| Year | Deaths | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 31 (official) | This nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union explodes | Chernobyl | 88%
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| 79 | 2,000 - 16,000 | This volcano in Southern Italy erupts and destroys the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum | Vesuvius | 88%
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| 1775 | 12,000-35,000 | This city - then the wealthiest in Europe - is devastated by an earthquake and a tsunami | Lisbon | 80%
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| 2015 | 675 - 800 | This category of people is on board of a vessel sinking on its way from Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa | Migrants/Refugees | 68%
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| 1944 | 4,100 | The SS Oria transporting Italian POWs sinks off Patroklos Island in this country | Greece | 60%
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| 2003 | 70,000 + | This meteorological situation in the first half of August contributes to an excess mortality in several countries | Heat wave | 60%
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| 1953 | 2,500 | A spring tide and a storm over this sea cause the deadliest flood in Europe in the 20th century | North Sea | 52%
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| 1999 | 31 | Tyrolean village Galtür is hit by this natural phenomenon on Feb 23 | Avalanche | 48%
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| 1917 | 700 | These train components fail in Europe's worst rail disaster in St-Michel-de-Maurienne (Eastern France) | Brakes | 48%
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| 1908 | 60,000 - 200,000 | An earthquake in this strait between mainland Italy and Sicily is the deadliest disaster in Europe in the 20th century. | Messina | 40%
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| 1994 | 852 | This ferry sinks on its way from Estonia to Sweden | MS Estonia | 36%
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| 17th or 16th century BC | unknown | Name of the eruption on the Greek island of Santorini that heavily affects the then dominant civiiization | Minoan eruption | 32%
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| 1974 | 346 | A Turkish Airlines flight crashes after takeoff from this Paris airport | Orly | 32%
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| 1988 | 70 | Three military jets collide and crash in the spectator area during an airshow on this US Air Force base in Germany | Ramstein | 32%
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| 1998 | 101 | This German high speed train derails near Eschede in the North of the country | ICE | 24%
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| 1783/84 | unknown | Tens of thousands may have starved to death as consequence of the eruption of this volcano in Iceland | Laki | 20%
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