Disaster Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Where did Hurricane Mitch strike in 1998?
A: Central America.
Which Open Tennis tournament was John McEnroe expelled from?
A: Australian.
Which airline owned the plane which crashed off Nova Scotia in 1998 killing over
200 including UN officials?
A: Swissair.
Which disaster took place in Kobe, Japan in 1995?
A: Earthquake.
Charles Rolls of Rolls Royce fame died in what type of vehicle?
A: Airplane.
Which scandal hit sportsman was described by wife Monica in 1998 as "kind of
shy?"
A: <p>.
In which African countries were US embassies bombed in 1998?
A: Kenya & Tanzania.
Bandleader Glenn Miller was last seen in an aircraft leaving which country?
A: England.
In 1998 the Festina team was banned from what over drug allegations?
A: Tour de France cycle race.
Where was the USA's worst nuclear accident, in 1979?
A: Three Mile Island.
On which of the Canary Islands did a collision of two jumbo
jets take place,
making it one of the worst air disasters in history?
A: Tenerife.
Who was the first US President to resign while in office?
A: Richard Nixon.
In which country's waters was Greenpeace's Rainbow
Warrior sunk in 1985?
A: New Zealand's.
Which Olympic Games were the scene of a terrorist attack by Palestinian
guerrillas?
A: Munich.
In which country did the Red Brigades operate in the late 70s?
A: Italy.
In which month did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
A: December.
Which German airship crashed in New Jersey in
1937?
A: Hindenburg.
In what decade did the Dust Bowl devastate Midwest farmers?
A: 1930s
In which country was the Titanic launched?
A: Ireland.
How did 1940s British murderer John Haigh dispose of his victims' bodies?
A: Acid bath.
Which illness caused twice as many fatalities in America and Europe in 1917-18
as there were in WWI?
A: Flu.
What was the nationality of the jet shot down in Russian air space in 1983?
A: Korean.
Which American married a former King of England?
A: Wallis Warfield Simpson.
Where in India did a major industrial accident occur in 1984?
A: Bhopal.
In what year was the Wall Street Crash.
A: 1929.