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1. In what city was the 1980 made-for-TV disaster mini-series "Condominium" set?
2. In the blockbuster feature film "Independence Day", which Los Angeles landmark is destroyed by the alien's powerful pulse beam?
3. In the 1977 post-apocalypse feature "Damnation Alley", which Eastern state capital was believed to be the only city that was not destroyed?
4. Which famous aircraft was the focus of the fourth movie of the "Airport" series?
5. True or False: "The Poseidon Adventure" was based on a novel by Martin Caidin.
6. Which actor played Jim Pruitt, the commander of Ironman One, in the 1969 space disaster movie "Marooned"?
7. In the 1974 disaster epic "Earthquake", how do Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner's characters wind up dying?
8. In the movie "Apollo 13", what event forced the crew to forego the attempt at a lunar landing?
9. Though the TV mini-series "Space" was not a disaster movie, it did feature a notable disaster. What was it?
10. What sparked the fire that devasted the Glass Tower in the movie "The Towering Inferno"?
11. In "The Swarm", what did Michael Caine and Katherine Ross's characters use to lure the killer bees to their deaths?
12. In the made-for-TV drama "Asteroid", which city suffers a small flood as asteroid fragments strike a dam?
13. In what disaster-movie spoof would you find people trying to get from New York to Denver?
14. According to the movie "The Hindenburg", what caused the destruction of the monstrous airship?
15. True or False: The island of Krakatoa, destroyed by a volcanic explosion in 1883, was actually west of Java.
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