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