Nautical Nonsense
What is the right side of a ship?
Starboard side
Who is Captain Crow?
Captain of the Inevitable, the greatest of the hunting ships
What is the Greatest of Hunting Ships called?
The Inevitable
What do we find our heroes doing when we first see them?
Hunting the Red Bluster
What are the monsters called?
The Sea Beasts
What is the left side of a ship?
Port side
Who is Miss Maisie?
A child of hunters, orphaned by the death of her parents, turned hero of the story
Describe three main qualities of the Brickleback
It is green, Serpentine, Has a long snout, Curved horn, two fins, many tentacles, red eyes.
What Causes Captain Crow to postpone his hunt for the Red Bluster?
Jim Knucklebones is in desperate need of assistance
What are the hunters?
A group of seafarers paid by the crown to rid the seas of monsters
What is a large canvas which is used to propel the ship?
A Sail
Who is Jacob Holland?
Adoptive son of Captain Crow, and Hunter aboard the Inevitable
What is the Imperator?
The most heavily armed ship ever to set sail, under the command of the royal navy
What is kept as proof of killing a Sea Beast, and Crow nearly dies retrieving?
The tip of the horn
Who's the best at throwing things
Jacob. That man has INCREDIBLE arm strength
What are the tall poles used to support sails, and rigging?
A mast.
Who is Admiral Hornagold?
A douchebag in the royal navy, and a snitch
What's the Dregmorr?
Sea full of monsters that no one has sailed beyond
Why do the hunters hunt the sea beasts?
To save lives. Every scar is a life saved.
What is Mukesh Island?
Seems to be an industrial center of ill repute, home to Gwen Batterbie
Who is Captain Crow's First Mate?
Sarah Sharpe
List three qualities of the Red Bluster
Red, has a horn, wide tail, two fins, greenish yellow eyes
What is the King and Queen's plan to replace the Hunters?
Give the royal navy big fancy ships to die on
Who is the best character on the Inevitable?
Piper, who plays the Bagpipes
What units are used to measure a ship's speed?
Knots
Who is Captain Crow's Second Mate?
Ms. Merino
What ship did Maisie's parents die aboard?
The Monarch.
Inciting incident that causes Maisie, and Jacob to become stranded?
Maisie Brumble cut the line hooking the Red Bluster, and then gets eaten by the Red Bluster
What is the currency among Hunters?
Honor.
What is the main body of a ship called?
The Hull
Who is Gwen Batterbie?
Crazy Psycho potion lady
List three traits of the walrus beast
Yellow, small horn, beady black eyes, six fins, two tusks
What convinces Jacob that the beasts might be good
Red decides to take them back to Three Bridges.
What is the Hand of God?
A large harpoon canon designed to fire incredibly toxic harpoons
What is the front of a ship called?
The Bow
What is a Rum Gagger?
an archaic term from 18th-century slang for a cheat and a liar who tells exaggerated, fantastical stories often about hardship at sea to get money from people
I will also accept Jim Knucklebones
List three traits of the Purple Crustacean
Purple, is a crab, beady orange eyes, six legs, two pincers, very spikey. Gets tossed like a frisbee
What is the cost of Gwen Batterbie's services
Everything.
What does it say about Jacob on page 92 of Maisie's book?
That he is a weapon against natures darkest designs
What is the back of the ship called?
The Stern
Who plays the Bagpipes?
Describe Maisie's pet Blue
It's blue
What happens to the Imperator?
It gets smashed in a single strike
The most banger description of any character?
Swallowed whole, shot through the heart, and cut to pieces. But the worms won't eat you, and hell won't take you, so here you are
Who lives in a Pineapple Under the sea?
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
Who is Rosie?
The cart driver Jacob pays to take Maisie back to Guelston
What is Castle Whiterock?
The residence of the King and Queen
What's the real reason the Hunters kill the beasts?
To expand the empire.
Why is Spear Fishing hard?
The surface of the water distorts where fish actually are.