BOAT TRIVIA QUIZ
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We compiled this Boat Trivia Quiz several years ago, printed up copies and used it at a US Power Squadron rendezvous. Everyone had a great time. Since then, we have used it at several other gatherings of boaters - and even working in teams no one comes up with all the right answers. I would suggest if you allow internet access, impose a time limit to make it more challenging. All the answers are out there on the world wide web, but if you get in a pinch and really need help, send us a note. Have fun!!!!
PART 1 - BOATS IN LITERATURE
Name the boat featured in each of the following books:
1. Captain Hook’s ship in the novel “Peter Pan”
2. Captain Ahab’s Ship in the novel “Moby Dick”.
3. The ship that rescues Ishmael in the novel “Moby Dick”
4. Jason searched for the Golden Fleece in this ship.
5 Captain Nemo’s boat in “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”
6. Submarine from “Ice Station Zebra”
7. Boat from Robert Lewis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island”
8. “The Cruel Sea”
9. “The War of the Worlds”
10. “Billy Budd”
11. “The Riddle of the Sands”
12. “Captains Corageous”
13. The “Narnia" books by C.S. Lewis
14. “Survive the Savage Sea” – the true story of a shipwrecked family
15. The name of Tristan Jones’ boat during his “Incredible Voyage”.
16. “Two Years Before the Mast”
17. Tania Aebi’s took a “Maiden Voyage” around the world in this sloop
18. Robin Graham sailed alone around the world in this boat
19. Thor Heyerdahl’s raft for his 1947 expedition and his book’s title
20. Captain Slocum sailed “Around the World Alone” in this sloop.
PART 2 - TELEVISION
Name the boat featured in each of these TV shows:
21. "Mr. Lucky"
22. "McHale's Navy".
23. The houseboat that "Tammy” lived on
24. Burt Reynolds’ series "Riverboat"
25. "Adventures in Paradise"
26. The show "Oh Susanna” starring Gail Storm
27. "Mr. Roberts" boat
28. "Convoy"
29. A short lived series was "Barrier Reef," what was the name the ship?
30. "Ensign O'Toole"
31. The submarine on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"
32. "Tugboat Annie"
33. "The Wackiest Ship in the Army"
34. "Waterfront"
35. The boat that was shipwrecked on "Gilligan's Island"
36. "The Aquanauts"
37. "The Love Boat"
38. "The Harbormaster”
39. Mike Nelson’s (played by Lloyd Bridges) boat on "Seahunt"
40. The submarine on “Operation Petticoat”
PART 3 - BOATS IN THE MOVIES
Name the boat featured in each of the following movies:
41. Rodney Dangerfield’s boat in “Caddyshack”
42. Judge Schmale’s boat in “Caddyshack”
43. Oceanographic research vessel in “The Life Aquatic”
44. Haunted Cruise Ship in the movie, “Ghost Ship”
45. Charles Bronson’s boat in the movie, “Seawolf”
46. “The Caine Mutiny"
47. “Gray Lady Down"
48. “Run Silent, Run Deep”
49. Captain Quint's fishing boat in “Jaws “
50. Cruise ship in “The Poseidon Adventure”
51. U.S. Submarine in “The Hunt for Red October”
52. The last US submarine in “On the Beach”
53. “Hellcats of the Navy“
54. “Down Periscope “
55. Johnny Depp’s boat in “Pirates of the Caribbean”
56. Small boat in the 1951 classic Bogart - Hepburn movie
57. Spanish schooner that was the site of a slave revolt
58. Sailboat commanded by “Captain Ron”
59. The sailboat in “Dead Calm”
60. Jeff Bridges’ sailboat in “White Squall”
61. German Boat sunk by the “African Queen”
62. In “Twilight for the Gods” the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic
63. Boat used as a floating atoll by Dennis Hopper in “Waterworld”
64. Chris Elliott served aboard her in “Cabin Boy”
65. John Candy’s Regatta Winner in “Summer Rental”
66. Russell Crowe’s boat in “Master and Commander”
67. Parker’s winning sailboat in the movie, “Wind”
68. Humphrey Bogart’s boat in “To Have and Have Not”
69. Boat that Steve McQueen served on in “Sand Pebbles”
70. Villain’s boat in the James Bond movie, “Thunderball”
PART 4 - BOATS IN HISTORY
Identify the following boats from past or recent history:
71. Luxury liner that collided with another liner off Nantucket in 1956.
72. One of the last sailing clippers. in dry dock at Greenwich, England.
73. Freighter that sank suddenly on Lake Superior in 1975
74. Ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915
75. Pilgrim Boat that landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620.
76. Columbus’ three ships that sailed the ocean blue in 1492
77.First two ironclads to battle during the Civil War.
