- Trafalgar
- Sloop
- Argentina
- Adm. Chester Nimitz
- Oil
- The Great Lakes
- Indonesia
- Antwerp
- SeaQuest*
- Lusitania
*That’s some major geekage there…
*That’s some major geekage there…
I suck. And this will be my last Feud for a while because we are going on vacation and won’t be back till next Thursday. Ahoy!
This might be my worst so far, and I’ve been in the bottom 10% regularly.
If I counted correctly** Pushkin** is #46. There’s still time folks!
As Bugs Bunny would say –
“Bon Voy-adj-ee!”
Have fun!
*4 - total guess
I think Jack Batty is the 48 response.
You counted right!
True, and sorry for the similarities but I put this one in the queue long before that other one was posted. Great minds, etc.
I should have caught it - my apologies.
And as the “great mind” who thought up the other one, let me just say that I’ll probably suck just as bad at this one as I did at my own!
Name a famous naval battle from before 1940.
1. Trafalgar 27
Monitor and Merrimac 9
Jutland 5
Spanish Armada 3
Lepanto 1
Mobile Bay 1
New Orleans 1
Nile 1
Name a type of sailing vessel.
2. Sloop 13
Schooner 12
Frigate 6
Yacht 5
Clipper 4
Sailboat 4
Catamaran 1
Cutter 1
Galleon 1
Ketch 1
Name a South American country that has its own navy.
3. Argentina 29
Brazil 13
Venezuela 2
Bolivia 1
Chile 1
Colombia 1
Peru 1
Name a naval officer of the World War II era.
4. Nimitz 25
Halsey 6
Kennedy 4
Yamamoto 3
Donitz 2
Rickover 2
Captain 1
Chief Petty Officer 1
MacArthur 1
Mountbatten 1
pass 1
Ridley 1
Name a type of cargo often carried by ship.
5. Oil/Petroleum 34
Automobiles 6
Bananas 1
Coal 1
Containers 1
Copra 1
Grain 1
Iron and steel 1
Ore 1
Televisions 1
Name a navigable inland waterway.
6. Mississippi River 18
St. Lawrence Seaway 11
Panama Canal 7
Erie Canal 2
Great Lakes 2
Hudson River 2
Chesapeake Bay 1
Detroit River 1
Intracoastal Waterway 1
Lake Erie 1
Rhine 1
Tennessee-Tombigbee 1
Other than Somalia, name a country off which modern-day piracy has been reported.
7. Indonesia 23
Malaysia 3
Yemen 3
China 2
Cuba 2
Philippines 2
Thailand 2
Brazil 1
Guatemala 1
Madagascar 1
North Korea 1
Panama 1
pass1 1
pass2 1
Spain 1
United States 1
Venezuela 1
Vietnam 1
Name a European port city.
8. Rotterdam 9
London 8
Amsterdam 5
Antwerp 4
Hamburg 4
Calais 3
Liverpool 3
Venice 3
Marseilles 2
Porto 2
Dover 1
Genoa 1
Madeira 1
Portsmouth 1
Rome 1
Name a fictional vessel from literature or the movies.
9. Pequod 9
Black Pearl 7
Nautilus 7
Caine 4
Flying Dutchman 4
Argo 3
Bounty 3
Poseidon 3
Surprise 3
Dawn Treader 1
Enterprise 1
Good Ship Lollipop 1
Orca 1
SeaQuest 1
Other than the Titanic, name a famous vessel that sank.
10. Lusitania 36
Maine 5
Bismarck 3
Andrea Doria 2
Edmund Fitzgerald 2
And the winner is ~drumroll~ NDP!! Woo-hoo! :: flings confetti:: NDP got 8/10 right. Good job! Perfect score was 464.58.
Thanks all, and thanks El_Kabong!
Next one up tomorrow…
**1. NDP 435.42 **
2. 42fish 427.08
3. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 414.58
4. OtakuLoki 412.50
5. Wargamer 410.42
6. wevets 402.08
7. Baker 395.83
8. swampbear 393.75
9. bibliophage 389.58
10. Jack Batty 381.25
11. want2know 370.83
11. Chronos 370.83
13. Sigmagirl 366.67
13. kenner116 366.67
15. muldoonthief 364.58
15. pravnik 364.58
17. astorian 362.50
18. Dolores Reborn 360.42
19. lawoot 354.17
20. Sublight 352.08
21. 3acresandatruck 347.92
22. Cunctator 341.67
22. El_Kabong 341.67
24. WVmom 316.67
24. Little Nemo 316.67
24. Fretful Porpentine 316.67
27. Queen Tonya 312.50
28. Labdad 297.92
29. rockle 287.50
30. Zebra 283.33
30. bmoak 283.33
32. Sternvogel 275.00
32. notfrommensa 275.00
32. Terminus Est 275.00
32. Pushkin 275.00
36. This’ll Do 270.83
37. jali 252.08
38. Elendil’s Heir 247.92
39. gonzomax 218.75
40. tarragon918 216.67
41. criminey.jicket 212.50
42. Gala Matrix Fire 202.08
43. bink 195.83
44. Harmonious Discord 170.83
45. ShibbOleth 150.00
46. Gangster Octopus 125.00
47. WormTheRed 83.33
48. IvoryTowerDenizen 81.25