Week 1 - Picture Round
Who's all at sea? 
Name the Seas
What knots
Name the three actors and the link between them
Thursday 27 March 2008
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’?
Week 1 - General Knowledge
1. What was the original name for
2. What has been named as the deepest point in the oceans?
3. Enya invited us to ‘Sail Away’ in her 1988 hit but what was the song actually called?
4. Missing person John Darwin turned up in
5. Which is the oldest active trophy in international sport?
6. What event took place in the
7. In February 2005, which British yachtswoman set a new world record for sailing solo around the world?
8. According to Edward Lear, what colour was the Owl and the Pussycat’s boat?
9. In ‘
10. ‘Steamboat Willie’ introduced which character into TV and films?
Week 1 - Drinks Round - Nautical Films
1. A 1972 Disaster Movie
“I said I was gonna get everybody out of here and goddamit I'm gonna do it!”
2. This 1979 book inspired movie follows Captain Willard on his mission up a river in
“The horror... the horror…”
3. In 1981 this German language film was nominated for six Oscars - perhaps because it was subtitled
“Und wir fühlen: dies war das Maß.” (“And we felt: This was the measure.”)
4. Clint Eastwood directed a 2003 Crime Drama that starred Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne. It also won two Oscars so you’d think you would be able to remember it.
“I'm walking to my car, and this guy comes up to me. Asks for a light. I say I don't smoke. He says neither does he. So then my heart starts clocking a buck fifty, 'cause there's no one else here except me and him.”
5. A 1951 adaptation of a C S Forester novel.
“By the authority vested in me by Kaiser William II, I pronounce you man and wife - proceed with the execution.”
6. This 1954 film drama won eight Oscars.
“You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody.”
7. ‘Are You In Or Out?’ was the tagline for this 2001 film.
“Off the top of my head, I'd say you're looking at a Boeski, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever.”
8. This exotic thriller from 2000 starred Leonardo DiCaprio and had the tagline: ‘
“Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.”
9. A 1975 horror that produced a slew of sequels
“You're gonna need a bigger boat.”
10. A cargo of bread-fruit caused so much strife in this 1962 adventure.
“I'm not leaving you Mr Christian, not ever. Go to the dirtiest little corner of the world I'll be there, right behind you, with a rope in my hand.”
11. A 1997 film that recalls the events of 14 April.
“Tell us of the accommodations in steerage, Mr. Dawson. I hear they are quite good on this ship.”
12. There’s some bad weather in this tense drama from 2000
“The fog's just lifting. Throw off your bow line; throw off your stern. You head out to South channel, past Rocky Neck, Ten Pound Island. Past
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