Pre-Renaissance Era
Ancient ships famously had what symbol painted on their bow?
A. A Shield
B. Shark Teeth
C. Eyes
D. Lightning Bolt
C. Eyes
In what year did Cristoforo Colombo sail the ocean blue?
A. 1592
B. 1492
C. 1582
D. 1682
B. 1492
Where did the largest naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War take place?
A. Port Arthur
B. Yellow Sea
C. Tsushima Strait
D. Vladivostok
C. Tsushima Strait
Which warship was the first, purpose built Aircraft Carrier?
A. USS Langley
B. HMS Argus
C. HMS Hermes
D. IJN Hosho
D. IJN Hosho
What was the main naval base of the Royal Navy during this time?
A. Southampton
B. Liverpool
C. Scapa Flow
D. Portsmouth
C. Scapa Flow
Japan’s Type 93 torpedoes used what kind of pure gas to limit bubble trails?
A. Oxygen
B. Methane
C. Hydrogen
D. Neon
A. Oxygen
The H-41 designs incorporated horizontal protection after which ship received bomb damage?
A. KMS Bismarck
B. KMS Tirpitz
C. KMS Scharnhorst
D. KMS Gneisenau
C. KMS Scharnhorst
Which treaty-era battleship was subject to an atomic blast (and did not survive)?
A. USS West Virginia
B. USS Maryland
C. HMS Nelson
D. IJN Nagato
D. IJN Nagato
A new major ship was launched for the US Navy this quarter what is it?
A. Aircraft Carrier USS John F Kennedy
B. Guided Missile Destroyer USS Arnold B. Ferguson
C. Submarine USS Nebraska
D. Frigate USS Constellation
A. Aircraft Carrier USS John F Kennedy
Which of these is NOT a museum ship?
A. USS Midway
B. RFS Moskva
C. HMAS Vampire
D. HMS Belfast
C. HMAS Vampire
According to legend, the Romans copied the ship designs from what rival power?
A. Samnites
B. Gauls
C. Persians
D. Carthage
D. Carthage
When targeting the sails of an enemy ship, you should load your cannons with.
A. Round Shot
B. Grape shot
C. Buckshot
D. Chain Shot
D. Chain Shot
Which was the world’s first battlecruiser?
A. HMS Dreadnought
B. HMS Invincible
C. HMS Hood
D. HMS Valiant
B. HMS Invincible
Of which country were the tonnage limitations for France’s capital ships equivalent to in the Washington Naval Treaty?
A. United States
B. Britain
C. Italy
D. Japan
C. Italy
What did Churchill demand of the French navy before the attack on Mers-El-Kebir?
A. Join the Royal Navy
B. Maintain a naval base in Liverpool
C. Flee to the neutral United States
D. Break the armistice with Germany
A. Join the Royal Navy
Which American cruiser transported components for the atomic bomb, “Little Boy”?
A. USS Salem
B. USS Helena
C. USS Boston
D. USS Indianapolis
D. USS Indianapolis
What was the main reason the Lion-class was so delayed to the point of cancellation?
A. Not enough steel
B. They couldn’t make the guns
C. Parliament wanted them to be redesigned with new features
D. The shipbuilders went bankrupt and they had to find another company to take over
B. They couldn’t make the guns
These “battlecruisers” prompted Reagan Schmeagan to reactivate the Iowa-class battleships
A. Moskva-class
B. Kiev-class
C. Kirov-class
D. Sverdlovsk-class
B. Kiev-class
What is the last submarine to sink an enemy warship?
A. HMS Conqueror
B. USS Charlotte
C. USS California
D. USS Dallas
B. USS Charlotte
Where is the MN Maillé-Brézé?
A. Paris
B. Nice
C. Nantes
D. Marseille
C. Nantes
Which island served as a strategic launch point for the Mongol invasion of Japan?
A. Tsushima
B. Hokkaido
C. Sado
D. Honshu
A. Tsushima
The tool by which sailors observed the night sky to assist them navigation is called?
A. Gyrocompass
B. Sextant
C. Spyglass
D. Compass
B. Sextant
The Confederate CSS Virginia was rebuilt from what type of ship, the USS Merrimack?
A. Ship of the line
B. Steam frigate
C. Monitor
D. Light cruiser
B. Steam frigate
What was the newest type of battleship Germany was allowed to have per the Versailles Treaty?
A. Ironclad
B. Pre-dreadnought battleship
C. Dreadnought
D. Fast battleship
B. Pre-dreadnought battleship
What method did Italian special forces use to infiltrate and heavily damage Royal Navy ships at Alexandria?
A. Human torpedoes
B. Catapult-launched gliders
C. Tunneling under the desert
D. Disguising as Royal Navy sailors
A. Human torpedoes
Which battleship just blew up on its own during WW2?
A. USS Arizona
B. HMS Repulse
C. HIJMS Mutsu
D. RN Giulio Cesare
C. HIJMS Mutsu
The SS United States was built using the same drydock as this ship right after it was canceled
A. USS United States
B. USS Montana
C. USS Kentucky
D. HMS Lion
A. USS United States
Which ship did HMS Vanguard NOT portray during her film career?
