On April 15, 1912, RMS Titanic went down after hitting an iceberg. A quiz on the ‘unsinkable’ luxury liner
QUESTION 1
After leaving Southampton, England, the 269m long ship made two stops before disaster, literally, struck. Name the ports that it called on?
XQUESTION 2
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.
XQUESTION 3
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?
QUESTION 4
Name the novel, written by Morgan Robertson 14 years before the incident, which eerily predicted a similar disaster.
XQUESTION 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)?
XQUESTION 6
According to Titanic scholars, what is the significance of the words ‘”Hard astarboard! Stand by the engines!”
XQUESTION 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
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