9/11 trivia
9/11 Mini Quiz
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
Located in Arlington, Virginia, what five-sided headquarters of the Department of Defense was struck by Flight 77?
The Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, is the world's largest office building, with over 6.5 million square feet of floor space across five concentric rings.
After passengers famously fought back against hijackers, United Flight 93 crashed into a field in which U.S. state?
United Flight 93 crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001, after passengers and crew fought back against hijackers, preventing the plane from reaching its intended target in Washington, D.C.
Visiting an elementary school in Florida, which U.S. President was famously informed of the attacks while reading to a class?
On September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush was reading "The Pet Goat" to second-graders at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, when Chief of Staff Andrew Card informed him of the second plane hitting the World Trade Center.
Founded by Osama bin Laden, what militant organization claimed responsibility for the coordinated September 11 attacks?
Al-Qaeda, Arabic for "the base," was founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988 to unite mujahideen fighters against perceived enemies of Islam.
Merging 22 different agencies, what U.S. department was created in response to the attacks to oversee national safety?
The Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 by merging 22 agencies to bolster U.S. national security in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.