Quiz  /  Disasters of Historic Proportion Quiz

  • 1. 
    What was the greatest pandemic in world history?

  • The swine flu outbreak of 2008–2009
  • The Black Death
  • The SARS outbreak of 2004
  • The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918–19

  • 2. 
    What city was destroyed by the explosion of Mount Pelée in 1902?

  • Port-au-Prince
  • Caracas
  • St. Thomas
  • St. Pierre

  • 3. 
    In what year did an earthquake destroy San Francisco, California?

  • 1811
  • 1923
  • 2003
  • 1906

  • 4. 
    In which year did the only tsunami to take lives in the continental United States strike?

  • 1991
  • 1964
  • 1970
  • 1955

  • 5. 
    Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?

  • Katrina
  • Delia
  • Andrew
  • Hugo

  • 6. 
    What world capital was badly damaged by earthquake in January 2010?

  • Mexico City
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Havana
  • Kingston
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