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