Surviving The Titanic: History's Luckiest Woman

"**Surviving The Titanic: History's Luckiest Woman**" is the third episode of Season One, and the third ever episode of *Puppet History*.

The episode features special guest Jenny Lorenzo and musical guest Propeller.

The episode is won by Jenny.

## Lesson Content

The episode centers around the life of Violet Jessop, primarily focused on her time as a ship stewardess aboard the Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.

## Cast

* Shane Madej as the Professor / the Propeller
* Ryan Bergara as himself
* Jenny Lorenzo as herself

## Questions & Challenges

* Answers marked with (RB) were chosen by Ryan
* Answers marked with (JL) were chosen by Jenny
* Answers in bold are correct

### Question 1

Can you guess why?

* **A) She was considered too attractive**
* B) She was considered too unattractive (JL)
* C) She smelled of boiled ham (RB)

### Question 2

Can you guess the name of these three ships?

* Ryan's Answer: Bruce, Robin & Alfred
* Jenny's Answer: La Niña, La Pinta y La Santa Maria
* **Correct Answer: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic**

### Question 3

How did Violet find that experience?

* **A) She found Americans surprisingly appreciative (RB)**
* B) She found Americans surprisingly rude
* C) She was thrown overboard by William Howard Taft (JL)

### Question 4

Can you guess whether the voyage of the Titanic would be...

* A) a farce
* B) a sweet comedy
* **C) a tragedy (RB) (JL)**

### Question 5

So what did our gal Violet do next?

* A) She went to work for rival ship line, Cunard
* B) She sued the living hell out of White Star
* **C) She took a job on another White Star ship (RB) (JL)**

### Question 6

What was his nickname?

* A) Unsinkable Chuck (JL)
* **B) Iceberg Charlie (RB)**
* C) Buoyant Bartlett

### Question 7

What happened next?

* A) Violet's eggs gave her severe food poisoning (RB)
* B) Iceberg Charlie began choking on a piece of ham gristle (JL)
* **C) The ship struck a German mine**

### Question 8

What did she see?

* **A) The ship's propellers chopping up people in lifeboats like a Vitamix (RB) (JL)**
* B) Iceberg Charlie beating a Mediterranean Tiger Shark with a lifeboat oar
* C) A genie!?

### Question 9

How do you think this turns out for Violet?

* Ryan's Answer: She stayed on the boat and she beat her chest and hummed like Matthew McConaughey in the Wolf of Wall Street
* Jenny's Answer: She jumped into the ocean and doggy paddles her way out of this
* **Correct Answer: Violet jumped into the sea, was tossed around in the disorienting torrent, but miraculously somehow survived**

### Question 10

After all this bad luck, how do you think things turned out for Violet in the end?

* A) She was killed in a roller coaster collapse on Coney Island
* B) She was bitten by a rattlesnake while picnicking in Argentina
* **C) She lived well into her eighties and died a peaceful death (RB) (JL)**

### Tie-Break Question

If you were to launch your own luxury cruise ship, what would you name it?

* Ryan's Answer: Buoy Baby
* Jenny's Answer: The S.S. Colada

## Points Chronology & Winner

*There is a possibility that some questions, and allocations of points, may be removed during post-production so the point totals presented here may not be the genuine totals that the players ended with as a result of the full gameplay.*

### Winner

Jenny Lorenzo is awarded the title of History Master and the Coveted Cup of the History Master.

## Musical Guest

Propeller performs "Propeller's Lament".

*Listen here on SoundCloud.*

### Lyrics

* Human flotsam
* Ain’t two words, that ya likely like to see
* Oh but a sneaky German U-boat
* Left a nasty little present
* For the ol’ Britannic and me
* Well I’m a propeller
* Ain’t a violent feller
* Choppin people up
* ain’t my scene
* Oh but Iceberg Charlie
* Put the pedal to the metal
* And what happened
* Still haunts my dreams
* Oh-well-a chop chop chop!
* And-a scream scream scream!
* Bodies floating in the sea
* A-chop chop chop!
* And-a scream scream scream!
* HOW’D THIS BLOOD GET ALL OVER ME!!!!!
* I’m a propeller
* An awfully sorry feller
* And all I ever wanted was a life of luxury
* But World War One it ruined my fun
* My life is misery