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Titanic at 100

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

The title "Titanic at 100" means that Titanic

a)

was found about 100 feet below the surface of the water.

b)

sank in 1912, about 100 years before this film was made.

c)

carried exactly 100 passengers and members of the crew.

d)

weighed about 100 tons without cargo.

2.

What question about Titanic is the team most interested in answering?

a)

Where are all the pieces of Titanic?

b)

Why didn't Titanic sink in one piece?

c)

Who designed the Titanic?

d)

Was Titanic a weak ship?

3.

According to the film, which part of Titanic sank first?

a)

the bow

b)

the stern

c)

the port side

d)

the starboard side

4.

Eyewitnesses saw the stern

a)

sink in a spiral motion.

b)

sink straight down without tilting.

c)

settle back and seem to float for a little while.

d)

smash apart before sinking.

5.

The double bottom of the Titanic

a)

was never found.

b)

had a large hole in it from the iceberg.

c)

was found stretched out, as if the bow had hung down from it.

d)

did not break apart at all.

6.

What makes the team think the stern sank in a spiral motion?

a)

There was smeared mud to the left and a lot of debris to the right of it.

b)

It was found completely intact and upright on the sea floor.

c)

The entire double bottom of the ship was still attached to it.

d)

The deckhouse was found buried underneath the stern.

7.

The most significant evidence for the team was

a)

finding the middle section of Titanic in tiny pieces.

b)

finding the middle section of Titanic in huge chunks.

c)

finding the middle section of Titanic right next to the bow.

d)

not finding the middle section of Titanic at all.

8.

The team concludes that Titanic

a)

sank because she was a weak ship.

b)

did not survive as long as she should have?

c)

sank because she was poorly designed.

d)

broke apart because of stresses that no ship could survive.

9.

Which of these features does the film clip NOT include?

a)

voice-over narration

b)

footage from 1912 of the Titanic sinking in real life

c)

footage from movies about the Titanic

d)

interviews with members of the expedition

10.

The shots of people on the ship and in lifeboats

a)

are from movies made about Titanic.

b)

add drama to the documentary.

c)

show some things that eyewitnesses reported seeing.

d)

all of these answers are correct