Ships Quiz

1. What is the name of the flag flown by all ships in the Royal Navy?
White Ensign
2. Sunk in 1944, what was the sister ship of the Bismarck?
Tirpitz
3. What was the first ship to use SOS signal?
The Titanic
4. What is the name of the legendary ghost ship which is allegedly sighted off the coast of Africa during bad weather?
Flying Dutchman
5. On which ship did the pilgrim fathers sail?
Mayflower
Extra point - what did they name the place where they landed?
New Plymouth
6. What name do sailors give to the flashes of lightning which are attracted to the masts of ships?
Saint Elmo’s Fire
7. What was the name of the ship commanded by Mr. Smollett in the novel Treasure Island?
Hispaniola
8. What is the name given to the loading line of a ship?
The plimsoll line
9. What was the name of the Greenpeace Ship that was sunk in the 80's by French Intelligence Agents?
Rainbow Warrior
10. In which film did Brooke Shields star as a shipwrecked child called Emmeline?
The Blue Lagoon
11. What was the name of the British ship sunk by a German submarine on 7th May 1915?
Lusitania
12. What was the name of Drake's ship in his battles with the Spanish Armada?
The Ark
13. What was the name of the ship which rescued 750 survivors from the Titanic?
Carpathia
14. Which shipwrecked sailor settled a war between King Bombo and King Little?
Gulliver
15. What was the name of Jacques Cousteau's exploration ship, immortalized in a song by John Denver?
Calypso
16. What was the name of Captain Pugwash’s ship?
The Black Pig
17. Which is the first Shipping area to be mentioned in the Shipping Forecast?
Viking
18. What was the name of Captain Cook's Ship?
Endeavour
19. On 17th November 1913, the Steamship Louise became the first ship to pass through which canal?
Panama
20. Name the ships that were led by Christopher Columbus in his search for a new Asia in 1492?
Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

21. The oldest ship currently still on the British Naval list is in dry dock at Portsmouth, what is it called?
HMS Victory
22. What was the name of the ship that was supposed to accompany the Mayflower to the New World in 1620?
Speedwell
23. In which TV series did Richard Chamberlain play the Captain of a ship that was wrecked on the shores of Japan during a storm?
Shogun
24. Sir Francis Drake became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe aboard what ship?
Golden Hind
25. On which car badge would you find a Viking Ship?
Rover
26. What ship was nicknamed The Bucket by the crew in Mister Roberts?
Reluctant
27. Which brand of butter, shares its name with part of a ship?
Anchor
28. What ship picked up the last message transmitted by lost aviatrix Amelia Earhart?
Itasca
29. To which shipping line did the SS Titanic belong?
White Star Line
30. Aboard what frigate did Capt. James Lawrence declare "Don't give up the ship!" during the War of 1812?
Chesapeake
31. In which city could you see Isambard Kingdom Brunels ship, The Great Britain?
Bristol
32. The title character in Gulliver's Travels served as a doctor aboard what ship before becoming shipwrecked?
Antelope
33. What word can mean an error, a hook for landing fish, or a spar attached to a ship's mast?
Gaff
34. What flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in WW II was the scene of the Japanese surrender in 1945?
Missouri
35. In 1773, which of James Cook's ships became the first recorded vessel to cross the Antarctic circle ?
Resolution
36. Benjamin Briggs was the captain of which ship that was found in perfect condition, drifting in the Atlantic, with no sign of the crew?
Mary Celeste
37. What is the name of Captain Ahab's ship?
Peaquod
38. What would you expect to find in a binnacle?
Ships compass
39. Who sailed in a ship called Queen Ann's Revenge?
Blackbeard
40. In sailing ship days who often acted as the ships doctor?
The Cook

Tiebreaker - How many Shipping Forecast Areas on the Shipping Forecast?
Thirty One

