What is Violet Jessop famous for?

Surviving incidents on all three sisters

Olympic and Britannic Quiz: The Titanic's Sister Ships

This Olympic and Britannic quiz explores the two sisters of the Titanic built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast. Play 10 interactive questions on the White Star Line, Olympic's collision with HMS Hawke, her nickname Old Reliable, sinking a U-boat, Britannic as a hospital ship, the mine in the Aegean and survivor Violet Jessop.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Line
Which shipping line owned the three sister ships?
Builder
Where were the ships built?
First
Which sister entered service first, in 1911?
Hawke
Which warship collided with Olympic in 1911?
Nickname
What nickname did Olympic earn?
U-boat
What did Olympic do to a German submarine in 1918?
Hospital
How did Britannic serve in World War I?
Sank
What sank Britannic in 1916?
Jessop
What is Violet Jessop famous for?
End
What happened to Olympic in the 1930s?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which shipping line owned the three sister ships?
Answer: White Star Line
Titanic was the second of three.
Q2: Where were the ships built?
Answer: Belfast
Harland and Wolff built them.
Q3: Which sister entered service first, in 1911?
Answer: Olympic
She was the lead ship.
Q4: Which warship collided with Olympic in 1911?
Answer: HMS Hawke
Both ships were damaged.
Q5: What nickname did Olympic earn?
Answer: Old Reliable
She served until 1935.
Q6: What did Olympic do to a German submarine in 1918?
Answer: Rammed and sank it
It was U-103.
Q7: How did Britannic serve in World War I?
Answer: As a hospital ship
She never carried paying passengers.
Q8: What sank Britannic in 1916?
Answer: A mine in the Aegean Sea
Most aboard survived.
Q9: What is Violet Jessop famous for?
Answer: Surviving incidents on all three sisters
She was a stewardess and nurse.
Q10: What happened to Olympic in the 1930s?
Answer: She was retired and scrapped
Parts of her fittings survive.

Olympic And Britannic Quiz – The Titanic's Sister Ships

Olympic, Titanic and Britannic were built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. Olympic entered service first in 1911 and collided with the warship HMS Hawke that same year.

Olympic served as a troopship in World War I and rammed and sank the U-boat U-103 in 1918, earning the nickname Old Reliable. She carried passengers until 1935 and was then scrapped.

Britannic was completed as a hospital ship and sank after hitting a mine in the Aegean Sea in November 1916. Stewardess Violet Jessop was aboard Olympic during the Hawke collision and survived both Titanic and Britannic.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

Who built the ships
What happened to Olympic
How Britannic served
Why Britannic sank
Who survived all three

Did You Know?

About 30 people died when Britannic sank.
Britannic was the largest ship lost in World War I.
Olympic's fittings decorate a hotel in England.
Safety changes after Titanic were added to Britannic.
Divers have explored Britannic's wreck.