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Famous US Navy Quotes Trivia Quiz

Ever wonder where some of those seaworthy quotes originated from? Here is a quiz about several famous quotes that came from the United States Navy.

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

Author
NDcowboy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
254,183

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I have not yet begun to fight!" Hint

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

Captain James Lawrence

Admiral William S. Benson

Captain John Paul Jones

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Question 2 of 10

2. "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." Hint

Admiral Raymond A. Spruance

Admiral William "Bull" Halsey

Captain John Paul Jones

Rear Admiral William S. Sims

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Don't give up the ship!" Hint

Captain Oliver Hazard Perry

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

Captain James Lawrence

Captain John Paul Jones

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Question 4 of 10

4. "We have met the enemy and they are ours..." Hint

Oliver Hazard Perry

William S. Sims

David Glasgow Farragut

James Lawrence

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Hint

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Captain John Paul Jones

Commodore Esek Hopkins

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Question 6 of 10

6. "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley." Hint

Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

Commodore George Dewey

Captain John Paul Jones

Admiral Jack Fletcher

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Question 7 of 10

7. "A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." Hint

President Theodore Roosevelt

President George Washington

President Woodrow Wilson

President John F. Kennedy

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Sighted Sub, Sank Same." Hint

Raymond A. Spruance

William Halsey

Donald Francis Mason

Jack Fletcher

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Take her down!" Hint

Lt. Commander William H. Brockman, Jr.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Commander Howard Walter Gilmore

Admiral William "Bull" Halsey

10. "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" Hint

President John F. Kennedy

President George Bush, Sr.

President Theodore Roosevelt

President Gerald Ford

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I have not yet begun to fight!"

Answer: Captain John Paul Jones

Jones said this during the famous engagement between the US ship Bonhomme Richard and British ship Serapis on Sept. 23 1779. Things weren't going well for Jones's ship and the captain of Serapis, Richard Pearson, asked if Jones would surrender. And so, Jones responded ...

2. "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way."

Answer: Captain John Paul Jones

Talk about devotion to your country.

3. "Don't give up the ship!"

Answer: Captain James Lawrence

After being mortally wounded onboard the U.S. frigate Chesapeake during a fight with the HMS Shannon, Captain Lawrence was carried below. He ordered his men, "Tell the men to fire faster! Don't give up the ship!" Later the Chesapeake was forced to surrender.

4. "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."

Answer: Oliver Hazard Perry

In a dispatch to Major General William Harrison, Perry reported that "We have met hte enemy and they are ours--two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." This engagement took place at the Battle of Lake Erie on Sept 10 1813 during the War of 1812.

5. "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"

Answer: Admiral David Glasgow Farragut

During the Civil War, Admiral Farragut lead a squadron of US ships to engage the Confederates in Mobile Bay, Alabama. The "torpedoes" that Farragut refer to are today's sea mines that were in the area protecting the Confederate Fort Morgan.

6. "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley."

Answer: Commodore George Dewey

On May 1 1898, Commodore Dewey sailed with a fleet to engage the Spanish Navy anchored in Manila Bay in the Phillipines during the Spanish-American War.

7. "A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace."

Answer: President Theodore Roosevelt

So true. Sometimes the greatest military asset is to have strategic deterance (having a powerful force that's at the ready at all times to make potentially hostile groups stand down).

8. "Sighted Sub, Sank Same."

Answer: Donald Francis Mason

Off of Argentia, Newfoundland, Mason, an enlisted pilot named Donald Mason onboard a US Navy ship, sent a message reporting having sunk a German U-Boat on January 28, 1942.

Shoot first, ask questions later.

9. "Take her down!"

Answer: Commander Howard Walter Gilmore

On February 7, 1943, Commander Gilmore of the USS Growler (SS-215) engaged a Japanese gunboat with his submarine. As he watched the battle unfold, he was badly wounded and knocked overboard. He was unable to climb back into his submarine.

Answer: President John F. Kennedy

JFK stated this in a speech to the U.S. Naval Academy on August 1, 1963.

Source: Author NDcowboy

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