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NAVAL HISTORY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SITE OF AN IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR NAVAL BATTLE, THIS BAY IS HOME TO ALABAMA'S ONLY SEAPORT | MOBILE |
| IN THE "GREAT WAR"'S BIGGEST NAVAL BATTLE, THE BRITISH AND GERMAN FLEETS FOUGHT TO A DRAW OFF THIS DANISH PENINSULA | JUTLAND |
| IT WAS JOHN PAUL JONES' RESPONSE WHEN ASKED TO SURRENDER HIS SHIP DURING A 1779 NAVAL BATTLE | "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT" |
| HE SERVED AT THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS BEFORE BECOMING THE USA'S GREATEST SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR NAVAL HERO | ADMIRAL DEWEY |
| AT THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY, THIS UNION NAVAL OFFICER WON FAME BY SAYING, "DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!" | DAVID FARRAGUT |
| MARC ANTONY'S FINAL DEFEAT WAS IN A NAVAL BATTLE AGAINST THE FORCES OF THIS MAN WHO LATER BECAME EMPEROR | OCTAVIUS |
| ADMIRAL NELSON WON THIS DECISIVE 1805 NAVAL BATTLE BUT PAID FOR THE VICTORY WITH HIS LIFE | BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR |
| WW II'S BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA WAS THE FIRST NAVAL BATTLE THAT USED ONLY THESE | AIRPLANES |
| IN THIS 1925 FILM, RUSSIAN DIRECTOR SERGEI EISENSTEIN TOLD THE STORY OF A NAVAL REVOLT ABOARD A BATTLESHIP | POTEMKIN |
| THE 1571 BATTLE OF LEPANTO WAS THE LAST MAJOR NAVAL BATTLE BETWEEN SHIPS POWERED BY THESE | OARS(MEN) |
| PUTTING AN ARMY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THIS FLEET WAS ONE REASON FOR ITS POOR SHOWING IN A 1588 NAVAL BATTLE | SPANISH ARMADA |
| THIS ATOLL, 1,300 MILES NW OF HONOLULU, THE SITE OF A 1942 NAVAL BATTLE, IS ACTUALLY 2 SMALL ISLANDS: SAND & EASTERN | MIDWAY |
| THE 31 B.C. NAVAL BATTLE OF ACTIUM PITTED OCTAVIAN VS. THIS MAN, WHOSE SUICIDE WITH HIS LOVER A YEAR LATER BECAME LEGENDARY | MARC ANTONY |
| FDR COLLECTED WATERCOLORS OF THE NAVAL BATTLES WITH THIS COUNTRY IN 1846-47 | MEXICO |
| THIS UKRAINIAN BLACK SEA PORT WAS THE SITE OF A 1905 NAVAL MUTINY PORTRAYED IN THE FILM "BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN" | ODESSA |
| IN A FAMOUS NAVAL BATTLE OF 1779, IT WAS THE SHIP THAT DEFEATED THE SERAPIS | BONHOMME RICHARD |
| IT'S THE CLASSIC NAVAL COMBAT GAME FROM MILTON BRADLEY | BATTLESHIP |
| IN 1862 THESE 2 IRONCLADS FOUGHT FOR 4 HOURS WITH NEITHER SHIP RECEIVING MUCH DAMAGE | MONITOR & MERRIMAC |
| IN THIS 1805 BATTLE, LORD NELSON SPLIT ADMIRAL VILLENEUVE'S FLEET IN HALF & THEN PROCEEDED TO DESTROY EACH HALF | TRAFALGAR |
| THE FIRST EXTENSIVELY RECORDED NAVAL BATTLE WAS IN 480 B.C.AT SALAMIS WHERE THIS GREEK CITY-STATE BEAT THE PERSIANS | ATHENS |
| IN A 1588 BATTLE, THIS FLEET COMMANDED BY MEDINA SIDONIA LOST 63 SHIPS DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND THE BRITISH NAVY | SPANISH ARMADA |
| THE U.S. LOST THE DESTROYER HAMMANN & THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER YORKTOWN IN THIS JUNE, 1942 BATTLE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC | MIDWAY |
| ROMANS USED TO FLOOD THE PIAZZA NAVONA MAINLY TO STAGE MOCK VERSIONS OF THESE | NAVAL BATTLES |
| REPORTING HIS 1813 NAVAL BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE, HE REMARKED, "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE OURS" | OLIVER HAZZARD PERRY |
| DURING THE BATTLE FOR THIS ALABAMA BAY, DAVID FARRAGUT UTTERED, "DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!" | MOBILE BAY |
