Unutterably Silly Quiz

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by issybird

14. In what city are most of the recovered victims' bodies buried?

Halifax, Nova Scotia?

[orlok]

9) Name famous survivors - could argue that J.P. Morgan, the builder, was a survivor, as he was supposed to be on the Titanic but at the last minute didn't go .
18) Name books and authors - "Raise the Titanic" by Clive Cussler

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by orlok

9) Name famous survivors - could argue that J.P. Morgan, the builder, was a survivor, as he was supposed to be on the Titanic but at the last minute didn't go .

That would be an answer to number 8 then

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

That would be an answer to number 8 then

I missed question 8 altogether .

[issybird]

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.

[red_phoenix]

15. To allow for the disembarking of the survivors (even then there would have been quite a media circus) before the disembarking of its own passengers at its own pier. (pure guess).

[issybird]

Originally Posted by red_pheonix

15. To allow for the disembarking of the survivors (even then there would have been quite a media circus) before the disembarking of its own passengers at its own pier. (pure guess).

Close, but not quite.

[red_phoenix]

9. The ship's designer...cannot remember his name.

10. The String Quartet that played on the deck while the ship was sinking.

15. To allow for the removal of the bodies?

16. James Cameron?

17. Unsinkable Molly Brown, Debbie Reynolds?

[Bilbo1967]

In the interests of harmony, can I point out that my pointing out that Orlok's answer to number 9 was actually an answer to number 8 wasn't an attempt at larceny.

That point should go to Orlok!

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

In the interests of harmony, can I point out that my pointing out that Orlok's answer to number 9 was actually an answer to number 8 wasn't an attempt at larceny.

That point should go to Orlok!

LOL, I really did think you were doing the gentlemanly thing, but I couldn't resist teasing orlok. So be it as you wish.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by red_pheonix

9. The ship's designer...cannot remember his name.

10. The String Quartet that played on the deck while the ship was sinking.

15. To allow for the removal of the bodies?

16. James Cameron?

17. Unsinkable Molly Brown, Debbie Reynolds?

2 points for 17. The others were close--and while you're right about the musicians, I was looking for names.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by issybird

LOL, I really did think you were doing the gentlemanly thing, but I couldn't resist teasing orlok. So be it as you wish.

....

[issybird]

To wrap it up:

7. What was its port of disembarkation and what were its ports of call before starting across the Atlantic? Cherbourg was the other port of call, picking up the passengers from Paris and the continent.

8. Name people who intended to cross on the Titanic but whose plans changed. Also, Theodore Dreiser, Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Clay Frick and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who would go down on the Lusitania.

9. Name famous survivors. Also, Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon and Bruce Ismay, director of the White Star Line.

10. Name famous victims (Jack Dawson is an immediate fail.) Impresario Jed Harris, presidential aide Archie Butt, artist Francis Millett.

12. What was the name of the ship which rescued the survivors and who was its captain? Where was it headed? Rostron of the Carpathia; the ship was on a cruise to the Holy Land.

13. What ship did not rescue anyone and who was its captain? Lord of the Californian

15. When the rescue ship reached New York, it stopped at a rival line's pier before berthing at its own dock. Why? The Carpathia had also taken on the Titanic's lifeboats, which it needed to offload at the White Star pier before letting passengers disembark at the Cunard pier.

16. Who was the leader of the expedition that located the wreckage? Robert Ballard

17. Before the Cameron opus, there were two English-language films about the disaster. What were they and who starred in them? The other was called The Titanic and starred Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck and a young Robert Wagner.

18. The Titanic features prominently in many novels. Name books and authors (but please keep it to a significant presence, not a passing mention). Too many to name, of course, but one other prominent novel is Jack Finney's time travel opus, From Time to Time.

Final tally:

Bilbo 6
Sneaky 3
dreams 6
red_pheonix 6
pdurrant 1
Bookpossum 3

Good sportsmanship and a late-stage rally has resulted in three-way tie among Bilbo, dreams and red_pheonix. Any one of them can pose the next quiz.

ETA: I've given red_pheonix credit for Unsinkable Molly Brown, even though it wasn't the other film specifically about the disaster.

Saw this too late to attempt any answers. The only answers I would have been able to come up with would have been the White Star and the Carpathia. This after reading an issue of Smithsonian Magazine devoted to the subject just a couple of months ago. Here's a link to the bounty of information there: Full Steam Ahead! Our Roundup of All Things Titanic.

[orlok]

And where is my one point?