Daily Quiz | On Titanic

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The Titanic wreck was found about 370 miles (595 km) off the coast of which place in Canada in the early hours of September 1, 1985?

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Name the two institutions involved in the discovery mission.

Answer : USA’s Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (IFREMER)

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Name the 16-foot (5-meter) submersible equipped with a remote-controlled camera that made the discovery and the images of which part of the ship was sent across first?

Answer : ‘Argo’ and the giant boilers

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What is the name given by scientists to the iron-eating microorganisms that are covering the wreckage?

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Contrary to popular belief that a gash caused by the iceberg collision led to the disaster, scientists have attributed what ‘prime’ reason may have contributed to the sinking?

Answer :  Low-quality steel or weak rivets

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Name the company that was granted permission in 1987 to retrieve artifacts from the wreckage.

Answer : Titanic Ventures, Inc. (later renamed R.M.S. Titanic, Inc.)

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In 2024, a bronze statuette of which goddess, which had been in the first-class lounge, was located on the ocean floor?

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Who is the American explorer credited with leading the team that discovered the remains of the ill-fated liner?