FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about Captains Courageous II  Match Quiz
Quiz about Captains Courageous II  Match Quiz

Captains Courageous II: Match Quiz


Match the captains of entertainment with their ships. As in "Captains Courageous I," not all of these captains are necessarily actually courageous.

A matching quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 3 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. Entertainment Trivia
  6. »
  7. Entertainment by Themes
  8. »
  9. Transportation in Entertainment

Author
shvdotr
Time
3 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
386,023
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
627
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 31 (10/10), Guest 209 (10/10), Guest 71 (10/10).
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. Pequod  
  Captain Nemo
2. Pacific Princess (the Love Boat)  
  Philip Francis Queeg
3. Flying Dutchman  
  Captain Ahab
4. USS Caine  
  Captain Ralls
5. Nautilus  
  Jean-Luc Picard
6. Black Pig  
  Merrill Stubing
7. Guppy  
  Captain Pugwash
8. USS Enterprise  
  Hendrick Van der Decken
9. Red October  
  Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius
10. Red Witch  
  Cap'n Crunch





Select each answer

1. Pequod
2. Pacific Princess (the Love Boat)
3. Flying Dutchman
4. USS Caine
5. Nautilus
6. Black Pig
7. Guppy
8. USS Enterprise
9. Red October
10. Red Witch

Most Recent Scores
Mar 27 2024 : Guest 31: 10/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 209: 10/10
Mar 18 2024 : Guest 71: 10/10
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 68: 3/10
Mar 17 2024 : pughmv: 10/10
Mar 17 2024 : Luckycharm60: 10/10
Mar 14 2024 : mendozak: 10/10
Mar 04 2024 : Guest 66: 10/10
Feb 22 2024 : demurechicky: 7/10

Score Distribution

quiz
Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Pequod

Answer: Captain Ahab

"Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" was written by Herman Melville and published in 1851. Moby Dick was a white sperm whale which had bitten off Ahab's leg at the knee. The novel tells the story of Ahab's maniacal hunt for revenge against the whale aboard his ship, the "Pequod." Nicknamed "Old Thunder," Ahab's first name is never revealed.

The whale Moby Dick was inspired by an actual albino sperm whale known as Mocha Dick, which was most often sighted off the coast of Peru or Chile.

The end of the novel is based on the destruction of the whaler "Essex" by a sperm whale in 1820.
2. Pacific Princess (the Love Boat)

Answer: Merrill Stubing

"The Love Boat" was a romance sitcom featuring several story lines in each episode, using different guest stars each week along with six regular characters who made up the crew. Gavin McLeod was the captain, Merrill Stubing. The first seven seasons also included Bernie Kopell as Dr. Bricker, Fred Grandy as Purser "Gopher" Smith, Ted Lange as the bartender Isaac Washington, and Lauren Tewes as Cruise Director Julie McCoy.
3. Flying Dutchman

Answer: Hendrick Van der Decken

The theme of the Flying Dutchman originated in 17th-Century nautical lore about a ghost ship that wandered the Seven Seas. The name Hendrick Van der Decken was introduced in 1821 in the first written version of the ghost ship story, printed in "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine."

In 1855 Washington Irving published a version of the "Flying Dutchman" story entitled "The Flying Dutchman on Tappan Sea", using Ramhout van Dam as the captain's name.

Some feel that "Flying Dutchman" refers to the ship's captain, rather than the ship itself, as is the case with Richard Wagner's 1843 opera, in which the captain goes unnamed. Variations on the captain's name also include Vanderdecken and Van Straaten.
4. USS Caine

Answer: Philip Francis Queeg

Although the captain of the USS "Caine" in Herman Wouk's novel "The Caine Mutiny" and its film and drama adaptations, Queeg was technically not a captain, but a Lieutenant Commander. Nonetheless, he fits the general definition of a "captain," since he commanded a naval vessel.

Humphrey Bogart received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Lt. Commander Queeg in the 1954 film version of "The Caine Mutiny."

The actor Michael Caine (Maurice Mickelwhite) has said that he adopted "Caine" for his stage name from the inspiration of Bogart's role in the film.
5. Nautilus

Answer: Captain Nemo

Captain Nemo is an antihero created by Jules Verne and is the protagonist in two novels, 1870's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and 1874's "The Mysterious Island." Nemo, whose name means "Nobody", is the son of an Indian Rajah and even identifies himself as Prince Dakkar, but, like Captain Ahab in Melville's "Moby Dick," is not given a first name by his author.

The "Nautilus" is a submarine built by Nemo. When the USA built its first nuclear-powered submarine, it was also named the "Nautilus."
6. Black Pig

Answer: Captain Pugwash

Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate and star of a children's series on British television first shown in 1957. A later color series appeared in 1974 and an animated series in 1998. The captain's full name is Horatio Pugwash and his ship is the "Black Pig." His chief adversary is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the "Flying Dustman." Captain Pugwash's first-ever appearances was in a comic strip in 1950.
7. Guppy

Answer: Cap'n Crunch

Cap'n Crunch is a corn-based cereal manufactured by Quaker Oats. Its mascot is a cartoon character named Cap'n Crunch, and is not really an entertainment figure unless one includes cereal commercials as a form of entertainment. Nonetheless, Quaker Oats has given the character the full name of Horatio Magellan Crunch and identifies his ship as the "Guppy."

Wikipedia's Cap'n Crunch page identifies 28 variations on the original cereal.
8. USS Enterprise

Answer: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard, played on the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" by English-born actor Patrick Stewart, is the captain of the USS "Enterprise" (NC 1701-D).

The Picard character has also been portrayed by David Birkin (as a younger man), Tom Hardy in 2002's "Star Trek: Nemesis" (as a younger clone), and Marcus Nash (also as a younger man).

While the original "Star Trek" television series only lasted three years (1966-69), "Star Trek: The Next Generation" had a run of seven years (1987-94). Later "Star Trek" series included "Deep Space Nine," which also ran for seven years (1993-99), "Voyager," which also lasted seven seasons (1995-2001), and "Enterprise," which lasted five seasons from 2001 through 2005).
9. Red October

Answer: Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius

"The Hunt for Red October" was the first novel by Tom Clancy. In it, Soviet submarine captain Ramius wishes to turn the sub over to the United States. The character Ramius was Lithuanian.

In 1990 the book was made into a movie starring Sean Connery as Ramius. It was nominated for three Oscars at the 63rd Academy Awards, winning for Best Sound Editing. Connery was nominated for Best Actor at the British Academy Film Awards.
10. Red Witch

Answer: Captain Ralls

John Wayne played the role of Captain Ralls in the 1948 adventure film "Wake of the Red Witch." The film was based on the novel of the same name by Garland Roark. "Red Witch," a Literary Guild selection published in 1946, was Roark's first novel, followed by "Fair Wind to Java," the first two of 15 nautical adventure novels published between 1946 and 1967.
Source: Author shvdotr

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor kyleisalive before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
Related Quizzes
This quiz is part of series Captains Courageous:

This is a series of quizzes about famous and/or infamous captains in history, literature, and entertainment.

  1. Captains Courageous I Easier
  2. Captains Courageous II: Match Quiz Easier
  3. Captains Courageous III: TV Captains Easier
  4. Captains Courageous IV: World War II Movies Average
  5. Captains Courageous V: More War in Movies Average
  6. Captains Courageous VI: Off the Wall Average
  7. Captains Courageous VII: Big Names Very Easy

3/28/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us