pengwn wrote:
zog741 wrote:
The question was undoubtedly meant as a toughie to "separate the men from the boys."
Which is welcomed, but a 15-question game should have around a half-dozen such questions
The writer(s) did avoid any of the contentious material and stuck to indisputable facts for the most part, and I for one appreciate that. In the case of the hymn question, that's a well-established rumour, and the wording made that clear. Nothing at all concerning the various Titanic movies, or prescient literature published prior to 1912, which I was quite pleased about
I do think they could have dug a little deeper, such as:
A question concerning the engine room, such as number of boilers or daily coal consumption
"Who was the most senior officer to survive Titanic's sinking?", listing five of the eight command officers
"What was the name of the lookout who first spotted the fatal iceberg?"
"What was Titanic's radio call sign?" CQD and RMS would be decent distractors
"Which amenity was *not* available on board?" Wrong answers there could include Swimming pool, Turkish bath, Post office, Barber shop and Gymnasium
Okay, I'm going to stop myself here. These are merely 15 question games, after all. This one I think I would grade B- at best
I agree as i my previous post 13 of the 15 were softballs, I could ansewer most of the questions you just posted, i did lose a few on the rudder question as I started with boiler 1st.
2nd officer Lightoller
Frederick Fleet
CQD, then changed to SOS
daily coal consumption would have been tough, because of the coal strike Smith did not order 2 of the boilers to be lit up, as coal was a commodity that couldn't be wasted.
ther was a gym, turkish bath and pool, proabably a barber shop. I do not believe there was a post office, but being RMS (Royal Mail steamer) they did carry alot of mail, which was one of the 1st places flooded when Titanic hit the berg.
overall a good, but frustrating game for me