What was the name of the East German secret police?
Answer
Stasi
99008 Intermediate Trivia Questions
99008 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Who was the last Communist leader of East Germany?
Answer
Egon Krenz
What were the peaceful protests in Leipzig called that preceded the wall's fall?
Answer
Monday demonstrations
What was the first border crossing to open on the night of November 9, 1989?
Answer
Bornholmer Strasse
Which Soviet leader declared that the USSR would not interfere in East Germany's affairs?
Answer
Mikhail Gorbachev
What was the name of the cable ship that recovered many bodies after the sinking?
Answer
CS Mackay-Bennett
How many hours did Titanic stay afloat after hitting the iceberg?
Answer
2 hours and 40 minutes
What was the height of Titanic from keel to top of funnels?
Answer
175 feet
What was the cost to build the Titanic in pounds?
Answer
£1.5 million
How many crew members were on the Titanic?
Answer
908
What was the total horsepower of the Titanic's engines?
Answer
46,000 horsepower
What was the weight in tons of the Titanic's main anchor?
Answer
15.5 tons
Who captained RMS Carpathia during the rescue of Titanic survivors?
Answer
Arthur Rostron
Who was the youngest passenger aboard Titanic and later its last living survivor?
Answer
Millvina Dean
Which White Star Line chairman survived the Titanic sinking?
Answer
J. Bruce Ismay
Which naval architect of Harland and Wolff died in the Titanic disaster?
Answer
Thomas Andrews
On what date was Titanic launched?
Answer
31 May 1911
Which shipbuilding company built Titanic?
Answer
Harland and Wolff
What was the name of the lookout who first spotted the iceberg?
Answer
Frederick Fleet
What was the name of the Titanic's chief engineer?
Answer
Joseph Bell
Which musician is said to have played 'Nearer My God to Thee' as the Titanic sank?
Answer
Wallace Hartley
What was the name of the Titanic's senior wireless operator?
Answer
Jack Phillips
What was the exact date of the Titanic's sinking?
Answer
April 15, 1912
Who invented the first electric motor?
Answer
Michael Faraday
What was the name of the first steel-framed skyscraper?
Answer
Home Insurance Building
Who built the first successful cotton mill in the United States?
Answer
Samuel Slater
Which French chemist invented the Leblanc process for producing soda ash?
Answer
Nicolas Leblanc
Which locomotive won the Rainhill Trials in 1829?
Answer
The Rocket
What was the name of the first steamship built for transatlantic service?
Answer
SS Great Western
Which English ironmaster built the first iron boat in 1787?
Answer
John Wilkinson
What was the name of Michael Faraday's first electric generator?
Answer
Faraday's disk
Who invented the first practical sewing machine?
Answer
Elias Howe
What was the name of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States?
Answer
First Transcontinental Railroad
Which English ironmaster first used coke to smelt iron?
Answer
Abraham Darby I
Which English engineer built the first iron-framed building?
Answer
Charles Bage
What was the name of the first iron steamship to cross the Atlantic?
Answer
SS Great Britain
Who developed the Bessemer process for steelmaking?
Answer
Henry Bessemer
Which canal was built to transport coal from Worsley to Manchester?
Answer
Bridgewater Canal
Who invented the water frame?
Answer
Richard Arkwright
Which engineer built the first successful steam locomotive?
Answer
Richard Trevithick
Who invented the power loom?
Answer
Edmund Cartwright