the family. The platypus is truly a strange and special mammal. It has flippers, a “duckbill” and a venomous spur, and it lays eggs.

  10. Which popular British dish consists of a boiled egg wrapped in minced meat and then deep-fried?

    Scotch eggs are an English dish consisting of a hard-boiled egg surrounded by minced meat, rolled in breadcrumbs and deep-fried. Scotch eggs are usually served with salad and pickles.