One Moment In Time Trivia Quiz

Answer: World War One

"The Great War", or "The War To End All Wars" as it was also known claimed about 16 million lives, both military and civilian, on all sides. More than 20 million were injured.

Answer: Moon

He always maintained the words he spoke that day were "One small step for a man...", but because of his accent, no one heard the "a".

Answer: RMS Titanic

While it was not the mightiest maritime disaster in terms of loss of life, so many factors intertwined to make the story of the Titanic such a powerful and memorable one: It was her maiden voyage; her owners had declared her "unsinkable" there were too few lifeboats to take all on board; and the great and the good as well as the poor died.

The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40pm on April 14. Thirty-seven seconds later the ship hit the iceberg. Of the 2,233 people on board, 1,517 died.

Answer: Dallas

Kennedy went to Texas, in part, to ignite his campaign for reelection. He was hit by two bullets that were fired as he rode in an open-top limousine. Who fired the shots, and even how many people fired shots at the president, remains a source of controversy and conspiracy theories.

Answer: Hiroshima

The exact number of casualties varies according to the source you read. atomcarchive.com, for example, gives them as 66,000 killed and 69,000 injured. Many died instantly, while others died weeks and even months later through illnesses associated with the bombing.
The first atomic bomb was detonated in May 1945 in Alamogordo NM.

Answer: Frankfurt

Hindenburg set off from Frankfurt on May 3rd 1937 carrying 36 passengers and 61 crew members. Poor weather hampered her landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Base and she caught fire on the final approach to the mooring mast. Thirteen passengers and 22 crew died, along with one member of the ground mooring party.

Answer: Omagh

Twenty-nine people died as a result of the blast, including a woman pregnant with twins. Hundreds more were injured. Terrorists had left a car bomb on the street on a day that a carnival was due to take place Their telephone warnings gave an inaccurate location and the bomb exploded as the streets were being cleared.

Answer: John McCain

In 2008, Obama won 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173. He became the 44th President in 56 elections. Obama secured 59.2 per cent of the popular vote. All of the wrong answers were candidates.

Answer: Haiti

The Magnitude 7 earthquake was followed by 52 aftershocks in the next 12 days. Many people died as buildings collapsed, although some individuals were rescued after days and even weeks of being trapped.

Answer: Pablo Picasso

Picasso died of a heart attack at his home near Cannes on the French Riviera. Born in Spain in October 1881, Picasso embraced many spheres of art, although was probably best known for his cubist works.