Boats Quiz

1. Which song opens with the line, “Picture yourself in a boat on a river”?
Lucy in the sky with Diamonds
2. Which Beach Boy drowned in a boating accident off California in 1983?
Dennis Wilson
3. What is the maximum width of a narrow boat used on canals?
Seven feet (2/1 metres)
4. In which Boat did Francis Drake Set off in to circumnavigate the world?
The Pelican
5. In which 1970's TV series did James Bolam play the character Jack Ford?
When the Boat Comes In
6. If a fishing boat carries the identification letters WY, at which east coast port is it registered?
Whitby
(If a fishing boat carries the identification letters PZ, at which west country port is it registered? Penzance)
7. What was the name of the bartender played by Ted Lange on "The Love Boat"?
Issac Washington
8. Who Am I - I died in mysterious circumstances in a boating accident in 1991 and was buried in Jerusalem?
Robert Maxwell
9. How many people are there in each boat in the Oxford and Cambridge boat race?
Nine
10. Which famous boat measured 300 cubits by 50 cubits by 30 cubits?
Noah's Ark
11. What name is colloquially given to a day trip to France by boat, in order to stock up with alcohol?
Booze Cruise
12. Which children’s TV puppets live on a canal boat?
Rosie and Jim
(What is the name of Rosie and Jims boat in the children's TV show? The Ragdoll)
13. What was the name of the boat in which Donald Campbell attained the world water speed record?
Bluebird
14. Which TV police detective lived on a boat called the St Vitus Dance?
Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice
15. A meeting for boat or yacht races is called a Regatta - where was the original Regatta held?
Venice
16. Who had a dog called Boatswain?
Lord Byron
17. Which Roman Emperor's name means little boats?
Caligula
18. Who wrote Three Men in a Boat?
Jerome K Jerome
19. What first occurred in the University Boat Race of 1981?
A woman took part - Sue Brown - as cox for Oxford
(Who won the first University Boat Race? Oxford)
(The O.U.B.C. And The C.U.B.C. meet every year in which sports event? The University Boat Race)
20. What is the most popular name for a boat?
Obsession

21. What was the name of Ellen Macarthur’s boat in which she won the 2002 “Rhoute de Rhum” single handed transatlantic race?
Kingfisher
22. What was the name of the cruise liner in the TV show 'Love Boat'?
Pacific Princess
(Who sang the theme song for The Love Boat? Jack Jones)
23. In WW2 what was the British equivalent of the German E-Boat?
MTB or Motor Torpedo Boat
24. Name the boat on which you can see Niagara Falls?
Maid of the Mist
25. What are pink, pram, snow, koff, buss, bark and dory types of?
Boats or other water craft
26. Which TV series featured a boat called the Vital Spark?
The Tales of Para Handy
27. What sort of creature is a Water Boatman?
An insect
28. Which singer made two versions of the Banana Boat song?
Harry Belafonte
29. In which Moray port was the first ‘Zulu’ type of fishing boat built in 1879?
Lossiemouth
30. What name is given to water that collects in the bottom of a boat?
Bilge
31. What Is The Chief Member Of A Lifeboat Crew Called?
Coxswain
(What is the generic name give to small powerful boats that guide ships into harbours? Tug Boats)
32. When a boat is sailing 'close-hauled' is the wind blowing from ahead, behind or from the side?
Ahead
33. How many bridges does the University Boat Race ‘travel under’?
Two – Hammersmith & Barnes railway bridge
(From which bridge does the Oxford / Cambridge boat race begin? Putney bridge)
34. On 17th November 1913, what did the Louise steamship become the first boat to do?
Pass through Panama Canal
35. What colour was the owl & pussycats boat?
Pea Green
36. Which word can mean 'an audible slap or blow', 'a hint of taste or flavour', and a type of fishing boat?
Smack
(Which one word can describe all these – a boat, rubbish and drugs? Junk)
37. From which musical does the song ‘Ol’ Man River’ come?
Show Boat
38. In which film is Sam Neil and Nicole Kidman's boat trip ruined by the appearance of Billy Zane?
Dead Calm
39. According to a recent survey, would most men that own boats jump overboard to save their wives, or their hats?
Thier Wives - only just though, 48% would save the hat!
40. What was the name of the steam boat in the 1951 film The African Queen, starring Humrprey Bogart? African Queen

Tiebreaker - In which year did the University Boat Race start?
1829
University Boat Race - 4 miles and 374 yards long