Types of Water Vessels
What is: Battleship
What do you call a movable ramp by which to board or leave a ship?
What is: Gangplank
This person typically commands a ship?
What is: Captain
The dumping of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor is known as?
What is: Boston Tea Party
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
This type of ship can operate underwater?
What is: Submarine
What is a white skull and cross bone on a black background?
What is: Jolly Roger flown by pirates
Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea is known as?
What is a: Pirate
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
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
This small boat is often used for recreation?
What is: Motorboat
What type of trousers do sailors wear?
What is: Bell-bottoms
What do you call someone that plots the course of a ship?
What is: Navigator
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.
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
This is a large boat used to carry people, goods, cars across a large body of water?
What is: Ferry
Name a personal flotation device?
What is: Life Jacket / Life Vest
A person that serves in the Navy is called?
What is: Sailor
Name the British passenger liner sunk by German U-boat in 1915?
What is: Lusitania
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
This boat is propelled by wind?
What is: Sailboat
This is a bright light used for signaling in case of emergency?
What is: Flare/Flare Gun
A person steering the boat, often in smaller vessels or during racing is called?
What is: Helmsman/Coxswain
What is? Battleship Missouri
This phrase, meaning feeling unwell, originated from sailors who were seasick and had to stay below deck?
What is: Under The Weather