Statistics for RMS Lusitania Disaster

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What conflict was taking place when the Lusitania sank?	World War 1	93%
What country operated the submarine that sank the Lusitania?	Germany	84%
Did he survive the sinking?	Yes	81%
What modern day country was the Lusitania just a few miles from when it sank?	Ireland	79%
Where did its voyage start?	New York City	79%
What was its intended destination?	Liverpool	70%
What shipping line operated the Lusitania?	Cunard Line	67%
What neutral nation lost about 128 citizens in the disaster?	United States	67%
Again to the nearest hundred, how many perished in the sinking?	1,200	65%
True or false: the British Admiralty tried to make Lusitania's captain seem negligent.	True	63%
To the nearest hundred, how many were aboard Lusitania?	2,000	58%
What day did the ship sink?	May 7, 1915	44%
Lusitania was sunk by a submarine. What was its number?	U-20	44%
Who was the Lusitania's captain during the voyage?	William Thomas Turner	35%
Who presided over the official inquiry into the disaster in Britain?	Lord Mersey	12%