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"Though We Be On the Far Side of the World" Quiz

This is a quiz on Peter Weir's fantastic movie, "Master and Commander". How should you be rated in the muster book?

A multiple-choice quiz by ilyahna. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ilyahna

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
160,000

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
620

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (12/15), Guest 24 (11/15), Guest 136 (11/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Where is Her Majesty's Ship Surprise when the movie begins? Hint

off the coast of Africa

off the coast of England

off the coast of Spain

off the coast of Brazil

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was the first to notice something that turned out to be the ferocious French frigate "Acheron?" Hint

A seaman on watch duty

Captain Aubrey

Mr. Calamy

Mr. Hollom

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the term that means "everyone to their stations in preparation for battle?" Hint

"beat to quarters"

"all hands aft"

"break to stations"

"muster"

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Question 4 of 15

4. What was tattooed across the fingers of able seaman Joe Plaice, whose brains later became an object of interest to the Surprise?

Answer: (two words)

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Question 5 of 15

5. What does Jack tell the sailing master, Mr. Allen, that they do not have time to go "crawling through the Brazilian rain forest" to find? Hint

a new mizzen

a new mast

women

more wood for sturdier yardarms

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Question 6 of 15

6. What do the sailors specifically refer to the "Acheron" as while discussing her belowdecks, in regards to the sort of ship she is? Hint

a crack frigate

a privateer

an Indiaman

a sloop

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Question 7 of 15

7. Respectively, what intruments do the captain and the surgeon play? Hint

guitar and fiddle

cello and guitar

fiddle and cello

flute and cello

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the 'sailor jargon' phrase uttered in the movie that means something fails to function properly? "It ________." Hint

don't respond

don't work

don't answer

don't signify

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who was it that lit the lanterns and unfurled the sails on the dummy-float that Cpt. Aubrey devised to distract the "Acheron" the night of their second meeting with the ship? Hint

Captain Aubrey

Mr. Blakeney

Tom Pullings

Peter Calamy

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Question 10 of 15

10. What do the sailors begin to refer to Mr. Hollom as, following a string of bad luck with which they associate him? "A ________."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 11 of 15

11. What eventually happens to Mr. Hollom? Hint

he tells the crew off, after which they respect him

he commits suicide by jumping into the water holding gun shot

he complains to Captain Aubrey, who sets things straight

he becomes catatonic, and refuses to leave his hammock

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Question 12 of 15

12. Why do Stephen and Jack get into a shouting match after the "Surprise" picks up the two survivors of a whaling ship taken by the "Acheron?" Hint

Jack considers Stephen's comments to him to be intolerably rebellious

Jack tells Stephen his hobbies are ridiculous, and have no place aboard a Navy vessel

Stephen tells Jack that going after the "Acheron" again is suicide

Jack won't let Stephen off the ship to explore the Gal�pagos Islands, like he promised

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Question 13 of 15

13. What does Higgins tell Jack he must do in order to be prepared to operate on Dr. Maturin? Hint

study some pictures

get to dry land

sharpen his instruments

find an assistant

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Question 14 of 15

14. What gives Jack the idea to disguise the "Surprise" as a whaling ship to lure the "Acheron" close enough to feel her broadside? Hint

Mr. Blakeney suggests it

A Galapogos beetle

Stephen's rare phasmid

One of Stephen's books

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is significant about the Doctor aboard the "Acheron?" Hint

he's actually the ship's Captain

he's really a woman in disguise

he's an English spy

he's a notorious English turncoat

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where is Her Majesty's Ship Surprise when the movie begins?

Answer: off the coast of Brazil

The action throughout the movie takes place along both coasts of Brazil, and in the Galapagos Islands.

2. Who was the first to notice something that turned out to be the ferocious French frigate "Acheron?"

Answer: A seaman on watch duty

He didn't actually see a sail, but did call the fog bank to Mr. Hollom's attention, as he thought that he head something, "like a bell." Ships used bells to announce the time.

3. What is the term that means "everyone to their stations in preparation for battle?"

Answer: "beat to quarters"

The signal was a snare drum, played by one of the marines, which always accompanied Her Majesty's ships.

4. What was tattooed across the fingers of able seaman Joe Plaice, whose brains later became an object of interest to the Surprise?

Answer: hold fast

Although I couldn't be sure why he had this tattooed across his middle eight fingers, it might be surmised that "hold fast" is translatable to "hold on tightly" (as it was very easy to wash overboard, or "stay strong," since Plaice does show the tattoo to Blakeney during the height of the first encounter with the "Acheron."

5. What does Jack tell the sailing master, Mr. Allen, that they do not have time to go "crawling through the Brazilian rain forest" to find?

Answer: a new mast

Ships in these days were used to getting blown apart, whether by nature or enemy ships, and would carry lumber and parts with which to refit at sea. Crews were often so efficient that they could have a badly damamged ship up and running in a day.

6. What do the sailors specifically refer to the "Acheron" as while discussing her belowdecks, in regards to the sort of ship she is?

Answer: a privateer

Privateers would receive a written affadavit from the government under which her owner operated, that said that the ship could prey upon any enemy of her country, and "sink, burn, or take her a prize." Prize money would then be distributed in a heirarchial order: the government, the captain, the officers, and the crew.

7. Respectively, what intruments do the captain and the surgeon play?

Answer: fiddle and cello

Jack and Stephen actually met, in the books, at a concert.

8. What is the 'sailor jargon' phrase uttered in the movie that means something fails to function properly? "It ________."

Answer: don't answer

That's what happened when the "Acheron" pounded the "Surprise's" rudder...her steering didn't answer. Barrett Bonden said so.

9. Who was it that lit the lanterns and unfurled the sails on the dummy-float that Cpt. Aubrey devised to distract the "Acheron" the night of their second meeting with the ship?

Answer: Peter Calamy

"Now tell me that wasn't fun?!"

10. What do the sailors begin to refer to Mr. Hollom as, following a string of bad luck with which they associate him? "A ________."

Answer: jonah

Everyone pretty much knows the story: Jonah offends God, God causes bad luck to rain down on the ship that carries him.

11. What eventually happens to Mr. Hollom?

Answer: he commits suicide by jumping into the water holding gun shot

I thought it was a sad twist of irony that the "Surprise" got her wind the next day.

12. Why do Stephen and Jack get into a shouting match after the "Surprise" picks up the two survivors of a whaling ship taken by the "Acheron?"

Answer: Jack won't let Stephen off the ship to explore the Gal�pagos Islands, like he promised

The movie did a great job of recreating the dynamic between Stephen and Jack as it was in the book. They disagreed on everything from women to politics, almost killed each other in a duel once, but are virtually inseparable friends.

13. What does Higgins tell Jack he must do in order to be prepared to operate on Dr. Maturin?

Answer: study some pictures

But it was just to get his bearings!

14. What gives Jack the idea to disguise the "Surprise" as a whaling ship to lure the "Acheron" close enough to feel her broadside?

Answer: Stephen's rare phasmid

15. What is significant about the Doctor aboard the "Acheron?"

Answer: he's actually the ship's Captain

The rare phasmid was that strange bug that disguised itself as a stick to confuse its enemies.

Source: Author ilyahna

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