Types of Water Vessels
Boat Equipment/Accessories
Boat Personal/Operators
Boat History
Boat Miscellaneous
100
This type of ship is used for war and has heavy armor?

What is: Battleship

100

What do you call a movable ramp by which to board or leave a ship?



What is: Gangplank

100

This person typically commands a ship?

What is: Captain 

100

The dumping of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor is known as?

What is: Boston Tea Party

100

This idiom, meaning "whatever makes you happy," is a direct reference to the idea of finding what works for you on the water.

What is: Whatever floats your boat 

200

This type of ship can operate underwater? 

What is: Submarine

200

What is a white skull and cross bone on a black background?

What is: Jolly Roger flown by pirates

200

Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea is known as? 

What is a: Pirate

200

Name the type of boat that emerged around 3000 BC, particularly in Egypt, allowing for larger and more robust vessels.

What is: plank-built boats

200

Originally signaling the entire crew to respond to a crisis, this phrase now means to get everyone involved in a task or problem.

What is: All hands on deck 

300

This small boat is often used for recreation?

What is: Motorboat

300

What type of trousers do sailors wear?

What is: Bell-bottoms

300

What do you call someone that plots the course of a ship?

What is: Navigator 

300

This invention by James Watt and its application to boats by inventors like John Fitch and Robert Fulton revolutionized water travel, with Fulton's Clermont demonstrating the feasibility of?

What is: steam-powered navigation/steamboat/steam engine.

300

This phrase, meaning to prepare for a storm, comes from securing the hatches on a ship to prevent water from entering?

What is: Batten down the hatches

400

This is a large boat used to carry people, goods, cars across a large body of water? 

What is: Ferry

400

Name a personal flotation device?

What is: Life Jacket / Life Vest



400

A person that serves in the Navy is called?

What is: Sailor

400

Name the British passenger liner sunk by German U-boat in 1915?

What is: Lusitania 

400

This describes someone who is unpredictable and potentially dangerous, much like a cannon that is not properly secured on a ship.

What is: Loose Cannon 

500

This boat is propelled by wind?

What is: Sailboat

500

This is a bright light used for signaling in case of emergency?

What is: Flare/Flare Gun

500

A person steering the boat, often in smaller vessels or during racing is called? 

What is: Helmsman/Coxswain

500
This battleship on which Japan surrendered to allied powers in 1945?

What is? Battleship Missouri

500

This phrase, meaning feeling unwell, originated from sailors who were seasick and had to stay below deck?

What is: Under The Weather