Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea quiz (Part 1)
The questions in the Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea quiz are based on stories originally written for the annual Buoyed Up Log Books. Even if you haven’t had a chance to read them all on Treasure Seekers or in print, you can still have a go at the multiple choice quiz and go back to the stories later. See what you can find out and improve your score a second or third time around. Have fun!
Results
Congratulations. You have now successfully navigated the first part of our Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea quiz.
There are so many people who have had such life-changing experiences at sea that there are plenty more stories to tell of Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea, so do keep an eye out for them on Treasure Seekers and in print too. You can then have more fun tackling the next Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea quiz.
Congratulations. You have now successfully navigated the first part of our Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea quiz.
There are so many people who have had such life-changing experiences at sea that there are plenty more stories to tell of Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea, so do keep an eye out for them on Treasure Seekers and in print too. You can then have more fun tackling the next Mysteries, Marvels and Miracles at Sea quiz.
#1. What is the name of the ocean liner launched in 1934 that made over 1,000 transatlantic crossings, and is often thought of as the grandest and greatest ocean liner of all time?
#2. Which ocean liner still holds the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing for a passenger ship?
#3. Queen Mary 2, designed by Stephen Payne OBE, launched in 2004, is the length of how many football pitches?
#4. Which sea surrounds India’s south-west coastline?
#5. Kochi is one of the great natural ports of the world. In which State of India can it be found?
#6. What rank did Radhika Menon become the first woman to reach in the Indian Merchant Navy?
#7. What does IMO stand for?
#8. Who wrote the book ‘Alone On A Wide Wide Sea’?
#9. Which seabird features in ‘Alone On A Wide Wide Sea’ and the famous poem ‘The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner’?
#10. Who became the first woman ever to sail alone, non-stop, around the world against the prevailing winds and currents?
#11. In which country would you find the province of Nova Scotia?
#12. What is the name of the book by Mark Twain that inspired Joshua Slocum to write about his own travels?
#13. Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail alone around the world, and in a boat he built himself. What was the boat called?
#14. Up which river, one of the longest in South America, did Joshua Slocum wish to sail, after completing his round the world voyage?
#15. What is the name of the sea area covering one and a half million miles where Joshua Slocum and more than a thousand other boats and ships have vanished?
#16. Which city stands on the banks of the River Tay, 23 miles north of Perth?
#17. How many times did Victoria Drummond fail the Chief Engineer’s exam?
#18. British merchant ships brought essential supplies to Russia during the Second World War. What were they called for these extremely dangerous voyages?
#19. What was Germany’s deadliest underwater weapon in the Battle of The Atlantic in the Second World War?
#20. What distinction did Victoria Drummond achieve in the British Merchant Navy?
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