Historic Passenger Liners Trivia Quiz

Answer: Queen Mary 2

RMS Queen Mary 2 succeeded Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) as the Cunard flagship in 2004. She was launched at Saint-Nazaire, France, in 2003, and made her maiden voyage, from Southampton to Fort Lauderdale in January, 2004.

Answer: Stockholm

SS Andrea Doria was launched in 1951 in Genoa, Italy. She belonged to the Italian Line and served the Genoa-New York route. In July, 1956, she collided with the MS Stockholm near Nantucket Island in thick fog. The Andrea Dora sank with the loss of 46 passengers, whilst five crew members of the Stockholm also lost their lives.

Answer: New York

SS Normandie was launched in Saint-Nazaire in 1932. Her maiden transatlantic voyage in May 1935 saw her sail from Le Havre to New York in four days and three hours to win the "Blue Riband" for fastest Atlantic crossing. In 1942, she was harboured in New York, where she was to be turned into a troop ship named USS Lafayette.

In February of that year, sparks from a welding torch led to a fire which eventually destroyed the ship.

Answer: United States

The SS United States was launched at Newport News, Virginia, in 1951. She broke the eastbound record for fastest eastbound Atlantic crossing in July, 1952, then broke the westbound record on the return journey. She was retired in 1969, and laid up in Philadelphia.

Answer: Carpathia

RMS Carpathia was launched in 1902 in Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne. Owned by the Cunard Line, she served the Liverpool-New York Atlantic route. In April 1912, she rescued over 700 passengers from the Titanic disaster. During World War 1, she was used as a troop ship, and was torpedoed by a U-boat south of Ireland, with nearly all passengers and crew being rescued.

Answer: Queen Mary

RMS Queen Mary was launched in Clydebank, Scotland, in 1934, and was operated by the Cunard Line on the transatlantic route until 1967. She held the "Blue Riband" for fastest Atlantic crossing, both eastbound and westbound, between 1938 and 1952. After retiring from service, she was bought by the City of Long Beach, who converted her into a hotel and restaurant.

Answer: Canberra

The SS Canberra was launched in Belfast in 1960 as part of the P&O fleet. She was designed to serve the UK to Australasia route. In 1982, she transported troops from Southampton to the Falkland Islands, where she avoided being targeted by Argentine jets, their pilots mistaking her white livery for that of a hospital ship. She was scrapped in 1998.

Answer: Hong Kong

RMS Queen Elizabeth was named after, and launched by, Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI (and later the Queen Mother). She was used as a troop ship during World War 2, before plying the transatlantic route as a cruise liner. She ended her life as the "Seawise University", and was destroyed by a fire in Hong Kong harbour in 1972.

Answer: Bremen

The SS Bremen was launched in the city she was named after in 1928 by President Hindenburg. The following year she took four days and seventeen hours to cross the Atlantic between Bremerhaven and New York, taking the "Blue Riband" from the RMS Mauretania. The Bremen was converted to a barracks ship during World War 2, and was gutted by fire in 1941.

Answer: Queen of the Seas

Royal Caribbean International are based in Miami, Florida, and operate cruise liners in various classes, the biggest of which are all in the Oasis class. They all have gross tonnage of over 225,000 tonnes, and have a passenger capacity of over 6,500.