Question 1

True or false: The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in human history.

Accepted Answer

True. 2,977 victims died (excluding 19 hijackers), surpassing all other single terrorist attacks by death toll.

Question 2

True or false: The first plane to hit the North Tower was American Airlines Flight 11, not United Airlines Flight 175.

Accepted Answer

True. AA11 struck the North Tower at 8:46 AM; UA175 hit the South Tower 17 minutes later at 9:03 AM.

Question 3

True or false: United Airlines Flight 93 may have been shot down by the U.S. military.

Accepted Answer

False. The 9/11 Commission confirmed passengers stormed the cockpit, causing the crash; no evidence exists of a shootdown.

Question 4

True or false: All 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, and none were from Iraq.

Accepted Answer

True. Fifteen hijackers were Saudi, two from UAE, one Egyptian, one Lebanese; none had links to Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

Question 5

True or false: The Twin Towers were the only buildings destroyed at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Accepted Answer

False. World Trade Center 7 (47 stories) also collapsed later that day due to fires, a fact often overlooked.

Question 6

True or false: The 9/11 attacks were the first time the U.S. stock market closed due to a terrorist attack since World War I.

Accepted Answer

True. NYSE and NASDAQ shut for four trading days; prior closures only occurred during WWI and other major crises.

Question 7

True or false: The Pentagon attack was initially reported as a bomb explosion by most news networks.

Accepted Answer

False. Major networks quickly corrected to 'plane crash'; no credible source reported a bomb at the Pentagon.

Question 8

True or false: A single 9/11 victim survived the collapse of both Twin Towers.

Accepted Answer

False. No one inside either tower survived its collapse; survivors were those who escaped before each tower fell.

September 11 attacks Trivia Questions