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Ships of Note

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Ships of Note game quiz
"This quiz is about ships in history and literature."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. The Vulture was the English ship on which this famous traitor fled to England in 1780.
    Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)


2. Oliver Hazard Perry is noted for defeating the British at the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. His flagships were the Niagara and the ________ .
    Lawrence
    America
    Washington
    Pennsylvania


3. Queen Anne's Revenge was the flagship of what famous pirate?
    Blackbeard
    Captain Kidd
    Bluebeard
    Captain Hook


4. In what famous novel does the ship Rachel appear?
    A Tale of Two Cities
    Of Mice and Men
    The House of the Seven Gables
    Moby-Dick


5. What noted explorer sailed on the Roosevelt?
    Amerigo Vespucci
    Sebastian Cabot
    Robert Peary
    Richard Byrd


6. In Portsmouth, England, you can tour the Mary Rose, the flagship of which monarch?
    Henry VIII
    George VI
    Henry VII
    Elizabeth I


7. What US Presidential candidate was photographed in compromising positions on a yacht named, fittingly enough, Monkey Business?
    Bob Dole
    Michael Dukakis
    Paul Tsongas
    Gary Hart


8. What future US President was the commander of the boat rammed by the Japanese ship Amagiri on August 1, 1943?
    Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)


9. What was the name of the ship commanded by Henry Hudson on his 1609 voyage to North America?
    Quarter Moon
    Half Moon
    Full Moon
    Moonbeam


10. What gift was aboard the French frigate Isere when it arrived in New York City in 1885?
    Answer: ( Three Words)


11. What's the name of Captain Hook's ship in the novel "Peter Pan" by James Barrie?
    Jolly Roger
    Tinkerbell
    Skull and Crossbones
    King George


12. Which US President named his Presidential yacht Barbara Anne, for his granddaughter?
    Calvin Coolidge
    Harry Truman
    Dwight Eisenhower
    Franklin Roosevelt


13. What famous American author sailed on a whaler called the Acushnet before becoming a writer?
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    Herman Melville
    Tom Clancy
    Jack London


14. What explorer sailed the Matthew on his 1497 voyage to North America?
    John Cabot
    Ferdinand Magellan
    Christopher Columbus
    Hernando Cortes


15. Who was detained aboard the British ship Minden in Baltimore Harbor on the night of September 13, 1814?
    Answer: ( Three words, or just surname)


16. Who was the captain of the ship Argo in Greek mythology?
    Odysseus
    Orestes
    Oedipus
    Jason


17. Who surrendered on board the HMS Bellerophon on July 15, 1815?
    Matthew Perry
    John Paul Jones
    Napoleon
    Horatio Nelson


18. What was the name of the ship that rescued the survivors of the wreck of the Titanic on April 15, 1912?
    Princess Mary
    Toldeo
    Carpathia
    Romania


19. What's the claim to fame of the USS Triton?
    First atomic submarine
    First submarine to circumnavigate globe underwater
    First American submarine
    Ship on which Japanese surrendered in World War II


20. Victoria was one of three ships under which explorer to circumnavigate the earth?
    Amerigo Vespucci
    Christopher Columbus
    Giovanni de Verrazano
    Ferdinand Magellan


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