Marine Trivia Quiz 168

Compiled by Jim Broadside

1. The first four Governors of NSW were:
-   Admirals in the Royal Navy
-   Captains in the Royal Navy
-   Three Royal Navy Officers and one Army Officer
2. The RAN first purpose built seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross was:
-   Sunk in the Coral Sea during World War II   
-   Paid off in 1933
-   Badly damaged by fire in 1935
3. The 20th Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta Performance Handicap Prize was won by:
-   Top Gun skippered by Connor Burdon-Bear
-   Nouannie skippered by Tanya Stanford
-   Swan Cruiser skippered by Emily Harold
4. US young sailor Abby Sunderland was sailing a boat called:
-   Wild Thing   
-   Wild Eyes
-   Eyes Front
5. NSW Maritime requires a lifebuoy with 30m line for:
-   Vessels 5m and above
-   Vessels 8m and above
-   Vessels 12m and above
6. The only Tasmanian yacht to have twice won the Sydney-Hobart race was:
-   Schooner Eastward
-   Cutter Westward
-   Gaff-rigged Northward
7. On  15 August 1914:
-   The Panama Canal was officially opened
-   A US explorer descended over 3,000 feet in a bathysphere
-   A pipe line began operating under the English Channel
8. The maximum blood alcohol level for a recreational boat driver in NSW is:
-   Nil
-   Under 0.08
-   Under 0.05
9. The Woolgoolga (NSW) Jetty:
-   Closed in 1952 and was demolished in 1955
-   Was destroyed in a storm in 1956
-   Was dismantled and rebuilt at Lismore in 1936
10. A Viking Longship usually had:
-   Two masts with the taller one aft
-   One mast which was lowered when under oars
-   No mast but between 40 to 80 oarsmen

Last month’s winners –  

Ken Howden, Rozelle, NSW; Stephen Cogley, Redcliffe, QLD; Samantha Hennessy, Caulfield, VIC.

Answers to Quiz No 167

1.   The response agency for tsunamis in NSW is the State Emergency Service of NSW.
2.       Jessica Watson’s home port is Mooloolaba Queensland, to which she returned in early June.
3.       The upside-down winged keel on Australia II that won the America’s Cup in 1983 was beneficial mainly because it increased stability die to its lower centre of gravity.
4.       Sydney Heritage Fleet’s steam launch Lady Hopetoun was launched in 1902 to serve as the NSW Government’s VIP launch.
5.       The story of HMAS Perth, torpedoed in March 1942 in especially notable because its survivors endured horrendous treatment as prisoners of the Japanese.
6.       Foundation Day is celebrated in WA on 1 June as the date in 1829 the first settlers completed their voyage from Britain.
7.       Race 4 of the 2010 Audi Winter Series conducted by CYCA was affected by unstable feather-light airs.
8.       NSW Maritime plans a levy on Boat Driver’s Licences to provide Marine Rescue NSW with new rescue boats and border-to-border radio coverage.
9.       The first Australian lighthouse was commissioned at Inner South Head Sydney, by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1816.
10.   When applied to ropes, a ‘fake’ is a complete turn of rope on a deck or drum enabling it to be run out without fouling.