Logistics & Ocean Shipping Facts
The largest port complex in the United States is located in this city
What is Los Angeles?
This notorious pirate, often associated with the Jolly Roger flag, had a ship named the "Queen Anne's Revenge."
Who was Blackbeard?
This annual tv event is Discovery Channel's week-long celebration of all things sharks
What is Shark Week?
In logistics, this is considered the most expensive thing to ship, as it generates no revenue for the shipping company.
What is air?
This is the name of the first human-made object to orbit the Earth, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
What is Sputnik?
97% of all shipping containers are built in this country
What is China?
The disease that sailors and pirates can get if they do not get enough vitamin C
What is Scurvy?
This shark's name is a four letter word that is also known as the "blue pointer".
What is a mako?
A shipping container was once found to contain 25,000 lbs of this gelatinous food item, which was donated to food banks.
What are gummy bears?
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
While the Eiffel Tower would dwarf a Neopanamax ship stood upright, this famous Italian landmark is almost the exact same height.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Name the century that the "Golden Age of Piracy" occured.
When was the 18th century?
What kinds of sharks have contributed to the most amount of human deaths? (guess 2/3)
Bull, Tiger, Great White
What is the Nintendo Wii?
The phenomenon of a star collapsing under its own gravity to create an infinitely dense point is known as this.
What is a black hole?
Malcom McLean was a _______, waiting at the port of Hoboken, NJ when he was struck with the idea of the standardized shipping container
What is a truck driver?
Authorized pirates who acted on behalf of a government were called...
What is a Privateer?
What is the blue whale?
This small animal was considered bad luck on a ship if found. Even mentioning the name could invite bad luck, therefore sailors developed a code of silence around the animal, referring to it as "the little fellow" or "long ears."
What is a rabbit?
This is the name for the sun's outer atmosphere, which is visible during a solar eclipse. (Also the name of a beer often served with lime)
What is the corona?
Which country do approximately 1/3 of the global seafarer population originate from?
What is the Philippines?
What is Alabama?
This species of shark is the only known one that can survive in both freshwater and saltwater.
What is the bull shark?
A well-known incident in 1992 involved a container of 28,000 of these items being lost at sea, which helped oceanographers study global currents
What are rubber ducks?
The successor to the Hubble Telescope, this NASA space telescope has a honey-comb design capturing stunning images of distant galaxies.
What is the James Webb Space telescope?