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The Making of the Ashdown Quiz

By Nigel Barraclough

Ashdown Quiz – the questions

1

What was the name of Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar?

2

Where was it built?

3

How much did it cost?

 

 

4

What was the name of Ellen Mcarthur’s trimaran and her main sponsor?

5

How long did she take (Days & Hours)?

6

Who was the first person to sail non-stop around the world singlehanded?

7

The name of his boat?

8

How long did he take (days)?

 

 

9

How much salt is there in sea water (%)?

10

Name the Cinque ports (7)
Who is the current Admiral ?

11

Where is Port Winston?

12

What oceanographic feature, probably one of the best of its kind, is named after a beer  (name and what it is)?

13

Where is Cape Cornwall?

14

Where is Cape Farewell?

15

What expression was used for the first time during the wreck of HMS Birkenhead (Feb 1852) by Lt Col.Seaton and started a convention that has been followed ever since ?

16

What will you find at 50 46N   01 07W?

17

What organisation owns the only vessel allowed to precede the “Royal Yacht” and what is her name?

18

What item did Bill Tilman say you should never put to sea without?  It has nothing to do with chandlery?

19

What fate (not unique) befell the Royal Navy battleship Vanguard when she left Portsmouth for the last time?

20

You are in position 50 06.8N, 000 00.8W what are you doing?

21

Who is the “Lord High Admiral”?

22

You are told to do something “HANDSOMELY” –what should you be doing?

23

What happened to “The Cape of Storms”?

24

Why would you have difficulty sailing in the “Sea of Tranquility”?

25

Finally, what is the length of the indoor bowling green here?