Survivors of Extraordinary Circumstances Quiz

The book 'Unbroken' was written by Laura Hillenbrand and tells the story of Louis Zamperini's survival during World War II.

Captain Richard Phillips was in charge of the MV Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009.

The RMS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in the year 1986.

Amelia Earhart, the famous female aviator, disappeared in 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the globe.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II.

The protagonist in '127 Hours' faces a life-threatening situation when he gets trapped during a mountain climbing accident.

Jim Lovell was one of the astronauts on the Apollo 13 mission that encountered challenges en route to the Moon, including an oxygen tank explosion.

The survivors in the movie 'The Impossible' endured a devastating tsunami.

Nando Parrado was the sole survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash depicted in the book and movie 'Alive.'

Aron Ralston became trapped under a boulder for 127 hours during a rock climbing expedition.

Climber Beck Weathers miraculously survived a storm on Mount Everest during the 1996 disaster.

Aron Ralston encountered a mountain lion during his ordeal in Blue John Canyon.

Ernest Shackleton was the leader of the Endurance expedition to Antarctica and displayed remarkable leadership during the crew's survival after their ship was crushed in pack ice.

Kyle Maynard is the name of the American climber who became the first quadruple amputee to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.