Question
Theodor Fontane wrote a poem about the Tay Disaster, one of these events in Scotland. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these disasters. Barney Elliott filmed an unsuccessful attempt to rescue a dog during one of these events in Washington in 1940.
ANSWER: bridge collapse [or bridge failure; accept anything involving the destruction of a bridge; prompt on collapse or failure]
[10e] An 1807 bridge collapse killed 2,000 people during a festival in this city when the Eitai Bridge failed. Over 100,000 people were killed in American firebombing of this capital city in 1945.
ANSWER: Tokyo [or Edo]
[10h] In Switzerland's worst rail disaster, a bridge in Münchenstein designed by this engineer failed in 1891. A company named for this man changed its name after he resigned in disgrace during the Panama Scandal.
ANSWER: Gustave Eiffel [or Alexandre Gustave Eiffel; or Alexandre Gustave Bonickhausen dit Eiffel]
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