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Whatever Floats My Boat Trivia Quiz

The following quiz involves references to boats and/or sailing.

A multiple-choice quiz by JellyTrollMorton. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
JellyTrollMorton

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
148,444

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
851

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who sang 'In the Navy?' Hint

Barry Sadler

the Village People

The Beatles

Bob Dylan

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Question 2 of 10

2. What song did Frankie Ford release in 1959? Hint

Red Sails in the Sunset

Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat.

Sea Cruise

The Last Danceband on the Titanic

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Question 3 of 10

3. What boat did Gordon Lightfoot make famous? Hint

The USS Missouri

The Andrea Doria

The Edmund Fitzgerald

The Lusiania

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which song have the Kingston Trio and the Beach Boys both performed? Hint

The Banana Boat Song

The Sloop John B

The HMS Pinafore

The Wreck of the Arthur Lee

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Question 5 of 10

5. What song by George Harrison has the same title as a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about a shipwreck? Hint

The Wreck of the Hesperus

The Raft of the Medusa

Here Comes the Sun

Greenland Whale Fisheries

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Question 6 of 10

6. What song won the Grammy Award for Best Song of 1980?

Answer: (one word (remember the topic of this quiz))

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which song by Looking Glass did a sailor admit that 'No harbor was his home?' Hint

Jamaican Farewell

Brandy

Sea Cruise

Jimmy Love Mary Ann

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Question 8 of 10

8. According to the Blues Image, how many men sailed up from the San Francisco Bay? Hint

100

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Question 9 of 10

9. What song was a hit for the Hues Corporation in 1974? Hint

Yellow Submarine

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Rock the Boat

Ship of Fools

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which artist recorded a song about the sinking of an American ship in World War II, and also recorded a song about the sinking of a
German ship in World War II? Hint

Johnny Cash

Johnny Horton

John Lennon

Elton John

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who sang 'In the Navy?'

Answer: the Village People

Even though none of them dressed up like sailors, the Village People did perform this song.

2. What song did Frankie Ford release in 1959?

Answer: Sea Cruise

'Sea Cruise' reached #14 on the Billboard Charts in 1959. 'Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat' is a song from the musical 'Guys and Dolls,'
'The Last Danceband on the Titanic' was written and performed by Harry Chapin, and 'Red Sails in the Sunset' was first performed by Bing Crosby in 1935.

3. What boat did Gordon Lightfoot make famous?

Answer: The Edmund Fitzgerald

The "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was a song by Gordon Lightfoot about a real iron ore carrier, the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in Lake Superior in 1975. The details in the song are basically true.

4. Which song have the Kingston Trio and the Beach Boys both performed?

Answer: The Sloop John B

The Sloop John B. was first published in 1927 by Carl Sandburg in
an anthology of traditional folk songs. The Sloop John B supposedly
sunk after a wild night of partying aboard the boat.

5. What song by George Harrison has the same title as a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about a shipwreck?

Answer: The Wreck of the Hesperus

The song by George Harrison and the poem by Longfellow have little in common other than the title.

6. What song won the Grammy Award for Best Song of 1980?

Answer: Sailing

Sailing was performed by Christopher Cross, who also won Record of the Year in 1980.

7. In which song by Looking Glass did a sailor admit that 'No harbor was his home?'

Answer: Brandy

"Brandy (you're a fine girl)" contained the line. "Jamaican Farewell" was performed by Harry Belafonte, "Sea Cruise" was performed by Frankie Ford, and although Looking Glass also performed "Jimmy Loves Mary Ann," there was no mention of sailors or harbors in that song.

8. According to the Blues Image, how many men sailed up from the San Francisco Bay?

Answer: 73

The song "Ride, Captain Ride" opens with the line "Seventy-three men sailed up, from the San Francisco Bay."

9. What song was a hit for the Hues Corporation in 1974?

Answer: Rock the Boat

"Rock the Boat" is the official title of the song that I thought was titled "Don't Rock the Boat."

10. Which artist recorded a song about the sinking of an American ship in World War II, and also recorded a song about the sinking of a German ship in World War II?

Answer: Johnny Horton

Johnny Horton recorded "The Sinking of the Reuben James," a song by Woodie Guthrie about the first American ship that was sunk during World War II, and wrote and performed "Sink the Bismarck," a song
about a German battleship sunk by the British.

Source: Author JellyTrollMorton

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