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Components of a Square Rigged Sailing Ship

Created by LillianRock

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Components of a Square Rigged Sailing Ship game quiz
"Shiver me timbers you gang of lubbers. This quiz will sort the landsmen from the true salty sea dogs. Clap on to this quiz and try not to be taken aback, fall into irons or go on your beam ends."

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1. Ships of the line in the age of sail usually had three masts. What was the centre one called?
    The mizzen mast
    The main (mast)
    The middle mast
    The centre mast


2. On a sailing ship with what important piece of equipment are the "catheads" associated?
    The rudder
    The figurehead
    The toilet
    The anchor


3. Where would you find the "lubber's hole" on a sailing ship?
    In a lubber
    Going through the tops
    It's another name for the heads
    Going through the bottoms


4. A sailor might have to deal with the "tumblehome". Where on the ship would he find this?
    The spirits locker where the rum was stored
    The path of a drunken sailor returning from shore leave
    The part of the ship's side where it slopes inward as you go higher
    The lowest part of the ship where everything tumbles in a storm


5. The captain says he thinks the gunner's mate is on the ship's orlop. Where will you find the "orlop"
    It's the lowest deck of a ship
    It's the copper sheeting applied to a ships hull to stop worm infestation
    It's another name for the powder magazine
    It's where the ship's livestock were kept


6. What on earth (or more correctly, at sea on a sailing ship) is a "Flinder's Bar"?
    A bar of timber inserted into the capstan as a lever
    A bar of metal used to batten down the hatches
    A soft iron bar used to correct a magnetic compass
    An impromptu bar for serving rum when splicing the mainbrace


7. Where will you find the "knees" on a wooden sailing ship?
    Connecting the ship's beams to its sides
    At the very tip of the masts
    Just above the ship's "feet"
    On the legs of the anchor


8. The bosun says "clap on to that bitt you lubber". What item of ship's equipment/fittings is a "bitt"?
    A length of wood placed in the ships "mouth"
    A very small sail
    A large barrel
    A post mounted at the bow for fastening cables to


9. What is a "baggywrinkle" used for on board a square rigged ship?
    It is wrapped around standing rigging to protect sails from chaffing
    It is the name of the bag in which the bosun stores the cat-of-nine-tails
    There is no such thing I made it up
    It is a rope used to attach the anchor cable to the capstan when weighing anchor


10. The gunner's mate who doubles as the ship's cook calls for a canister. Specifically what is a "canister"?
    A type of projectile fired from a ship's gun
    A measurement of sea depth
    Large pots used for boiling salted meat
    The main stowage area below decks


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Compiled Jun 28 12