78. Retired in 1967, and permanently docked at Long Beach, California .
79. The schooner operated by the Greenpeace organization.
80. On her maiden voyage, this unsinkable ship hit an iceberg and sank.
81. The tanker responsible for the 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound.
82. The wreck of this ship is a memorial at Pearl Harbor
83. Last U.S. battleship and the site of the Japanese surrender in WWII
84. The ship that rescued the survivors of the Titanic on April 15, 1912
85. The ship that ignored Titanic’s distress signals
86. The boat on which naturalist Charles Darwin sailed.
87. Commander William Bligh’s vessel and site of a famous mutiny.
88. The oldest warship afloat and still in commission.
89. Captain Cook’s ship
90. The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
91. The pirate Blackbeard’s flag ship.
92. US Presidential candidate Gary Hart was photographed on this yacht
93. John F. Kennedy commanded this vessel in World War II
94. The name that Dwight Eisenhower gave the presidential yacht
95. John F. Kennedy changed the name of the presidential yacht to this
96. Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition boat.
97. Francis Scott Key watched “the rocket’s red glare” on this ship
98. Fishing boat lost at sea during the “Perfect Storm” in October 1991.
99. First nuclear submarine
100. Jacques Cousteau’s research boat
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Dawn - send me an email address and I'll forward the cheat sheet.
Please send me the answers also. I am hosting a cruise and would like to use these.
Elinor teadens@erols.com
this is great could I possibly get the answer sheet?
lpcomeau@nbnet.nb.ca
Glad to send you the answers, Laurie - they are on their way.
Could you please send me an answer sheet? Thanks
j.muller@surrey.ac.uk
I am thinking about using this for our yacht club's summer cruise. Could you please send me the answers?
Frances, I would love to send you the answer key but I need your email address. If you don't want to post it here, just send me a quick email to solitaire@nancyjim.org.
Please send the cheat sheet, very well organized and complete quiz. should keep my crew busy for hours.
send to Pelagic10@gmail.com
Answers on their way Charles - Hope you have as much fun with it as we have...
Nicely done captain. Could you send this scurvy dog the answers?
Mike
Glad to do so Mike. Enjoy.
Sorry to be a party pooper, but this quiz is just what I need and I don't have time to look up all the answers. Would you mind sending the answers? Thanks!!
craftycathy57@hotmail.com
okey doke crafty - just make all your friends work for the answers and let them believe that you know it all.
great quiz!! Could you please take me out of my misery and send answers? Thank you.
you bet Tap - answers will be on the way as soon as you send me your email address.
Please send me the answers of this quiz at mikadorim@yahoo.fr. Many thanks in advance.
Please send me the answers.WE are planning a large group from Niagara River Yacht Club on Oct.9,2010, and would really like to use this
A.DREX - I need your email address and I'll send you a printable copy of the quiz plus an answer sheet. We love supporting yacht and boating club functions.
Please send answers! Great job!
Thanks!
helios8@verizon.net
Answers are on their way Kim
Could you send the answers to me as well? Thanks - I need a challenge. C
I'm always glad to share the answers Colleen - just need an email address to send them to.
Hi
Can you please send me the answers as I am doing a Transatlantic challenge with 10 in the crew. They do not have access to the Internet but may know a few. Any other mind quiz or games to entertain us on our travels is much appreciated.
Hi - I just posted a comment and forgot to leave my contact. It is stickyvixen@hotmail.com. Please send answers and any other fun games or quiz for our transatlantic challenge. We are sailing Cape Verde to Barbados :D
Hey, would like to use these trivia questions during a sailing club meeting for fun. Would you send me the cheat sheet? My email address is Tom_Beachem@yahoo.com
Thanks! Tom
You bet Tom - the answer sheet and a clean copy of the quiz are on their way to you.
love this! my friend's opening a restaurant named 'the boathouse' and would love to share this with him! could you please send me the answers? dthomas@iconap.com
Nice hub... I had to google a few of those answers...lol
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Hi,
Would you mind sending me the answers? This would be fun to do at one of our winter fireside gatherings. cstarner@sailtime.com
Good job!
Thanks,
Cherie
My company is having a cruise themed holiday party and I like the idea of your boat quiz. Could you email me the answers to the questions? tbuckley@landsman.com.
Thank you!
Great quiz, please can I have the answers, would be fantastic for our christmas party! Matt@dreamsailing.com.
Thankyou
I'm glad so many people are enjoying the boat quiz. Please be patient if you email for the answers, we are in the Bahamas now on our sailboat and sometimes can't get to an internet connection for a couple weeks. Have a happy holiday.
