Week 1 - Categories Round

Name the Vessel

1. ‘Sailing’ by Rod Stewart was used as a theme tune for a documentary on which ship?

· For which charity was the single later re-released?

2. On which ship did Charles Darwin develop his theories of evolution?

· What was the resulting book called?

3. What ship was found in full sail without a crew in 1872?

· Which Victorian writer is credited with creating the popular myth about with the ship?

4. Which 19th Tea Clipper was damaged in a fire during restoration in 2007?

· What is the Scottish origin of the name of the ship?

5. Which ship became icebound during Ernest Shackleton’s fateful 1914 Antarctic expedition?

· From which island were his men eventually rescued?

TV

1. Mr Baines was a captain in which 1970’s shipping line drama serial?

· What was the name of his employer’s first ship?

2. Which 1980s soap series was about a boat building family on the South Coast of England?

· Name the fictional town in which was set.

3. In 2003 Richard Hillman drove his car into a canal in which soap opera?

• Who was in the car with him?

4. Which children’s animated cartoon character had a ship called the ‘Black Pig’?

• Name his pirate nemesis who captained ‘The Flying Dustman’.

5. Which 1970s drama series had a theme tune entitled ‘Dance Ti Thy Daddy’?

• Name the actor who played the lead role of Jack Ford

Food and Drink

1. Which two fruits were prescribed by the British navy to sailors to prevent vitamin deficiency?

• What nickname is derived from this practice?

2. What is pilot bread or hardtack?

• In common with a champion racehorse, what other name was also used for this?

3. From what is the Japanese dish Fugu prepared?

• Why must it only prepared by licensed chefs?

4. What are the ingredients of a ‘Blue Lagoon’?

• Where can the Blue Lagoon geo-thermal spa be found?

5. From what is laver bread made?

• What is traditionally eaten with laver bread?

The Arts

1. Who had a hit in the 1950s with the ‘Banana Boat song’?

• On which show did it receive its TV debut?

2. Which Ernest Hemingway book tells the tale of a fisherman’s quest to catch a giant fish?

• What type of fish was he trying to catch?

3. In which film does Keith Richard play Johnny Depp’s father?

• What accident nearly prevented Keith Richards from filming his part?

4. Which of Shakespeare’s plays begins on a ship in a storm at sea?

• Name the 1956 sci-fi film which used the play for inspiration?

5. Which British artist, famous for his seascapes, painted the picture ‘The Fighting Temeraire’?

• The artist slightly altered the name – it was originally called the ‘_____’ Temeraire’?