DISASTERS

(e.g., In 1984, this city in India was the site of the world’s worst industrial disaster. Answer: Bhopal.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. In 1912, this ocean liner sank with the loss of over 1,400 lives.

2. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it “a date which will live in infamy.”

3. In 1986, this space shuttle broke apart, killing all seven crew members.

4. In 1915, a German U-boat sank this ocean liner.

5. An 1871 fire destroyed much of this American city and killed hundreds of people.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. In 1906, an earthquake and fire ravaged this city.

7. From 1845 to 1852, thousands died as this country suffered a “potato famine.”

Answers: 1. RMS Titanic. 2. Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. 3. Challenger. 4. RMS Lusitania. 5. Chicago. 6. San Francisco. 7. Ireland.

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