Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was the richest of the passengers traveling on the Titanic?

  1. Colonel J.J. Astor

  2. Isidor Strauss

  3. Captain E.J. Smith

  4. Benjamin Guggenheim
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Explanation

Colonel John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest passenger aboard Titanic, with a fortune estimated at $87 million (over $2 billion today). He was a prominent real estate developer, inventor, and writer who tragically perished in the disaster. Isidor Strauss and Benjamin Guggenheim were also wealthy but not as rich as Astor.

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