On April 15, 1912, RMS Titanic went down after hitting an iceberg. A quiz on the ‘unsinkable’ luxury liner
After leaving Southampton, England, the 269m long ship made two stops before disaster, literally, struck. Name the ports that it called on?
After the liner went down fully around 2.20 a.m., the survivors were picked up around 3.30 a.m. by a ship that had rushed towards it after answering the distress signals sent around 12.15 a.m. Name the ship.
J. Bruce Ismay was one of the survivors of the tragedy. Who was he in the context of the ship and why was he vilified and publicly shunned?
Name the novel, written by Morgan Robertson 14 years before the incident, which eerily predicted a similar disaster.
QUESTION 5
Though there were 2,224 passengers and crew, the lifeboats had a total capacity to take on how many passengers (to the nearest round figure)?
QUESTION 6
According to Titanic scholars, what is the significance of the words ‘”Hard astarboard! Stand by the engines!”
QUESTION 7
Name the famous explorer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985.
Questions and Answers to the April 12 edition of the daily quiz: 1. The meal before the beginning of the fast during Ramzan. Ans: Suhoor/Sehri
2. The day on which the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelations of the Quran. Ans: 27th day
3. Prophet Muhammad was born here. Ans: Mecca
4. In which month of the Islamic calendar is Ramadan. Ans: Ninth month
5. The first prayer of the day. Ans: Fajr
Visual: The name by which the traditional lantern used during Ramadan is called. Ans: Fanoos Early Birds: Jyot Prakash Gulati| Daksh| Mahmood Lebbai| Debarati Kar| Muhammed Shahid