Could you please send me a printable sheet with answers. The library I work with is having a summer reading water theme.
bldecker2@infoway.org
thanks
Could you please send me the answers to this quiz? Having a cruise party in a few weeks and this would be awesome! Thank you!
mi_chelegraves@yahoo.com
Sounds like you are enjoying some great travel. This is great for our boating club www.captainsclub.org
Please send the answers to the trivia questions.
wjust@bellsouth.net
Same as everyone else, I hosting a trivia night at the St. Louis Transportation Museum and would like to use a few of these. Can I get the answers?
Ed, would have loved to send you the answers, but I need your email address.
We too are holding an English Pub Quiz nite at our local yacht club in Port Owen, Cape Town, and as the time is running really short, would appreciate the answers PLEASE?! Will let you know how the evening went.
Dear Solitaire,
I would love to stump my nautical friends with this amazing quiz! If you would forward the answer sheet, I would be ever so grateful. Thanks so very much.
pmurphy5@earthlink.net
we are going on an easter cruise and want to use your game questions. Pls send answers.
Jack
univista@cs.com
Please foward the answers to timd@premieroptions.net Thanks
Please can you forward answers - off on a narrow boating holiday and would love to use this quiz for a rainy day! Cheers! Laura - lauraduffus@hotmail.com
I too would like to be added to the list of those that would like a list of the answers please. It will be used for the canadian power and sail squadrons, southwestern ontario district rendevous. Thank you.
Kevin_boater@hotmail.com
oops.....kevin_boater25@yahoo.com
I'd love to puzzle my fellow Auxies. Please seand a copy to ydiner@juno.com
Wonderful Hub! Amazing amount of information. I am writing about boats - will be sure to link back to you. Thank you very much!
Can you please send me the answers ASAP. Needed for a simululated cruise to Mexico at a hospital for patient activity. lauradifusco@sbcglobal.net
Can you also send me the answers? We're hosting a class quizbee abour ships. My email is icebox_18ph@yahoo.com
Thanks!
great quiz, can you send me the answers,Thanks
Kyleb2001@hotmail.com
Hi - Super quiz - I want to use it at my boat club's social night - can I have the answers please?
Yes, I'll be glad to send you the answers Dennis. I just need to have your email address.
Hi this is super, any chance of the answers this am? big ask I know. kay.dietrich@btinternet.com
Answers are on their way to you right now. Have fun.
can you send us the answers as well..that would be great!
Thanks
April - I need your email address. Thanks
Would love to get the answers,I'm searching for a boat name...thx
curt@bamlp.com
What a great idea Curt. The Boat Trivia answers are on their way to you. Be sure to let us know what you end up naming your boat.
Please forward answers on to boating@esi.co.nz
Great quiz! Please forward answers to rfenton2@socal.rr.com.
Please forward answers to fun69ohguy@yahoo.com.
Great Quiz
would love to use this in a mental "scavenger hunt" at our yacht club - would you please email the answers? Thank you
Answers are on the way to both Marina Mike and lepinc.
Hey, great quiz!! Could you send the answers to dawnp@newad.com?
Thanks!!
Wonderful quiz which at first looked easy, but alas........could you please send the answers in email? Thanks so much.
38windrose@comcast.net
I am trying to find outr what type of boat miltary boat was used in the movie sahara
Carlos,
The name of the boat that they used to sail up the Niger River was Calliope. It was a Hunton 43 Gazelle.
The military river patrol boats were made by VT Halmatic, a boat building company in Great Britian.
If you are talking about the boat they discovered in the sand, that was the CSS Texas - an iron clad from the civil war. Here is a link about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Texas
I loved you trivia but I would also love to cheat with your answers please.................
swaltman@stilesmachinery.com
I am a recreation officer at a retirement hostel for Wesley Mission. To entertain the residents the theme this week will be sailing on a cruise ship. We intend to have a trivia quiz for the residents that is fun. Please forward the cheat sheet asap to jennifer.hall@wesleymission.com. Many thanks, Jenny
Great questions! Could you email me the answers? My email address is: pstreacy@comcast.net
Thank you so much!
could you please let me have a copy of the answers.
joeashforth@hotmail.com
can u please email me the answers my nursing home where i work is doing a cruise theme. email address is theres_a_girl_11@hotmai.com
great boating questions, could I get an answer sheet.
Could you please send me the answers to your trivia quiz.
Email: alg98@aol.com
Thanks very much
A Gould - I tried to send the answers to you at the address you gave, but it got returned. How about sending me an email to solitaire@nancyjim.org and we'll try it that way.
What a great quiz! Can't wait to ask my sister, the English teacher, the ones from literature.
I would love to see the answer sheet - could you send it to srobins22@yahoo.com?
