Some Tragedies (Quiz)

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Questions:

1. Where did the worst disaster in aircraft history occur on May 25,1979? Can you tell us how many people died in that tragic event and the aircraft company involved?

2. Following the Civil War, this small town grew in the iron, steel and coal industry. The area suffered a major tragedy in May of 1889, causing more than 2,200 deaths. Name the infamous tragedy.

3. In 1918, two vehicles collided near Nashville, taking 101 lives. Name the vehicles.

4. What tragic railway event in Brooklyn, New York, in 1918 claimed 102 lives?

5. Name the famed leader of the Green Mountain Boys in Vermont during the American Revolutionary War.

6. W.L. Judson's 1891 invention is used daily by most of us, in some way, shape or form. What is his invention?

7. One of the most-heard remarks of the new era is TGIF. What does TGIF stand for?

8. What is a pub in England?

9. Name the first full-length animated feature cartoon film. For Bragging Rights, in what year was it released and by whom was it created?

10. Have you seen the film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"? How many of the Dwarfs can you name?


Answers:

1. An American Airlines DC-10 crashed after taking off from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport with 272 victims on board and three on the ground.

2. It was the Johnstown Flood that wreaked havoc on the people of southwestern Pennsylvania.

3. That Nashville tragedy was the head-on collision of two railroad trains.

4. Those 102 deaths were caused by a subway car's derailment.

5. Ethan Allen was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys.

6. Judson gave us the zipper.

7. Some say TGIF stands for "Thank God it's Friday." To others, it's "Thank goodness it's Friday."

8. A pub is a bar in England, an abbreviation for public house.

9. Walt Disney gave us "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1938.

10. The Seven Dwarfs are Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey.