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