Marine Trivia Quiz 167

Compiled by Jim Broadside

1. The response agency for Tsunamis in NSW is:
-   Marine Rescue NSW
-   State Emergency Service of NSW
-   NSW Police Force
2. Jessica Watson’s home port for Ella’s Pink Lady is:
-   Darling Harbour, Sydney
-   Mooloolaba, Queensland
-   Coffs Harbour, NSW
3. The upside-down winged keel on Australia II was beneficial mainly because:
-   It provided a psychological advantage to the Australians
-   It diverted attention from other technical innovations
-   Its lower centre of gravity increased the vessel’s stability
4. Sydney Heritage Fleet’s steam launch Lady Hopetoun was built to:
-   Serve as the NSW Government’s VIP launch
-   Provide Commander Australian Fleet with harbour transport
-   Showcase Sydney shipbuilding skills for the 1903 Melbourne Boat Show
5. The story of HMAS Perth, torpedoed March 1942 in especially notable because:
-   Its survivors endured horrendous treatment as prisoners of the Japanese
-   It was the first Australian warship lost in World War II
-   It was the largest warship built in Australia when launched
6. Foundation Day is celebrated in WA on 1 June as the date:
-   The Battle of Waterloo was won
-   The first settlers completed their voyage from Britain
-   Of Captain Charles Fremantle’s birthday
7. Race 4 of the 2010 Audi Winter Series conducted by CYCA on Sydney Harbour was:
-   Cancelled because of bad weather
-   Interrupted by a container ship
-   Affected by unstable feather-light airs
8. NSW Maritime plans a levy on Boat Driver’s Licences to:
-   Better support Marine Rescue NSW
-   Fund a new Headquarters in Sydney
-   Allow reduced charges for private jetties
9. The first Australia lighthouse was:
-   Commissioned by Governor Macquarie at South Head Sydney
-   Built by RL Stevenson on Montague Island off Narooma NSW
-   Created on Barrenjoey Headland overlooking Pittwater, Sydney
10. When applied to ropes, a ‘fake’ is:
-   Any type of synthetic or non-manila rope
-   A crown knot with a slip line bound in
-   A complete turn of rope on a deck or drum

Last month’s winners –  

Ann Klaucke, Freshwater, NSW; Jim Baldwin, Airlie Beach, QLD.

Answers to Quiz No 166

    1.   HMS Pandora is best known as the ship sent to search for the Bounty mutineers and HMS Bounty itself. She was wrecked on the return voyage on the outer Great Barrier Reef.
    2.   The chief general seaport in Western Australia is at Fremantle.
    3.   HMVS Cerberus was built mainly to defend the colony of Victoria. She was launched in 1868, absorbed at Federation into the Commonwealth Naval Force and then RAN, and sold in 1926 for use as a breakwater at Black Rock, Victoria.
    4.   The Barnes Bay Regatta spinnaker run conducted by the Kingborough Boating Club Tasmania was won by Lock on Wood with Peter Geeves as skipper.
    5.   The Spit waterway on Middle Harbour in Sydney from 3 May has a new zone speed limit of 4 knots east and west of The Spit Bridge.
    6.   Jessica Watson’s return to Sydney Harbour on Ella’s Pink Lady was assisted by an Exclusion Zone and Special Event status.
    7.   The nautical ‘fathom’ derived from measurement of the outstretched arms of an average-sized man, and was determined at 6 feet.
    8.   Ferrol is a seaport in north-west Spain with a superb natural harbour.
    9.   A vessel is ‘girt’ when she is moored with two anchors with taut cables so she cannot swing.
10.   ‘Grog’ is a dilution of rum with water – introduced in 1740 in an effort to reduce the incidence of drunkenness in the Royal Navy. In 1970 the issue of rum was discontinued in the RN. The term has come to refer to all alcoholic beverages.