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1. The Blue Riband is awarded.....

   by Egon Ronay for five-star gourmet cuisine at sea
   by the maritime hygiene inspectorate for ratings above 95%
   to captains who have served more than 30 years at sea
   for the fastest Atlantic crossing by passenger ship
   to ships' crew and passengers who cross the equator for the first time
   

2. What local drink is the speciality of the island of St Maarten?

   Sugar cane sherry
   Guavaberry liqueur
   Mount Gay Rum
   Mango punch
   Coconut cordial
   

3. Hamilton is the capital of which popular cruise destination?

   Barbados
   Curacao
   Antigua
   St Kitts
   Bermuda
   

4. What ship came to the rescue of survivors of the Titanic disaster in 1912?

   Bismark
   Andrea Doria
   Carpathia
   Marie Celeste
   Lusitania
   

5. Who christened Cunard Princess in 1977?

   Princess Grace
   Brigitte Bardot
   Sophia Loren
   Audrey Hepburn
   Princess Margaret
   

6. What is the name of the port for Athens?

   Portofino
   Piraeus
   Heraklion
   Port Mahon
   Olympia
   

7. What is the former name of the Fred Olsen ship Braemar?

   Calypso
   Bremen
   Daphne
   Crown Dynasty
   Sagafjord
   

8. If you visited Aswan and Luxor, what river would you be cruising on?

   The Zambezi
   The Congo
   The Volga
   The Yellow River
   The Nile
   

9. What ship was the first to carry mail across the Atlantic, in 1840?

   Britannia
   United States
   Normandie
   Cutty Sark
   Gypsy Moth
   

10. When entering or leaving a port, if a ship is flying a half-red and half- white flag divided vertically, what does this signify?

    Emergency - send coast guard assistance immediately
    Please deliver two more crates of lobster
    Captain's respects to the mayor and town council
    A pilot is on board
    Klingons on the starboard bow
    

11. You will find Las Ramblas in which European port?

    Cadiz
    Barcelona
    Vigo
    Sorrento
    Lisbon
    

12. Longitude means the distance east or west from.....

    Las Vegas
    Trafalgar Square
    Portsmouth
    Greenwich Observatory
    Land's End
    

13. If your shore excursion includes a visit to the Monte Carlo Casino, what do you need to bring?

    Proper attire and a passport
    Bodyguard and a wadge of euro currency
    Engaging smile and high heels
    Second mortgage and a letter from your bank manager
    Your own pack of cards and dice
    

14. What event(s) were the QE2 and Canberra involved with in 1982?

    Hosting the film premiere parties for "Chariots of Fire" and "Room with a View"
    Cruises to view the solar eclipse
    A collision in the Solent
    The first visits by western cruise ships to People's Republic of China
    The Falklands War
    

15. In what North European port will you find the Little Mermaid?

    Amsterdam
    Hamburg
    Copenhagen
    Olso
    Stockholm
    

16. The novel, Innocents Abroad, tells the story of an epic European voyage aboard the _________ (ship). It was written by ________ (author).

    Josiah Humboldt; Charles Dickens
    Endeavour 2; John Grisham
    Princess Alice; William Makepeace Thackeray
    Quaker City; Mark Twain
    Spanish Stallion; Jilly Cooper
    

17. What do the initials S.O.L.A.S. stand for?

    Send Over Lemons And Soda
    Safety of Life At Sea
    Sublime Old Ladies Ageing Sweetly
    Swift Over Land And Sea
    Seismograph of Lower Atlantic Shelf
    

18. What Caribbean island is known as the "Isle of Spice"?

    Grenada
    Aruba
    St Lucia
    Jamaica
    Tobago
    

19. If you are sitting at the Captain's table and he orders a Methuselah of champagne, how much bubbly will you drink with him?

    Twelve bottles
    Eight bottles
    Ten bottles
    One glass, then he takes the rest back to the crew bar
    None - this is nautical lingo giving the order for the champagne waterfall to begin
    

20. What is the name of the new Cunard ship that will be launched in 2004?

    Cunard Countess
    Queen of the Shires
    Queen Mary 2
    Victoria Regina
    Edna Everage DBE
    

21. What can you take a ride on in the port of Funchal on Madeira?

    Mayor's motorbike
    Free municipal bicycles
    Madeira's modern tube system
    Giant ferris wheel
    Basket sledge
    

22. William Fawcett was.....

    The First Sea Lord of the Admiralty
    The oldest surviving passenger of the Titanic, who died in 1999
    P&O's first ship
    The inventor of sonar
    The last Royal Navy sailor made to "walk the plank" in 1837
    

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