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Ashdown Quiz - The Answers


1

HMS Victory

2

Chatham

3

£63, 176  17shillings 3d            Answer +/- £20 = £63 156 to £63 196

 

 

4

B&Q

5

71d 14h 18m 33s                     Answer =/- 6h = 71d 2h > 71h 20h

6

Robin Knox Johnston

7

Suhaili

8

313 days

 

 

9

3.5  +/- 0.2% = 3.3-3.1

10

Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover, Sandwich, Rye, Winchelsea. Admiral the Lord Boyce, appointed July 04

11

France, near Arromanches (where the Mulberry Harbour was)

12

Calsberg Mid oceanic Ridge – Indian Ocean

13

Cornwall

14

Southern tip of Greenland

15

Stand fast in the ranks, women and children first.
(The Capt of the ship said Abandon ship every man for himself – Seaton told his men to stay where they were and they all drowned.)

16

Portsmouth (see tide tables)

17

Trinity House vessel “Patricia”

18

An onion

19

She ran aground just inside the entrance and blocked it

20

This quiz

21

The Queen

22

Slowly with care

23

Renamed the “Cape of Good Hope”

24

The moon – landing site for Apollo 11

25

36m  (+/- 1m)