Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: John W E on August 07, 2008, 08:29:36 pm
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Hi All
This Quiz is just for fun, no prizes, its just for a laugh and to rattle some dust out of the grey matter so................here we go:
1. Name the ship which took the part of the Graf Spee in the film 'Battle of the River Plate'.
2. What is a 'Fisherman's Bend'.
3. What is a 'Dan Forth'.
4. Where will I find a back stay.
5. Who wrote the novel 'The Cruel Sea'.
6. What are Gimbles used for in a compass.
7. Name the first model boat to successfully cross the English Channel.
8. In old naval terms what does it mean to 'pay the seams'.
9. If you see a vessel at night, and it is not moving, but, it is showing three all around lights on a mast - top light is white; two lights below are red - what does it mean?
10. Can you Translate this - - \ • - \ - • - - \ • • • • \ • \ - -
aye
john e
bluebird
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Nice one Bluebird, great idea, not sure how you want the answers but as it's only for fun lets put up a couple to start with:
2. A rope knot
3. An anchor
4. At the rear of a mast
5. Nicholas Monserat
6. They are pivots that allow the compass to float on the level in all directions
That's my input I'm afraid!!
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A try from me
1. U.S.S Salem
8. Covering seams with hot tar, after calking.
9. Ship Aground
10. MAYHEM
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10 MAYHEM
Proteus
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4 In a contralto's upper undergarments
6 The same thing as gimbals but they went to a comprehensive, innit?
7 "Jim" (a great name for a model boat, don't you think? Much better than Myrtle)
9 You're about to collide with a nuclear submarine
10 My place or yours?
Pleasure to be of help.
FLJ
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Gary
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Bored at work ::) ::) ::) ::) Thanks for the teasers O0 Thanks to Wikipedia {-) and some other sites!!
1. USS Salem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_River_Plate_(film) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_River_Plate_(film))
2. A knot also known as the Anchor bend http://www.animatedknots.com/anchor/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com (http://www.animatedknots.com/anchor/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com)
3. An anchor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danforth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danforth)
4. On a sailing boat between the mast and the transom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstay)
5. Nicholas Monsarrat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruel_Sea_(novel) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cruel_Sea_(novel))
6. To hold it level regardless of the sea state http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimble)
7. No idea!! http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_first_Model_boat_across_the_english_channel (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_first_Model_boat_across_the_english_channel)
8. Waterproofing seams with pitch or tar http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/payed (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/payed)
9. Ship aground http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/boating/colregs.html (http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/boating/colregs.html) Rule 30
10. Mayhem http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html (http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html)
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Well done everyone; you have all of them right....apart from Number 7.
I thought Mr Bishop would know the answer to Number 7.
Here is the answer:
7. . Name the first model boat to successfully cross the English Channel.
Answer: In September 1951 - Miss E. D. became the first and only model powerboat to make a successful radio control crossing across the English Channel - and this comes from the Guinness Book of Motor boating facts and feats.
aye
john e
bluebird
NEXT TIME; SHALL WE MAKE THE QUESTIONS SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFICULT O0 :D {-)
FLJ - I thought your answers were the best ::) ::)
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And I thought that FLJ's answers were the correct ones :embarrassed:
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I thought Mr Bishop would know the answer to Number 7.
Mr Bishop knew the answers to all of them but he didn't want to spoil the party.... ;)
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Yeah, I knew dem 2!
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hindsight? >>:-( ;D {-) :D