Scuba Trivia! Win Prizes!

lundysd · Post by **lundysd** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:03 pm

Alright everyone stand back -- I have an idea!!!

I'd like to start a scuba trivia game on NWDC. Here's how it would work
1) I will ask a trivia question of my choosing
2) Each of you will attempt to answer the question
3) Once a correct answer is posted (to my satisfaction), then I will acknowledge said answer as correct
4) The author of the correct answer must then post a new question, and the cycle repeats

Feel free to search for the answer using internet resources, but I'm hoping the questions will be subtle enough to avoid outright "copy and paste" googling.

I/we will be keeping tabs on who gets the most correct, and the board members with the most points at random intervals will receive a prize from me (or anyone else who wants to donate one). Simple enough?

FIRST QUESTION (an easy one): What is the most famous ship ever built in Seattle?

Rockfish · Post by **Rockfish** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:10 pm

King & Winge

lundysd · Post by **lundysd** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:47 pm

I forgot one rule -- blind googling can and will be rewarded negative points

ORDiver · Post by **ORDiver** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:17 pm

Calypso

Rockfish · Post by **Rockfish** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:18 pm

Your game your rules! Good luck!

lundysd · Post by **lundysd** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:30 pm

ORDiver nailed it!

Calypso, the most iconic scuba-oriented ship of all time, was buit right in our own backyard by Ballard Marine Railway Company. Originally a British minesweeper christened the BYMS-26, Calypso was built from Port Orford cedar planks in order to avoid detection by magnetic mines common in WWII. After the war she served as a ferry from/to Malta and then sold to Cousteau via financing by the heir to the Guinness beer fortune.

your turn to come up with a Q ORDiver

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:44 pm

I think he should be disqualified simply for illegal use of avatar. ...wiping image out of my brain...

ORDiver · Post by **ORDiver** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:42 pm

Sorry about the avatar Tom. I'll change it as soon as I stop cracking up every time I see it.

Ok, here's my question.

Who is know as "The King of the Deep"?

Blaiz · Post by **Blaiz** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:22 pm

Kraken?

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:00 am

How can you not, just use Google to answer these questions?
I think I know the answer, but I am not sure of a good question to post, after I answer it.

Rockfish · Post by **Rockfish** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:14 am

At the risk of being told that someone forgot to mention another rule I'll say,

Jacques Cousteau

And no I did not use google!!!!

deep diver · Post by **deep diver** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:24 am

Mike Nelson

nwbobber · Post by **nwbobber** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:25 am

Neptune

ORDiver · Post by **ORDiver** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:06 am

Hint - Wahoo!

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:08 am

Capt. Steve Beilenda

lundysd · Post by **lundysd** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:09 am

Steve Bielenda?

Bassmann -- feel free to use Google to AID your search, but it's more fun to at least have something in mind before you just enter the words from the question. In other words, I'm hoping the question writers are savvy and make the questions subtle

ORDiver · Post by **ORDiver** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:27 am

spatman wrote:Capt. Steve Beilenda

You are correct!

Here's some info on the dude:http://www.wahoo2001.com/Bielenda%20bac ... nce%20.htm

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:40 am

lundysd wrote:Steve Bielenda?

haven't you read "shadow divers"?

next question:

In what body of water does the wreck of The Empress of Ireland rest?

Bonus question: What year did it sink?

ktb · Post by **ktb** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:11 am

spatman wrote:
next question:

In what body of water does the wreck of The Empress of Ireland rest?

Bonus question: What year did it sink?

The St. Lawrence River (A friend just dove it)

But I don't know the year without looking

ORDiver · Post by **ORDiver** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:02 am

So, When's the next question ktb?

ktb · Post by **ktb** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:06 am

Well I was waiting for Spatty to confirm I was right, but since google just did that for me . . .

How many people have lost their lives trying to dive the Andrea Doria?

sitkadiver · Post by **sitkadiver** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:54 am

ktb wrote:Well I was waiting for Spatty to confirm I was right, but since google just did that for me . . .

How many people have lost their lives trying to dive the Andrea Doria?

Not sure who was lost in 2008, but that number was 15 and it was after Dave Bright's death. Can't seem to find any more recent numbers.

ktb · Post by **ktb** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:19 pm

sitkadiver wrote:
ktb wrote: How many people have lost their lives trying to dive the Andrea Doria?

Not sure who was lost in 2008, but that number was 15 and it was after Dave Bright's death. Can't seem to find any more recent numbers.

That's the same number I had, so you're next!

sitkadiver · Post by **sitkadiver** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:24 pm

What's the PPO2 of the follwoing: (4 questions in one...)

air at 130ft.

air at 230 ft.

EAN 32 at 130 ft.

EAN 32 at 230 ft.

mz53480 · Post by **mz53480** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:37 pm

sitkadiver wrote:What's the PPO2 of the follwoing: (4 questions in one...)

air at 130ft.
1.04

air at 230 ft.
1.67

EAN 32 at 130 ft.
1.58

EAN 32 at 230 ft.
2.55

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