It Happened One Night Trivia Quiz

Answer: St. Paul's Cathedral

Surprisingly, given the scale of the fire and the widespread destruction it caused, only six people are recorded to have died as a result of it. Other famous buildings destroyed apart from St. Paul's Cathedral include the Royal Exchange, the Custom House and the Bridewell Palace. The Cathedral was later rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren.

Answer: Paul Revere

On the night of 18 April 1775, Paul Revere set out from Boston towards Lexington where John Hancock and Samuel Adams were hiding. There had been rumours that the British Army planned to arrest Hancock and Adams, thus prompting Revere to undertake his famous midnight ride to alert them.

Years later, American poet, H. W. Longfellow wrote a poem called "Paul Revere's Ride" about this incident.

Answer: Titanic

The RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line which also owned the Olympic and Britannic and was the largest passenger ship in the world at its launch. More than 1,500 people died in this maritime disaster and a majority of the deaths were due to hypothermia.

Answer: Tryst with Destiny

After being under British rule for more than a hundred years, India finally became an independent country on 15th August, 1947. However, the joy of attaining independence after years of struggle was juxtaposed by the partition of the country into two parts on religious lines.

India's independence day was marred by Hindu-Muslim riots in different parts of the country and the mass exodus of people on both sides of the India-Pakistan border following the partition.

Answer: Ukraine

The engineers tried to carry out a systems test but unfortunately the experiment didn't have the necessary safety requirements in place. Without warning the power reached extremely high levels leading to overheating. An emergency shutdown was attempted but failed leading to a series of explosions.

Answer: Exxon Valdez

The ship ran aground after striking Bligh Reef while running on the autopilot navigation system. Though no human lives were lost, the damage to the environment was significant. Among the native animal species affected by the spill were sea otters, bald eagles, harbour seals, orcas, salmon and herrings.

Until the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010, this was considered to be the worst oil spill in US waters.

Answer: Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, along with her companion Dodi Al-Fayed, perished in the crash which also claimed the life of the driver, Henri Paul. Their bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, was the sole survivor. While speculation was rife that there was more to the accident than met the eye, an official enquiry deemed it to be a result of driver negligence with evidence indicating that Henri Paul was inebriated while driving that night.

Answer: Nepal

On 1st June, 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra allegedly shot and killed nine members of his family at the Narayanhity Royal Palace. Rumours suggested that the Prince was upset with his family for not allowing him to marry the woman he loved. However, there were also conspiracy theories that claimed that the massacre was masterminded by the King's younger brother, Gyanendra, who later ascended the throne.

Answer: Tsunami

The earthquake was triggered by the subduction (sliding under) of the India Plate under the Burma Plate. While the epicentre was off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, aftershocks were felt as far away as the Andaman Islands of India.

The ensuing tsunami, also known as the Boxing Day tsunami, struck the coastal areas of countries like India and Thailand early in the morning.

Answer: Mumbai

Only one of the terrorists, Ajmal Kasab, was caught alive - due to the efforts of a Mumbai police constable, Tukaram Omble, who lost his life while doing so. Apart from opening fire at the CST railway station, a major transport hub of Mumbai, the terrorists also attacked Cama Hospital, Leopold Cafe, Taj Mahal Hotel, Oberoi Trident Hotel and Nariman House , a Chabad Lubavitch Jewish center.