Easy Titanic Trivia Questions
What was the Titanic?
A: RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner
that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.
When did the Titanic sink?
A: In the early morning of 15 April 1912.
Why did the Titanic sink?
A: It collided with an iceberg during her maiden
voyage.
Where did the Titanic leave from on the voyage?
A: From Southampton.
Where was the Titanic headed?
A: To New York City.
Of the 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, how
many perished?
A: More than 1,500.
The RMS Titanic was operated by whom?
A: The White Star Line.
Who built the Titanic?
A: The Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
Thomas Andrews, her architect, died where?
A: In the disaster.
A high-power radiotelegraph transmitter was
available for what?
A: Sending passenger "marconigrams" and for the
ship's operational use.
The Titanic only had enough life boats for how
many of the passengers?
A: Slightly more than half of the passengers.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, what
ports did the Titanic call at?
A: Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh)
in Ireland.
On 14 April, four days into the crossing and
about 375 miles south of Newfoundland, what
happened?
A: She hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time.
The collision caused the ship's hull plates to
what?
A: Buckle inwards along her starboard side.
The collision opened how many of her sixteen
watertight compartments to the sea?
A: Five.
Many of the life boats were launched only
partially what?
A: Loaded.
Why were a disproportionate number of men left
aboard?
A: Because of a "women and children first"
protocol for loading lifeboats.
At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered with
how many passengers still on board?
A: Well over one thousand.
Just under two hours after Titanic sank, what
ship arrived on the scene?
A: The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia.
How many survivors did she bring aboard?
A: An estimated 705 survivors.