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1. Where was the Titanic built and what was the name of the shipyard? Belfast (Sneaky), Harland & Wolff (Bilbo)
2. Who was the architect? Thomas Andrews (dreams)
3. It was built for which shipping line? White Star (Bilbo)
4. How many smokestacks did the Titanic have? 3 for use and 1 for airing (points to red_pheonix and dreams)
5. What was the name of its sister ship? Olympic (Bilbo)
6. What was the name of the captain on the maiden voyage? Smith (Bilbo)
7. What was its port of disembarkation and what were its ports of call before starting across the Atlantic? Southampton & Cobh [Queenstown] (Bilbo 2) &?
8. Name people who intended to cross on the Titanic but whose plans changed. J.P. Morgan (Bilbo, I suppose, since larceny seems to be the order of the day here!) &?
9. Name famous survivors. Unsinkable Molly Brown (red_pheonix) &?
10. Name famous victims (Jack Dawson is an immediate fail.) John Jacob Astor, Mr. Guggenheim, Mr. & Mrs. Straus (Macy's owners) (dreams 4) &?
11. Who was the highest ranking survivor of the ship's officers? 2nd Officer Lightoller (Bookpossum)
12. What was the name of the ship which rescued the survivors and who was its captain? Where was it headed? Carpathia (Sneaky) &?
13. What ship did not rescue anyone and who was its captain? Californian (Sneaky) &?
14. In what city are most of the recovered victims' bodies buried? Halifax, Nova Scotia (pdurrant)
15. When the rescue ship reached New York, it stopped at a rival line's pier before berthing at its own dock. Why?
16. Who was the leader of the expedition that located the wreckage?
17. Before the Cameron opus, there were two English-language films about the disaster. What were they and who starred in them? A Night to Remember, Kenneth Moore (Bookpossum 2) &?
18. The Titanic features prominently in many novels. Name books and authors (but please keep it to a significant presence, not a passing mention). Raise the Titanic, Cussler (red_pheonix 2) &?
Bilbo 7
Sneaky 3
dreams 6
red_pheonix 4
pdurrant 1
Bookpossum 3
There are still lots of potential points; anyone could still take it. I'll let this run a little longer.
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