A. HMS Warspite
B. HMS King George V
C. HMS Hood
D. KMS Bismarck
A. HMS Warspite
Which aircraft carrier had two separate aircraft fall into the ocean in two unrelated incidents within a span of 30 minutes?
A. USS Nimitz
B. USS Gerald R. Ford
C. PLAN Liaoning
D. RFS Admiral Kuznetsov
A. USS Nimitz
Where and what is the most recent commissioned museum ship
A. Torpedo boat USS New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana
B. Reef SS United States off the coast of Miami, Florida
C. Minesweeper USS Lucid (MSO 458) in Stockton, California
D. Submarine MN Redoutable in Brest, France
C. Minesweeper USS Lucid (MSO 458) in Stockton, California
The Scandinavian leader who landed in North America was named?
A. Lief Erikson
B. Thorfin Karlsefni
C. Harald Haldrada
D. Ragnar Lothbrok
A. Lief Erikson
The HMS Victory is equipped with roughly how many miles of rigging to support its sails?
A. 15 Miles
B. 26 Miles
C. 7 Miles
D. 13 Miles
B. 26 Miles
The HMS Dreadnought was the only battleship to
A. Shoot down an aircraft with its main guns
B. Sink two enemy ships with one shell
C. Sink a submarine via ramming
D. Run into friendly mines and not sink
C. Sink a submarine via ramming
What class of battleship did IJN Kaga originally belong to before conversion?
A. Kaga-class
B. Amagi-class
C. Yamato-class
D. Tosa-class
D. Tosa-class
Which Italian capital ship was sunk by German bombers on its way to an Allied port?
A. Roma
B. Vittorio Veneto
C. Andrea Doria
D. Leonardo da Vinci
A. Roma
Which Japanese aircraft were deployed to target battleships and aircraft carriers during the first wave of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A. Mitsubishi A6M
B. Mitsubishi A7M
C. Aichi D3A
D. Nakajima B5N
D. Nakajima B5N
Italian U.P. 41 battleship designs were sold to which country but never used?
A. Germany
B. Spain
C. Soviet Union
D. Japan
C. Soviet Union
Which naval battle resulted in the resolution to deploy US troops in South Vietnam?
A. Battle of Dong Hoi
B. Gulf of Tonkin incident
C. East Sea Campaign
D. Vung Ro Bay incident
B. Gulf of Tonkin incident
Why don’t the toilets on the USS Gerald R. Ford work?
A. People flushing random large objects down the toilets
B. Vacuum plumbing system with pipes that get blocked by mineral buildup
C. The toilets are all connected together so when one breaks a lot of them break
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Which city houses the U-505, the only captured U-boat turned museum in the United States?
A. Chicago, IL
B. Buffalo, NY
C. Miami, FL
D. Galveston, TX
A. Chicago, IL
What admiral utilized “Turtle Ships”?
A. Yang Wen Li
B. Belisarrius
C. Kahmehameha
D. Yi Sun Shin
D. Yi Sun Shin
During what battle did the actions of an insubordinate naval officer coin the phrase “Turn a blind eye”?
A. Trafalgar
B. Nile
C. St. Vincent
D. Copenhagen
D. Copenhagen
Which was the first seaplane carrier that was not a conversion?
A. HMS Hermes
B. HMS Ark Royal
C. La Foudre
D. USS Bogue
B. HMS Ark Royal
What major problem did the American Pensacola, Northampton, and Portland-class cruisers primarily face?
A. Underweight
B. Overweight
C. Slower than advertised
D. Inaccurate guns
A. Underweight
What was the last German surface victory in WW2?
A. Battle of the Denmark Strait
B. Battle of the Sept-Iles
C. Battle of the Barents Sea
D. Convoy PQ 17
B. Battle of the Sept-Iles
During the final stages of the war, Japan developed a weapon as part of the “Ohka project”. What was this weapon?
A. Super-heavy Coastal battery Gun
B. Suicide Torpedo
C. Suicide Rocket Plane
D. Super Carrier
C. Suicide Rocket Plane
What nickname were the Soviet Projekt 613 submarines given, which were proposed to China before the Sino-Soviet split?
A. Vodka
B. Whiskey
C. Brandy
D. Cognac
B. Whiskey
During the Battle of Guningtou / Kuningtou / Kinmen, the tank landing ship ROCS Chung Yung was luckily in the area due to waiting on a shipment of what resource for smuggling?
A. Peanut oil
B. Tobacco
C. Cane sugar
D. Soy sauce
A. Peanut oil
Which of the following was a tested method to increase the lethality of the US Navy Littoral Combat Ships?
A. HIMARS parked on the helipad
B. VLS in a shipping container
C. Railguns
D. F-35B integration
B. VLS in a shipping container
In which prefecture is the museum battleship IJN Mikasa located?
A. Tokyo
B. Saitama
C. Chiba
D. Kanagawa
D. Kanagawa