Welcome to our Accident Quiz
Quiz I
- Can you name the Russian submarine that sank in 2000, after accidental contamination of the torpedo tubes caused a series of explosions?
- The flight recorder is a recording device placed in an aircraft to help with the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents; it's also known as a black box, but what is its actual colour?
- Give the acronym of the well known British charity that aims to save lives and prevent life-changing injuries which occur as a result of accidents?
- In August, 1956, which artist died in a single-car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol?
- Which actress sadly died on November 29, 1981, in a death that at the time was ruled an accident by drowning and hypothermia?
- What phrase is used to describe an attack by a military force on non-enemies, either by misidentification, or due to errors or inaccuracy?
- The Chernobyl accident was a catastrophic nuclear disaster in which modern day country?
- Which American dancer died in 1927 when her scarf became accidentally entangled in the wheels and axle of the car in which she was riding?
- In August 2016, what sort of accident did Richard Branson suffer in the British Virgin Islands that left him with a cracked cheek, torn ligaments and cuts and bruises to his face and body?
- In 1984, Michael Jackson was filming a television commercial for which company when a faulty pyrotechnic went off too early and set his hair on fire?
- In 1988, an explosion destroyed which oil production platform in the North Sea?
- The Prestige oil tanker spill happened off the coast of which country in November 2002?
- Zola Budd accidently tripped Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympic Games in which distance athletics event?
- Sonny Bono died on January 5, 1998, of injuries sustained in an accident less than a week after Michael Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, died in a similar accident. What were both doing that resulted in their fatal accidents?
- Which actress took a memorable tumble as she headed up the stairs to collect her first Best Actress Oscar in 2013?
- Air France Flight 447 crashed on 1 June 2009, in the worst accident in the history of Air France, on its way to which city?
- What was the name of the 62-year-old captain of the RMS Titanic?
- Apollo 13, the third mission intended to land on the moon, was launched in which year?
- Pilot Chesley Sullenberger landed his plane on which river in 2009 after it lost all engine power due to striking a flock of geese?
- Which actor died in California, on November 12, 1981, when he slipped on a rug and hit his forehead on a teak bedside table?
Answers:
- Kursk
- Bright orange (to aid in their recovery after accidents)
- RoSPA
- Jackson Pollock
- Natalie Wood
- Friendly Fire
- Ukraine
- Isadora Duncan
- Cycle accident
- Pepsi
- Piper Alpha
- Spain
- 3000 metres
- Skiing
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Rio de Janeiro
- Captain Edward John Smith
- 1970
- Hudson River
- William Holden
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