| A NAVAL FORCE MADE UP OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER & SUPPORT VESSELS | BATTLE GROUP |
| DURING WW II, AMERICA WON ITS 1ST MAJOR VICTORY OVER JAPAN IN THIS NAVAL BATTLE, ABOUT 1,200 MILES FROM HAWAII | MIDWAY |
| WW I'S NAVAL BATTLE OF JUTLAND TOOK PLACE IN THIS SEA | NORTH SEA |
| CARNIVAL AMUSEMENT AREA WITH THE SAME NAME AS A 1942 NAVAL BATTLE | MIDWAY |
| THE MAIN 1942 BATTLE OF THIS SEA OFF AUSTRALIA WAS THE FIRST NAVAL BATTLE WAGED ENTIRELY BY AIR POWER | CORAL SEA |
| IN 241 B.C. THE FIRST OF THESE WARS ENDED SOON AFTER ROME DEFEATED CARTHAGE IN A NAVAL BATTLE OFF SICILY | PUNIC WARS |
| THE 1805 BATTLE FOUGHT OFF THIS SPANISH CAPE ESTABLISHED BRITISH NAVAL SUPERIORITY FOR 100 YEARS | TRAFALGAR |
| BY FLOODING THE ARENA, THIS LARGEST ROMAN AMPHITHEATER COULD BE USED FOR MOCK NAVAL BATTLES | COLOSSEUM |
| HE SERVED AT THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS BEFORE BECOMING THE USA'S GREATEST SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR NAVAL HERO | ADMIRAL DEWEY |
| JANUARY 9, 1806: THE STATE FUNERAL FOR THIS NAVAL WAR HERO IS CONDUCTED | HORATIO NELSON |
| "AMERICA HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE COUNTRY SINCE THE AGE OF 13 WHEN I FIRST SAW IT", SAID THIS NAVAL HERO OF THE REVOLUTION | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| THIS NAVAL HERO THOUGHT UP HIS SURNAME TO HIDE FROM THE BRITISH, WHO TRIED TO ARREST HIM AS A PIRATE | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| "MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG" | STEPHEN DECATUR |
| JAMES FENIMORE COOPER'S NOVEL "THE PILOT" BOASTS A MYSTERIOUS TITLE CHARACTER MODELED ON THIS NAVAL HERO | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| IN 1778 THIS NAVAL HERO CAPTURED THE DRAKE, THE FIRST BRITISH SHIP DEFEATED IN WAR BY AN AMERICAN SHIP | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| IN 1801 LADY EMMA HAMILTON BORE THIS NAVAL HERO A DAUGHTER WHILE BOTH WERE MARRIED TO OTHER PEOPLE | ADMIRAL NELSON |
| JOHN PAUL JONES NAMED HIS SHIP THE BONHOMME RICHARD IN HONOR OF HIM | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN |
| IN 1970 C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON WROTE A BIOGRAPHY OF THIS NAVAL HERO CREATED BY C.S. FORESTER | HORATIO HORNBLOWER |
| BROTHER OF NAVAL HERO OLIVER, HE COMMANDED THE NAVY'S FIRST STEAMSHIP, THE FULTON, IN 1837 | MATTHEW PERRY |
| THIS NAVAL HERO HELPED OUTFIT THE ALFRED, THE FIRST SHIP BOUGHT BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| IRONICALLY, THIS CHICAGO AIRPORT WAS NAMED FOR A NAVAL HERO | O'HARE INTERNATIONAL |
| WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN BATTLE IN 1805, HE WAS WEARING A UNIFORM COAT WITH SEWN-ON REPLICAS OF HIS 4 ORDERS OF CHIVALRY | LORD NELSON |
| UNABLE TO SAY THIS FUTURE LEADER'S TRIBAL NAME, A TEACHER GAVE HIM A NEW NAME, PERHAPS AFTER A BRITISH NAVAL HERO | NELSON MANDELA |
| THE FIRST NAME OF BOTH A NAVAL HERO AND A CHARACTER IN "HAMLET", IT'S FROM THE LATIN FOR "TIMEKEEPER" | HORATIO |
| IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION GEORGE DEWEY WOULD ASK HIMSELF, WHAT WOULD THIS MAN, HIS FORMER COMMANDER, DO? | ADMIRAL DAVID FARRAGUT |
| A TICKER-TAPE PARADE WAS HELD IN HONOR OF THIS ADMIRAL FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM VICTORY AT MANILA BAY | DEWEY |
| GEORGE VANCOUVER NAMED THIS MOUNTAIN FOR A REAR ADMIRAL FRIEND | MT. RANIER |
| "THANK GOD. I HAVE DONE MY DUTY" | NELSON |
