SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Quiz
A) 810 feet B) 729 feet C) 883 feet D) 654 feet
A) 1975 B) 1968 C) 1982 D) 1991
A) 15 B) 45 C) 38 D) 29
A) Bob Dylan B) Johnny Cash C) Gordon Lightfoot D) Willie Nelson
A) Lumber B) Crude oil C) Iron ore pellets D) Coal
A) Cleveland, Ohio B) Buffalo, New York C) Detroit, Michigan D) Chicago, Illinois
A) We're taking on water B) Unable to steer C) Mayday, mayday, mayday D) We are holding our own
A) 400 feet B) 625 feet C) 720 feet D) 530 feet
A) David R. Boone B) Robert C. Carlton C) Ernest M. McSorley D) John G. McCarthy
A) Detroit, Michigan B) Toledo, Ohio C) Superior, Wisconsin D) Duluth, Minnesota
A) Cargo liner B) Fishing vessel C) Cruise ship D) Great Lakes freighter
A) Safety records B) Speed records C) Endurance records D) Seasonal haul records six times
A) Mandatory lifeboats B) Mandatory fire extinguishers C) Mandatory life jackets D) Mandatory survival suits
A) The exact cause remains unknown B) Collision with another ship C) Fire D) Piracy
A) Piping music over the ship's intercom and entertaining spectators B) Writing ballads C) Designing the ship D) Commanding the ship
A) In one piece B) Under a bridge C) In two large pieces D) Intact
A) Safety records B) Endurance records C) Seasonal haul records D) Speed records
A) The Storm of 1975 B) The Cruelest Voyage C) The Cruelest Month D) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
A) 1957 B) 1959 C) 1972 D) 1969
A) $59.6 million B) $15 million C) $10 million D) $7 million
A) SS Seaway B) SS Great Lakes C) SS Murray Bay D) SS Edmund Fitzgerald
A) 25,000 long tons B) 30,000 long tons C) 29,120 short tons D) 26,000 long tons
A) 25 B) 30 C) 21 D) 15
A) 1/4-inch B) 3/8-inch C) 5/16-inch D) 1/2-inch
A) 1972 B) 1969 C) 1971 D) 1967
A) Coal B) Oil C) Diesel D) Natural gas
A) 1970–71 B) 1969–70 C) 1971–72 D) 1972–73
A) Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority B) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company C) Great Lakes Engineering Works D) J. L. Hudson Company
A) Ventilation B) Insulation C) Heating D) Air conditioning
A) Soo Locks B) Edmund C) Centennial D) Northwestern
A) 45 B) 50 C) 36 D) 27
A) Elizabeth Fitzgerald B) Captain Peter Pulcer C) Jennings B. Frazier D) Edmund Fitzgerald
A) 15 minutes B) 60 minutes C) 36 minutes D) 45 minutes
A) 748 B) 800 C) 600 D) 500
A) 44 trips around the world B) 30 trips around the world C) 60 trips around the world D) 50 trips around the world
A) LCA B) USCG C) NTSB D) Maritime Safety Board
A) Music captain B) Radio captain C) DJ captain D) Singing captain
A) Technical difficulties B) Communication issues C) The weather D) Lack of fuel
A) Decreased critical reserve buoyancy B) Increased critical reserve buoyancy C) No effect on buoyancy D) Improved buoyancy
A) 20 B) 50 C) 30 D) 63
A) Ernest M. McSorley B) The cook C) Karl A. Peckol D) The wiper
A) Use lighter materials B) Increase their cargo capacity C) Design them more like ships rather than 'motorized super-barges' D) Reduce their size
A) Invincible B) Nanfri C) Arthur M. Anderson D) Edmund Fitzgerald
A) Captain Paquette B) Captain McSorley C) Mark Thompson D) The USCG
A) July 4, 1990 B) July 4, 1985 C) July 4, 2000 D) July 4, 1995
A) Delta B) Celia C) RV Grayling D) Edwin A. Link
A) Jean-Michel Cousteau B) Chris Nicholson C) Joseph B. MacInnis D) Fred Shannon
A) 1,000 feet B) 500 meters C) 1,640 feet D) 1,000 meters
A) The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society B) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution C) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration D) The U.S. Navy
