Ten Different Minutes in History Quiz

Answer: 9/11

The second tower was hit 18 minutes later at 9:03 a. m.

Hurricane Katrina hit the coast at 6:10 p.m. on August 29, 2005.

D-Day began at 6:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944.

Answer: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

The Soviets tried to deny that anything out of the ordinary happened at Chernobyl until two days after, when radiation levels could be measured around the world. They did not evacuate the town of Chernobyl until May 2, 1986.

There were two major San Francisco earthquakes in the 20th century, one in 1906, and one in 1989.

The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded at 11:39 a.m. on January 28, 1986.

Black Monday was the stock market crash that took place on October 19, 1987.

Answer: San Francisco Earthquake

The elastic rebound theory came about as a result of this earthquake. This theory helps to explain why earthquakes occur.

Answer: Mt. St. Helens erupts

Mt. St. Helen's is 9,677 ft tall.

Reagan's assassination attempt was on March 30, 1981.

John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980.

Pan Am Flight 103 exploded on December 21, 1988.

Answer: The Hindenburg Explosion

35 of the 97 aboard perished in the fire.

Kristallnacht occurred on the night of November 9-10, 1938 (and continued in some parts of Germany for up to three days).

Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.

The Great Stock Market Crash began on October 24, 1929 and continued to crash until Tuesday October 29, 1929. (It continued to drop till July 1932).

Answer: Oklahoma City Bombing

Micheal Fortier knew about the plan to commit the bombings, but was only sentenced 12 years in prison for his role. He was released in 2006 and put into the witness protection program.

Clinton's impeachment occurred on December 19, 1998.

The World Trade Center was bombed on February 26, 1993.

The Rwandan genocide began with their president's plane being shot down on April 26, 1994.

Answer: Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima was chosen by the army since it suffered little damage from the war up to that point, and on that morning, it had clear skies.

Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945

Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941 and it marked the official involvement of The United States of America in World War II.

Franklin D. Roosevelt died April 12, 1945.

Answer: Columbine Massacre

Klebold and Harris tried to explode two bombs in the cafeteria, if that had worked, it is estimated that nearly 500 would have died in that explosion. When the bombs failed to go off, Klebold and Harris re-entered the school armed with guns.

The Darfur genocide is still officially called a conflict, despite the evidence of genocide. The accounts of genocide surfaced in 2003.

Princess Diana died in a car crash on August 31, 1997

Answer: Titanic hits iceberg

The ship had completely sunk by 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912.

Franz Ferdinand was shot on June 28, 1914.

The Bolshevik Revolution began on October 23, 1917.

The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on August 21, 1911.

Answer: Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

John F. Kennedy's assassination was on November 22, 1963 12:30 p.m. by Lee Harvey Oswald

Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at 3:10 p.m. by Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler, and Thomas 15X Johnson.

Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated on June 5, 1968 at 12:15 a.m. by Sirhan Sirhan

*All four assassinations have multiple conspiracy theories attached to them, making it unclear if the public has been informed of the actual events, or if the people who were convicted of the crimes actually committed them.