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Several of history's worst disasters came down to one small mistake. Do you know the stories? @gid scored 394 in Famous Disasters on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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  1. 1History › World WarsMediumWhen Vesuvius erupted in March 1944, it destroyed dozens of planes belonging to whom?Wrong4.0s0
  2. 2History › Cold WarHardIdaho's Teton Dam collapsed in 1976 while it was doing what for the very first time?Right3.0s+98
  3. 3History › Ancient WorldVery hardAfter a timber amphitheater at Fidenae collapsed in AD 27, Rome barred whom from staging games?Wrong5.1s0
  4. 4History › LeadersHardOver 1,000 died in a crush at Khodynka Field in 1896 during celebrations for whose coronation?Wrong3.7s0
  5. 5History › Law & GovernmentMediumRoughly what share of the people aboard could the Titanic's lifeboats hold?Wrong3.6s0
  6. 6History › MedievalEasyRoughly how much of Europe's population died in the Black Death of the 1340s?Right1.0s+100
  7. 7History › Empires & DynastiesEasyIn 1665, the year before the Great Fire, London was struck by what?Wrong5.3s0
  8. 8History › American HistoryExpertThe deadliest airship crash ever, killing 73 in 1933, involved which airship?Wrong1.0s0
  9. 9History › Ancient WorldHardWhich Athenian leader died in the plague that struck Athens during the Peloponnesian War?Right4.1s+97
  10. 10History › American HistoryMediumThe 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens began when what gave way on its north face?Right2.6s+99