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Battle 8
Battle of the Books Questions - Dive
Question | Answer |
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WHAT SPORT DID KAZ PLAY BACK HOME? | HOCKEY |
WHERE DID KACZINKSI PLAY HOCKEY? | THE TORONTO AREA |
WHO FROM POSEIDON OCEANOGRAPHIC WAS LEADING THE DIVE TEAM? | TAD CUTTER |
WHO WAS STEVEN P. ALLAGASH? | HE WAS THE SPORTS AGENT HIRED BY KAZ'S DAD |
WHO WAS THE UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER? | DANTE LEWIS |
WHAT WAS POSEIDON? | ONE OF THE TOP OCEAN RESEARC OUTFITS IN THE WORLD |
WHICH ONE OF THE DIVERS WAS HANDICAPPED? | STAR LING |
WHAT ISLAND WAS THE POSEIDON ON? | ST. LUC |
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE R/V THAT STAR SAT ON AND WATCHED THE HARBOR FROM? | HERNANDO CORTES |
WHAT DID STAR USE TO MAKE THE JOB OF PUTTING ON HER WETSUIT SO EASY? | LIQUID DISH DETERGENT ON HER SKIN |
Where does Adriana's uncle work? | British Museum in London |
Who did Adriana's uncle pick to be the assistant at the museum this year instead of Adriana? | Adriana's brother Payton |
Dante broke rule number one - what was rule number one? | Don't walk with flippers on. |
What does Kaz do to his mask to prevent it from fogging up? | He spits into his maskā¦. |
Why can't a diver touch the reef? | The reef is composed of millions of tine polyps and the slightest touch kill the outermost layer of creatures. |
What gas do you worry about being in your bloodstream if you ascend too quickly while diving? | Nitrogen |
What is the name of the 18 foot tiger shark who lives in the waters where they were diving? | Clarence |
What is the name of the boat they were diving from? | Hernando Cortes |
What did English accuse the kids of doing with the silver bucket on the deck? | He accused the 4 of letting the octupus go |
What boat was assigned to Cutter that the 4 interns were SUPPOSED to go out on for their dives? | |
Ponce de Leon | |
What was Adriana's uncle's name that took her brother to Syria? | Uncle Alfie |
What was hanging in the window of the cottage that the 4 teens went to take a picture of? | An eagle that was 300 years old |
Who was living in the cottage that had the object hanging in the window? | English |
What was the name of the lady on board who found the kids sleeping onboard? | Marina Kappas |
What type of plane did they think they found while on their dive? | A World War II German airplane with a swastika on it. |
What was Star trying to recover when she got caught in the plane and lost her air supply? | Bullets from the gun that was in the plane |
What was the plane they discovered really from? | A movie production |
What is "bell work"? | Work that keeps you busy and out of the way |
How often did the divers have to "outgas" (expel residual nitrogen)? | Every four days |
What kind of camera was Dante constantly carrying around his neck? | A Nikonos |
When Cutter was lying to the teens about the anchor they found, he told them it too was from a movie with Harrison Ford. What boat did they say the ancohor was from? | Queen Anne's Revenge |
Who was the actor who starred in the movie with the ship Queen Anne's Revenge? | Harrison Ford |
When the kids were deserted and decided to enter the office of Marina. Reardon and Cutter, | |
they discovered a glass with something in it. What was in the glass? | A coin soaking in a chemical. What they thought was the anchor was a valuable coin. |
What was this money called? | A piece of eight |
What kind of money was it? | Spanish Money |
This coin was made from silver pulled from mines of what continent? | South America |
What was Dante's secret about himself that he finally admitted to the group when they | |
started asking him questions about how he sees things that others can't? | He admitted he is color blind |
Who was the captain of the Hernando Cortes? | Captain Vanover |
When the four teens finally got to the Ponce de Leon, after the Cortes took them out to track the ship down, there was something peculiar about Reardon. What was it that they should have noticed about him? | His hair was wet. He had just gotten out of the water. |
What did they discover that Reardon had done to the reef that made the big explosion? | He had used dynamite to explode the reef |
They discovered that Reardon, Marina and Cutter were not scientistsā¦..what were they? | Treasure Hunters |
What was Reardon's special bait that he used to fish with? | Squid Parts and cold pizza |
What did Reardon have on his line that tugged Kaz down and eventually put him | |
in a very dangerous situation? | A 400 pound grouper |
Who went down and rescued Kaz from Clarence? | English |
What finally made Clarence let go of his grip of the cage? | English's hit into the Shark's eye with his compressed air tank |
What was left in the cage after Kaz and English exited? | An octopus |
What did English do with the octopus? | He threw it back in the water |
What did Cutter say over the radio that showed he was not an oceanographer? | "Was that a WHALE? |
What initials were etched into the carved white handle that Star discovered? | JB |
How long did it take for the Griffin to reach the NEW WORLD? | 4 months |
What was the Griffin there to do at the richest place in all Creation? | They were there to steal their treasure and burn their city to the ground |
How old was Samuel Higgin when the voyage of the Griffin started? | 14 years old |
How old was Samuel when he was kidnapped? | 6 years old |
Where was he living when he was kidnapped? | Liverpool |
What inspired Samuel Higgins to sign on to work for the Griffin? | A plate of stew and future wages |
What did the JB on the coin stand for? | James Blade |
What was in the handle of the snake whip that Captain James Blade used to beat the boys with? | A green emerald the size of a musket ball |
Where was Poseidon's main office located? | San Diego California |
What was Evan's job on the Griffin? | He was the sail maker |
Why was Evans part of the Griffin's voyage? | He was forced by poverty. He was earning money for his wife and daughters |
What did Evans do for a living before getting on the Griffin? | He was a farmer |