Changes of Latitudes
This area between Florida and the Dominican Republic is often a source of superstitions, such as the disappearance of boats and ships.
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
A drink made with rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice.
What is a Pina Colada?
Don't get it twisted: This K-word measurement of boat speed is a measure of one nautical mile per hour.
What is a knot?
This Hawaiian instrument's name translates to "jumping flea".
What is a ukulele?
The first man in Maori mythology, making him like a Polynesian "Adam", which this culture is named after.
Who is Tiki?
This subregion of Oceania is made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
What is Polynesia?
A drink made with rum, Curacao liqueur, orgeat syrup, and lime juice, it is one of the most characteristic drinks of Tiki culture.
What is a Mai Tai?
This cartoon character was famously seen for the first time ever as a sailor on a steamboat on November 18, 1928.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole is famous for being the first Hawaiian to go platinum with his medley of these two songs.
What are "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World?"
This man is considered the "founding father" of Tiki culture, known for opening the first tiki bar during the 1930s in Hollywood, California.
Who is Donn Beach?
This Caribbean island is referred as the land of flying fish.
What is Barbados?
This common base of many tiki cocktails comes from fermenting and distilling molasses, or sugarcane juice.
What is rum?
When facing forward, this is the right side of the ship.
What is starboard?
In this yacht rock classic, the singer longs to "make it to the border of Mexico".
What is "Ride Like the Wind?"
This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical included the song "Bali H'ai", referring to a mystical tropical island.
What is South Pacific?
Located in Maui, this is the largest dormant volcano in the world.
What is Haleakala?
This cocktail is named after bootleggers who smuggled in rum and other during the Prohibition era.
What is a Rum Runner?
This knot is used to prevent lines from slipping through narrow holes.
Steel pan was invented in this Caribbean island.
What is Trinidad and Tobago?
This US president was featured on the cover of Life Magazine wearing a Hawaiian shirt in 1951.
Who is Harry Truman?
This Polynesian island is the only Pacific country to not be colonized.
What is Tonga?
This drink originated in the mid-1700s as a drink for British sailors to preserve the water they stored on ship, and to get extra vitamins to fight off diseases such as scurvy.
What is Grog?
Few people with ancraophobia become sailors because they are afraid of this.
What is the wind?
This "island time" singer has made several guest appearances on Hawaii Five-O.
This film featured Elvis Presley playing an Army veteran returning to Hawaii to surf, sing, and marry his girlfriend.
What is Blue Hawaii?