// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var September11quiz = new Array(); September11quiz.ID = "September11quiz"; September11quiz.ID_WB = 14571818; September11quiz.vote = "September11quiz_vote"; September11quiz.navsectionID = "3032091" September11quiz.sPubDate = "8/29/2006 6:54:27 PM GMT"; September11quiz.quiztype = 1; September11quiz.appFmt = 0; September11quiz.bDispQNums = 1; September11quiz.appWidth = 460; September11quiz.appDeck = new Array("9/11 was one of the biggest news stories of all time, and certainly the most widely covered (including by the burgeoning Internet). But how much information were you taking in? Here’s a tougher-than-our-usual-weekly-news-quiz test of your 9/11 knowledge.

","You answered of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question. Also, please let us know what you think about the quiz. The feedback is appreciated."); September11quiz.headHeight = 40; September11quiz.copyBorder = 0; September11quiz[1] = new Array(); September11quiz[1][0] = new Array("The four planes hijacked in the 9/11 attacks originated from three East Coast airports, Which of these was NOT among those airports?"); September11quiz[1].answer = "John F. Kennedy International Airport (Queens, N.Y.). *Two of the planes took off from Boston."; September11quiz[1][1] = new Array("Logan International Airport (Boston, Mass.)",'',0); September11quiz[1][2] = new Array("John F. Kennedy International Airport (Queens, N.Y.)",'',1); September11quiz[1][3] = new Array("Newark International Airport (Newark/Elizabeth, N.J.)",'',0); September11quiz[1][4] = new Array("Washington Dulles International Airport (Dulles/Chantilly, Va.)",'',0); September11quiz[2] = new Array(); September11quiz[2][0] = new Array("Three of the hijacked planes were bound for Los Angeles. Where was the fourth scheduled to fly?"); September11quiz[2].answer = "San Francisco. *The flight, United 93, using a different plane, was scheduled to continue to Japan."; September11quiz[2][1] = new Array("Seattle",'',0); September11quiz[2][2] = new Array("Phoenix",'',0); September11quiz[2][3] = new Array("San Diego",'',0); September11quiz[2][4] = new Array("San Francisco",'',1); September11quiz[3] = new Array(); September11quiz[3][0] = new Array("In its report on the attacks, the 9/11 Commission identified 15 of the 19 hijackers as being citizens of one country. Which one?"); September11quiz[3].answer = "Saudi Arabia. *Al-Qaida's leader, Osama Bin Laden, is a Saudi of Yemeni heritage."; September11quiz[3][1] = new Array("Iraq",'',0); September11quiz[3][2] = new Array("Yemen",'',0); September11quiz[3][3] = new Array("Afghanistan",'',0); September11quiz[3][4] = new Array("Saudi Arabia",'',1); September11quiz[4] = new Array(); September11quiz[4][0] = new Array("At the time of 9/11 attacks, President Bush was in the Sarasota, Fla., area, where he was visiting an elementary school to promote an education initiative. What is the name of the school?"); September11quiz[4].answer = "Emma E. Booker Elementary School. *It is named for the African-American educator who started the first school for blacks in Sarasota County. The others in the question are all real schools in other parts of the United States. "; September11quiz[4][1] = new Array("Booker T. Washington Elementary School",'',0); September11quiz[4][2] = new Array("H. Barbara Booker Elementary School",'',0); September11quiz[4][3] = new Array("Emma E. Booker Elementary School",'',1); September11quiz[4][4] = new Array("Kermit R. Booker Elementary School",'',0); September11quiz[5] = new Array(); September11quiz[5][0] = new Array("After hearing of the attacks and finishing a book with second graders at the Booker Elementary School, President Bush was rushed to Air Force One, which was quickly airborne. Where did the plane next touch down?"); September11quiz[5].answer = "Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. *Barksdale AFB is near Shreveport. Bush then flew to Offutt AFB, home of the United States Strategic Command. He returned to Washington, D.C., in the late afternoon of Sept. 11, landing at Andrews AFB."; September11quiz[5][1] = new Array("Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska",'',0); September11quiz[5][2] = new Array("Edwards Air Force Base, California",'',0); September11quiz[5][3] = new Array("Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland",'',0); September11quiz[5][4] = new Array("Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana",'',1); September11quiz[6] = new Array(); September11quiz[6][0] = new Array("Among the nearly 3,000 people killed during the attacks was Barbara Olson, a lawyer and TV political pundit who was on the plane that hit the Pentagon. Her husband, Ted Olson, was a high-level official in the Bush administration. What position did he hold?"); September11quiz[6].answer = "Solicitor General. *Olson argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court that resulted in the disputed 2000 presidential election going to George W. Bush. He left the White House in 2004 and now works at a Washington, D.C., law firm."; September11quiz[6][1] = new Array("Attorney General ",'',0); September11quiz[6][2] = new Array("Solicitor General",'',1); September11quiz[6][3] = new Array("Deputy National Security Adviser",'',0); September11quiz[6][4] = new Array("Director of the Office of Management and Budget",'',0); September11quiz[7] = new Array(); September11quiz[7][0] = new Array("The sole hijacked plane that did not reach its target, United Flight 93, crashed about 150 miles from Washington, D.C., its demise widely credited to a group of passengers and crew who decided to fight back against the terrorists. The names of several of these heroes were widely reported in news coverage. Which of these was NOT among them?"); September11quiz[7].answer = "Paul Greengrass. *Greengrass, a Briton, directed “United 93,” a controversial but generally well-received 2006 movie about the event."; September11quiz[7][1] = new Array("Jeremy Glick",'',0); September11quiz[7][2] = new Array("Todd Beamer",'',0); September11quiz[7][3] = new Array("Mark Bingham",'',0); September11quiz[7][4] = new Array("Paul Greengrass",'',1); September11quiz[8] = new Array(); September11quiz[8][0] = new Array("After the attacks, an investigative panel, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (otherwise known as the 9/11 Commission), was appointed to probe the conspiracy and the security services’ inability to prevent it. Who was its chairman?"); September11quiz[8].answer = "Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean. *Hamilton was the commission’s vice chair; Kerrey and Thompson were members of the 10-person panel."; September11quiz[8][1] = new Array("Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey",'',0); September11quiz[8][2] = new Array("Former U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton",'',0); September11quiz[8][3] = new Array("Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean",'',1); September11quiz[8][4] = new Array("Former Illinois Governor James R. Thompson",'',0); September11quiz[9] = new Array(); September11quiz[9][0] = new Array("The 9/11 Commission reported that a captured al-Qaida leader, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, had identified Flight 93's target as having the code name \"the Faculty of Law.\" What building was he supposedly referring to?"); September11quiz[9].answer = "The United States Capitol. *The White House was also mentioned by investigators as a target, though most experts believe the hijackers intended that Flight 93 would strike the Capitol."; September11quiz[9][1] = new Array("The United States Capitol",'',1); September11quiz[9][2] = new Array("The Supreme Court",'',0); September11quiz[9][3] = new Array("The White House",'',0); September11quiz[9][4] = new Array("The Pentagon",'',0); September11quiz[10] = new Array(); September11quiz[10][0] = new Array("Excluding the hijackers, almost 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks. Among these were hundreds of foreign nationals. 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