Thanks!
Please send me the answers. This is the best I've found!
lauried0001@comcast.net
This would be great for our neighbourhood get-togethers! Could you please send me the answer sheet?
Thank you
Please can you send me the answer sheet, lisajane.hudson@hotmail.co.uk.
Thank you, such a great quiz.
could you please send me the answers, I'm editor of a boatclub newsletter and these might be handy to put a few at a time in to fill in pages and give the members something think about! rsco2246@bigpond.net.au
Answers please so that I can use the quiz at my Cruising Club...to mgtpell@hotmail.co.uk
I'd love to see the answers. taylormalbon@gmail.com
Could you please email me the answer sheet to jess@foxchapelmarine.com
Thanks for posting this-it's awesome!!
I'd love to have the answersheet - can you email to fliegem@hotmail.com?
Great quiz. Could you please email the answer sheet to vibe5@gmx.co.uk
Thanks
Love it! Could you please send the answer sheet? maddie@restaurantfreedom.com
What a great selection of questions! Could you email the answer sheet to c.rymer@slingshot.co.nz
Kerikeri Cruising Club, New Zealand. House & Social thanks you
Hi!
I work for a radio station that does morning trivia and these questions would be great to ask!
If you could e-mail me the answer sheet it would be great! slattej@ferris.edu
Thank you!
Could I have the answer sheet as well?
I'm creating a Internet Hunt for children and I'd love to know the answers to these!
pdgcap@gmail.com
I would like a copy of the answers to use for our boat club. Thank you.
pgicruiser - I need your email address and I'll send the answers right out.
I would greatly appreciate a copy of the answers to use for our boat club.
Thank you. pgicruiser@gmail.com
We're hosting a marina bbq and would like to use this fun trivia quiz. Please forward answers to:
Info@MysticRiverMarina.com
please send answers! thanks
K
kplush@nmma.org
We are boating organization and love the questions.
Can I please get the answer key? silverbullet@sailormoon.com
I would love the answer key, wendy.mcgrath@live.com
We are preparing a rally quiz for the Berowra Waters Motor Yacht Club and would be delighted to receive a set of the answers please briankillin@optusnet.com.au
Would love the answers..........
taweepon@yahoo.com...thanks!
I am doing a fundraiser Trivia Quiz and would love the answer sheet.
If you could email the answer sheet to m_deli@yahoo.com it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, I'm organising a quiz night in Marmaris yacht marina (penalty for winning last weeks quiz!) I would appreciate the answer sheet. Thanks nedkelly944@hotmail.com
I would appreciate the answers
mariquitamel@hotmail.com
Hi,I;m organising a cruise week theme in an aged care facility.If you could email me the answer sheet to suzzieq3364@hotmail.com it would really be appreciated.
hi, love this quiz... can you send me the answers to all of the above?
spoystila@hotmail.com
Please send answers to the trivia questions. We are having a Nordic Tugs Rendezvous and this would be good for some dinner entertainment.
Bill Boyer
bill@wildeyachts.com
Would love to have the answers to this trivia. Could you please send them to me?
tdub58@yahoo.com
Hi there- please send me the answers to this quiz- I am organising a quiz night at my local canal club and so its a good theme!- thanks :)
Karenlouives@yahoo.co.uk
I would really appreciate if you can send me the answers. Thanks.
danao.pinky@gmail.com
What a great quiz. I know some of the answers. Please could you send them. Thanks so much.
dt.chambers@hotmail.co.nz
Please can I have cheat sheet too? Email address karenlouives@yahoo.co.uk
This is fabulous. I am hosting a golf tournament and the theme is cruising and would like to use this.
Can you email me the answers?
ssaundra@aol.com
I used this trivia test at a party with about 200 people. It was such a big hit! Thank you!
Just got through watching to have and have not. I don't recall the name of the boat ever being mentioned. I'd rather know who made it.
Darn I found it anyway. The name of the boat in 'To Have and Have Not' was 'Pilar'.
What a great looking quiz. It is my brother in law's 50th birthday this weekend and being ex-navy he'd love it. Would you be able to send me the answers please?
nick.jones65@btinternet.com
Would you please send me the answers for Boat Trivia Quiz 83? We are using a Cruise Ship theme for our Administrative Professionals Luncheon this year at Saint Francis University, and these questions would be great! Thank you! tkirby@francis.edu
Hi from NZ. I am running a Mid Winter Xmas Party and Nautical Trivia Night for my Yacht Club. Could you please email me the answers. I might get keel hauled if I get one wrong!
Hi, could I have answers too please
debbiej@xtra.co.nz
Thanks!!
Dawn Basile 3 years ago
Please forward answers to this quiz thank you