A) Complacency B) Inadequate training C) Overzealous inspections D) Excessive budget
A) The ship broke apart due to hatch cover leakage B) The ship capsized on the surface C) The ship broke apart upon hitting the lake floor D) The ship broke apart due to rogue waves
A) Could normally avoid severe storms B) Avoided all storms C) Always faced severe storms D) Could not avoid severe storms
A) Soo Locks B) Niagara River C) St. Clair River D) Detroit River
A) A hand line B) A sonar system C) A radar system D) A fathometer
A) A manufacturing industry B) A fishing industry C) A shipping industry D) A cottage industry
A) Flares B) Life rafts C) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) D) Lifeboats
A) Sault Ste. Marie B) Detroit C) Chicago D) Cleveland
A) Propeller damage B) Engine malfunction C) Hull cracking D) Keel-welding problem
A) 1975 B) 1976 C) 1977 D) 1974
A) 28 B) 35 C) 30 D) 25
A) 58 knots B) 70 knots C) 50 knots D) 35 knots
A) Steven Dietz B) Gordon Lightfoot C) Geoffrey Peterson D) Eric Peltoniemi
A) Side scan sonar B) GPS coordinates C) 3-D stereoscopic cameras D) Magnetic anomaly detector
A) Structural damage B) Mechanical failure C) Poor weather forecasting D) Negligence
A) He considered it not serious B) He did not comment on the situation C) He considered it urgent D) He considered it serious, but at the time it was not urgent
A) Fred Shannon B) Jean-Michel Cousteau C) Lt. George Conner D) Joseph B. MacInnis
A) The exact location of the ship B) Whether the vessel had lost freeboard C) The depth of the water D) The speed of the ship
A) 2009 B) 2006 C) 2005 D) 2010
A) 2006 B) 2009 C) 2005 D) 2002
A) Caused by structural damage B) Caused by weather conditions C) Caused by mechanical failure D) Caused by negligence
A) Traverse City, Michigan B) Whitefish Bay C) Sault Ste. Marie D) Duluth, Minnesota
A) ADF B) VOR C) INS D) Global Positioning System (GPS)
A) Celia B) Delta C) CURV-III D) Mini Rover ROV
A) Arthur M. Anderson B) Ontario Provincial Police C) Canadian Coast Guard D) USCG
A) Frederick Stonehouse B) Joseph B. MacInnis C) Fred Shannon D) Jean-Michel Cousteau
A) $2 million B) $500,000 C) $1 million D) $817,920
A) Phil Nuytten's atmospheric diving suit, known as the Newtsuit B) Mini Rover ROV C) CURV-III D) Celia
A) Ineffective hatch closures that allowed waves to inundate the cargo hold. B) The ship collided with another vessel. C) The ship ran aground on a submerged reef. D) The ship was hit by a rogue wave that caused it to capsize.
A) Hilda Marjanne B) Arthur M. Anderson C) William Clay Ford D) Nanfri
A) A ship's bell B) A lone life-saving ring C) A lifeboat D) A piece of the ship's hull
A) 90-degree angle B) 30-degree angle C) 0-degree angle D) 50-degree angle
A) The weather reports B) The crew's testimonies C) The relevant navigational charts D) The ship's logbook
A) 16.3 miles per hour B) 20 miles per hour C) 26.2 km/h D) 14.2 knots
A) Yes, but it was only for monitoring during loading B) Yes, but it was only for detecting minor leaks C) Yes, it had a sophisticated monitoring system D) No
A) 100 B) 50 C) At least 240 D) 300
A) Channel 10 B) Channel 8 C) Channel 12 D) Channel 16
A) 20 B) 30 C) 63 D) 50
A) A license requirement on dives, submersibles, side scan sonars, or underwater cameras B) A fine for unauthorized diving C) A ban on all underwater activities D) A restriction on sonar scans only |
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