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QUIZ: How much do you know about the worldB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s most famous shipwreck?

Titanic sank 109 years ago today, after hitting an iceberg
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The wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985, more than two miles below the oceanB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s surface and about 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. Photo contributed.

On the night of April 14 to 15, 1912 B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” 109 years ago B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·” the worldB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s largest and most luxurious ship, Titanic, foundered on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, approximately 400 miles south of Newfoundland. Of the more than 2,200 passengers and crew, 1,496 perished.

A century later TitanicB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ continues to capture a generationB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s interest and imagination. The disaster prompted sweeping changes to maritime law, and stoked social change.

A century-old shifting of ideas about class and privilege, chivalry, honour, courage and cowardice all began on the decks of Titanic, on a waveless, moonless night.

How much do you know about this disaster?

EditorB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s note: Numbers such as those referring to passengers, crew and survivors are the most credible available. Different sources will provide slightly alternative totals.

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