Famous Disasters TriviaHistory Trivia Questions
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answer.
A comet or asteroid impacted the Tunguska river region of Siberia
in what year?
What was the last volcano to erupt in the continental US, in
1980?
How many people were killed in the 3 Mile Island nuclear plant
incident in 1979?
Before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, what was the most
recent Category 5 Hurricane to make landfall in the US?
In what US city did a flood occur that claimed the lives of over
2200 people, the largest single day death toll of any natural disaster?
In what US city did a fire destroy over four square miles in
1871?
In what year were the MLB playoffs interrupted by a 6.9
earthquake?
The city of Pompeii was destroyed when what volcano erupted?
In the late 1840's, name the nation that lost between 20 to 25
percent of its population to starvation and emigration because of a devastating famine?
The worst flood in modern history occurred when the Yellow River
flooded in what country?
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