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Disaster History 160329 is a selection of 10 questions. Disaster History 160329 is the filename to differentiate it from other History quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 Which German passenger airship did fire destroy in 1937 at the Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey, United States?
A The Hindenburg (LZ 129 Hindenburg)
2 In which former Soviet country was the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster?
A Ukraine (near the now-abandoned town of Pripyat)
3 In which year did the Hillsborough disaster claim the lives of 96 Liverpool supporters?
A 1989
4 Bound for New York on her disastrous voyage in 1912, from where had the RMS Titanic originally set sail?
A Southampton (RMS = Royal Mail Ship)
5 Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania was the scene of what type of disaster in 1979.
A Radio-active (release of radioactive material in the reactor coolant – the incident was rated a five on the seven-point International Nuclear Event Scale)
6 In which year did the Exxon Valdez oil tanker run aground off Alaska spilling its oil cargo?
A 1989
7 What natural disaster devastated the American Midwest in August 1993?
A Floods
8 The disastrous North Sea oilrig fire which took over 150 lives in 1988, swept through which platform?
A Piper Alpha
9 Which sea, separated from the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch, suffered an ecological disaster in November 2007, when a fierce storm wrecked numerous oil tankers?
A Sea of Azov
10 Which Welsh village was inundated by a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in 1966 killing 116 children and 28 adults?
A Aberfan