Past Nauticians
He courageously sailed “the Ocean Blue” looking for India. Got lost, landed somewhere else, mistakenly thought he was in India, and proceeded to commit near genocide against the natives he thought were Indians from India, and then got a holiday named after him for this great achievement.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
They started sailing really young in an Opti and went on to become a great sailor
Who is the person answering this question?
A not so intelligent pink Starfish
Who is Patrick?
This monster that may inhabit a lake in Scotland might actually just be a giant eel.
Who is the Loch Ness monster?
The 35th President of the United States. He is commonly know by his initials
Who is JFK?
This is the famous quote by the founder of the city of Norwalk, Ebenezer Caviness, in the late 1700’s, describes his passion for sailing and gave the city its name
What is “I will neither run, nor walk. I will sail.”
This really wealthy guy, that started the network CNN, owned the Atlanta Braves and is the largest land owner in America also won the America’s Cup in 1977
Who is Ted Turner?
A pirate of the Caribbean
Who is Captain Jack Sparrow
The Greek god of the sea
Who is Poseidon
When he wasn’t sailing he was trying to figure out E and M and C and a square all make sense together
Who is Albert Einstein
This 15th century Italian explorer sailed from Europe to the North American continent. His first name is thought to have been used to to name America
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
This little pig has a grandfather that lives on a boat.
Who is Peppa Pig?
A small ‘unfound’ orange and white striped fish
Who is Nemo
The great white whale that haunted Ahab
Who is Moby Dick
She sailed more when she was younger, with her Prince husband. Now she mostly goes on her giant 963 ft motor boat
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
His boat, The Beagle, took him to the Galápagos Islands where much of his Theory of Evolution ‘evolved’
Who is Charles Darwin?
She is a Swedish teenager who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, rather than fly because that would create green house gases, to attend a climate change conference at the UN and appear before the US Senate
Who is Greta Thunberg?
A true story about Captain Bligh and his British crew turned into a book and a number of movies about a crew stranded on Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific in the 1700’s. Many of the direct descendants still live there today.
What is Mutiny on the Bounty?
A giant cephalopod-like monster with eight arms or legs from Scandinavian folklore, or the Yankees starting catcher
What is The Kraken?
He mostly sails from his home in Key West, Fla to Margaritaville
Who is Jimmy Buffet?
This Mayflower passenger became the leader of the Puritan Colony once they reached Plymouth Rock. He is also a ancestor of your head instructor. But frankly you get the $500 if you can name anyone on the Mayflower.
Who is William Brewster?
He said “I’m the Captain now”
Who is the guy from Captain Phillips
A super strong sailor that loves spinach and olive oil
Who is Popeye
He wrote 2 of the most famous Greek novels over 2800 years ago that all kids have to read in high school, and that no one really likes. He is also married to Marge and has three kids named Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
Who is Homer?
He’s starred in such movies as London has Fallen and Angel has Fallen, and the Shawshank Redemption.
Who is Morgan Freeman?