Are you one of the millions of fans that loved the movie Titanic? I understand that it set attendance records and won many awards but truthfully I never saw the movie and never wanted to. I’m not sure why but I’ve always felt, why watch the movie, I already knew the ending. They hit an iceberg and sank, and people died. End of story, right? Todays post is done not for me but for the huge number of fans of a sinking ship and the death of 1,517 innocent people. I never wanted to see the millions of dollars of Hollywood special efforts because I already imagined how horrible it must have been when I read the story as a kid. But for you die-hard fans, let’s just see how you do on this little quiz. As always the answers will be listed below. Have a wonderfully morbid day.
How many Academy Awards did Titanic win?
Who played Rose’s fiancé Cal Hockley?
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack wins his ticket to board the Titanic by playing what game?
What fake working title was the film referred to during production in order to keep its subject matter secret?
At the time of its release Titanic was the most expensive movie ever made. What was the budget: 90, 150, or 200 million?
In real life who actually drew the nude sketch of Rose that was used in the film?
What is the name of the rare diamond set in Rose’s necklace?
Who sang the movies iconic chart-busting theme song “My Heart Will Go On”?
True or false? The movies famous line, I’m the king of the world!” was improvised by Leonardo DiCaprio?
Who played the character of the “Unsinkable Molly Brown?
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Answers
11, Billy Zane, Poker, Planet Ice, 200 million, Director James Cameron, Heart of the Ocean, Celine Dion, True, Kathy Bates
I love reading odd facts about damn near anything. For years I religiously read the Darwin Awards and while they offer stories on weird ways to die, they are at times humorous as hell. People might take offense to that but I really don’t care because funny is still funny regardless of the circumstances. I recently stumbled upon three short stories on death that actually became a part of history. They’re not all that funny but they are definitely interesting. Let’s get started.
On September 14, 1899, Henry Bliss stepped down from a streetcar at West 74th and Central Park West in New York City. As he turned to help a female passenger down the stairs, he was struck by a passing cab, making the 68-year-old man the first pedestrian ever killed by an automobile in the United States.
Five years after their historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers took their new plane, the Wright Flyer, on a cross-country tour to prove it could safely carry passengers. The third stop was at Fort Myers, Virginia, on September 17, 1908. As a crowd of 2000 cheered, Orville Wright and his passenger, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge of the US Army Signal Corps, lifted off into the sky. Then the propeller snapped in two and the Wright Flyer nosedived 150 feet to the ground. Selfridge was killed instantly; Wright suffered multiple hip and leg fractures that plagued him with chronic pain for the rest of his life. This was the first documented death on an airplane.
Here’s another oldie but goodie that occurred during the September 15, 1833 at the launch of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in England. It was attended by the Duke of Wellington and William Huskisson, a member of Parliament. Ignoring the engineers warning to remain on the train, Huskisson joined the other passengers and disembarked to gawk at the engines lined up on the parallel tracks. He stepped onto an empty track just as an engine called the Rocket barreled into the station. Huskisson fell beneath the wheels of the locomotive and lost his leg and died a few minutes later. He was unaware that he had made history as the first person ever killed by a train.
