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Question 1/12
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This city was devastated by flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005?
Charleston, South Carolina
New Orleans, Louisiana
Galveston, Texas
Question 2/12
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In 1906, this city was nearly destroyed by an earthquake and the massive fire which followed:
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Question 3/12
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This city is now almost entirely abandoned because of a massive coal fire which has burned underground for decades:
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Vardaman, Ohio
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Question 4/12
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This was the deadliest disaster in US history:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1901 Galveston hurricane
Hurricane Katrina
Question 5/12
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Which city was flooded by molasses?
Boston
Chicago
Baltimore
Question 6/12
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One of the worst industrial disasters in US history occurred in New York City in 1911. What was it?
Bradley Corporation Fire
Walton Mill Fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Question 7/12
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An outbreak of this illness in 1918-1919 killed almost 700,000 Americans:
Flu
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
Question 8/12
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The worst oil spill in US history occurred when this tanker hit an underwater reef:
Exxon Valdez
Edmund Fitzgerald
USS Philadelphia
Question 9/12
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The deadliest theater fire in US history occurred in 1903 in Chicago. It was the:
Cocoanut Grove Theater
Iroquois Theater
Edmonton Theater
Question 10/12
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In 1956, this ship collided with another, killing 51 passengers and two rescuers off the coast of Massachusetts:
Andrea Doria
Titanic
Exxon Valdez
Question 11/12
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In 1979, a partial nuclear meltdown at this site became the worst nuclear disaster in US history:
Whidby Island
Love Canal
Three Mile Island
Question 12/12
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Everyone knows about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. But hardly anyone remembers a far deadlier fire that began on the same day. Where was it?
St. Paul, Minnesota
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
It's ok. No one likes disasters. You probably just prefer quizzes on happier topics.
C+, What A Disaster!
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Right!
You go! You aren't scared of a little flooding or a massive fire. You know your stuff!
B+, Disaster Dominator!
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Right!
Look at you! Your knowledge of disasters is impressive. Perhaps you should be appointed the head of FEMA!
A+, Destroyer Of Disasters!
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Right!
1
This city was devastated by flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005?
Charleston, South Carolina
New Orleans, Louisiana
Galveston, Texas
2
In 1906, this city was nearly destroyed by an earthquake and the massive fire which followed:
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
3
This city is now almost entirely abandoned because of a massive coal fire which has burned underground for decades:
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Vardaman, Ohio
Centralia, Pennsylvania
4
This was the deadliest disaster in US history:
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1901 Galveston hurricane
Hurricane Katrina
5
Which city was flooded by molasses?
Boston
Chicago
Baltimore
6
One of the worst industrial disasters in US history occurred in New York City in 1911. What was it?
Bradley Corporation Fire
Walton Mill Fire
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
7
An outbreak of this illness in 1918-1919 killed almost 700,000 Americans:
Flu
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
8
The worst oil spill in US history occurred when this tanker hit an underwater reef:
Exxon Valdez
Edmund Fitzgerald
USS Philadelphia
9
The deadliest theater fire in US history occurred in 1903 in Chicago. It was the:
Cocoanut Grove Theater
Iroquois Theater
Edmonton Theater
10
In 1956, this ship collided with another, killing 51 passengers and two rescuers off the coast of Massachusetts:
Andrea Doria
Titanic
Exxon Valdez
11
In 1979, a partial nuclear meltdown at this site became the worst nuclear disaster in US history:
Whidby Island
Love Canal
Three Mile Island
12
Everyone knows about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. But hardly anyone remembers a far deadlier fire that began on the same day. Where was it?
St. Paul, Minnesota
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
