Historical Disasters Trivia Questions
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What is the term for a severe shortage of food that affected Ireland in the 1840s, related to potatoes?
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famine
Which Portuguese capital was devastated by an earthquake on November 1, 1755, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands?
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lisbon
What is the name of the ship that struck a reef in 1989, resulting in the largest oil spill in U.S. history?
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exxon valdez
What was the name of the British liner torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, 1915, resulting in the death of 128 Americans?
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lusitania
What is the name of the oil tanker that struck a reef in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, causing a major environmental disaster?
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exxon valdez
What area in Niagara Falls, N.Y. was used as a toxic waste dump and declared a disaster area by President Carter in 1978?
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love canal
In which Ukrainian nuclear plant did a reactor go out of control on April 26, 1986?
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chernobyl
In which city did the Great Fire of 1666 destroy nearly 13,000 homes and 100 churches?
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london
In which country did a fire that swept through a disco on October 29, 1998, kill 63 people in Goteborg?
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sweden
In which Scottish town did a 1988 disaster kill all 259 people aboard Pan Am 103 and 11 people on the ground?
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lockerbie
In which Soviet republic did explosions and a fire shut down a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in 1986?
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ukraine
In which country did the deadly gas leak at a plant in Bhopal occur on December 3, 1984, attributed to outdated equipment?
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india
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