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What do you know? A short quiz based loosely around nautical trivia.
by Chris Rayner
1. What is the
water: land ratio of the earth?
2. What rank comes above Captain in the
Royal Navy Military hierarchy?
3. What is the phonetic digit for two?
4. What is "sea dust" - American dinner slang?
5. What is the name of
the phobia that is the fear of sea swell?
6. Who is/was the patron saint of
lighthouse keepers?
7. What in Eton public school slang is know as a "wet
bob"?
8. Which letters are just dots in Morse code?
9. Which Toast of
the Royal Navy is given on Saturdays?
10. What is the direction of winds
Sirocco and Maestro?
11. What was the Ark made of, and what was its length
and breadth?
12. What is the technique of trying to foretell the future by
analysing currents of water called?
13. How do you make a Sea Breeze -
cocktail?
14. Which letters are just dashes in Morse code?
15. What is
the "bill" of a fisherman's anchor?
16. What is meant by the term Beneaped?
17. What is a Kevel? 18. What does the term Sewed refer to?
19. What
does one long high pitch call on the boatswain pipe mean?
20. What time
exactly is 7 bells in the middle watch - naval timekeeping, and how many bells;
by tradition, are struck to mark midnight on New Years Eve?