We Welcome Guest Columnist Jerry Newcombe.

Here’s a trivia question for you to ask your friends and family. Who christened the Titanic? I’ll answer that question later.

April 15, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The steamship was 885 feet long, and it was more than ten stories tall. As of that time, it had been described as “the largest moving man-made object in the world” and a “floating palace.”