| CAPTAIN THOMAS HARDY KISSED THIS MORTALLY WOUNDED ADMIRAL AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR | NELSON |
| DURING WWII, NEWSPAPERS GAVE ADMIRAL WILLIAM HALSEY THIS NICKNAME | "BULL" |
| THE GRANDFATHER AND FATHER OF THE POLITICIAN ARE THE USA'S ONLY FATHER & SON TO EACH BE A FULL ADMIRAL | JOHN MCCAIN |
| IN THE 1801 BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN, HE IGNORED ADMIRAL PARKER'S SIGNAL TO DISENGAGE, PUTTING A TELESCOPE TO HIS BLIND EYE | NELSON |
| IT'S THE LOWEST RANK OF ADMIRAL IN THE U.S. NAVY | REAR ADMIRAL |
| DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE EARL OF SANDWICH WAS FIRST LORD THIS, GOVERNING BRITAIN'S NAVY | ADMIRALTY |
| THE JAPANESE SIGNED SURRENDER PAPERS ON THIS ADMIRAL'S FLAGSHIP, THE USS MISSOURI | HALSEY |
| BRITAIN'S FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY AT THE START OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR; KNOWN FOR HIS LUNCHTIME PREFERENCES | EARL OF SANDWICH |
| IN JULY 1866 HE BECAME THE USA'S FIRST FULL ADMIRAL | DAVID FARRAGUT |
| THE US NAVY HAS FLEET, REAR, AND VICE TYPES OF THIS RANK, FROM AN ARABIC WORD FOR "COMMANDER" | ADMIRAL |
| IN 1788 THIS HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ACCEPTED AN OFFER TO SERVE AS A REAR ADMIRAL FOR THE RUSSIAN NAVY | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON WON A PULITZER FOR "ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA", ABOUT THIS MAN WHO DIED IN 1506 | COLUMBUS |
| RANKING JUST ABOVE A CAPTAIN, IT'S A U.S. NAVY ADMIRAL WITH 1 STAR | REAR ADMIRAL |
| THIS APTLY NAMED ADMIRAL CLAIMED TO BE THE FIRST TO FLY OVER BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES | RICHARD BYRD |
| ON THE NIGHT OF SEPT, 13-14, 1814, BRITISH ADMIRAL GEORGE COCKBURN TRIED TO TAKE THIS FORT BUT FAILED | FORT MCHENRY |
| RAISED IN MAINE, THIS BOWDOWIN ALUMNUS HIRED MATTHEW HENSON IN 1887 TO ASSIST A NICARAGUAN SURVEY | ADMIRAL PEARY |
| A JANUARY 1942 REPORT FAULTED GENERAL WALTER SHORT & ADMIRAL HUSBAND KIMMEL FOR THE DISASTROUSNESS OF THIS EVENT | PEARL HARBOR |
| MATTHEW HENSON, AUTHOR OF "A NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE NORTH POLE", WAS REINTERRED APTLY NEAR THIS ADMIRAL IN 1988 | PEARY |
| MEANS OF TRANSMISSION OF THE HISTORIC MESSAGE, "ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY" | FLAGS |
| IN 1899 CONGRESS CREATED THE HONORARY TITLE "ADMIRAL OF THE NAVY" JUST FOR HIM | ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY |
| IN 1947 HE BECAME HEAD OF THE NAVAL REACTORS BRANCH OF THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION | ADMIRAL HYMAN RICKOVER |
| 19 YEARS AFTER HIS VICTORY AT MANILA BAY, THIS U.S. ADMIRAL LAY IN STATE IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA | DEWEY |
| NAMED FOR A BRITISH ADMIRAL, THIS INACTIVE VOLCANO IN THE CASCADES LAST ERUPTED IN 1865 | MT. HOOD |
| "IN TIME OF PEACE, PREPARE FOR WAR" | JOHN PAUL JONES |
| IN THE WAR OF 1812 THIS BALTIMORE FORT ENDURED A DAY-LONG BOMBING BY BRITISH VICE ADMIRAL ALEXANDER COCHRANE | FORT MCHENRY |
| THIS ADMIRAL LED A THIRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, DISCOVERING THURSTON ISLAND IN 1939 | RICHARD BYRD |
| AFTER WWII, THIS FLEET ADMIRAL SERVED AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS | CHESTER NIMITZ |
| IN 1955 THIS ADMIRAL MADE HIS FIFTH & FINAL EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA | ADMIRAL BYRD |
| THIS ADMIRAL GAVE NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING TO CHARLES LINDBERGH PRIOR TO HIS HISTORIC 1927 TRANSATLANTIC SOLO FLIGHT | ADMIRAL BYRD |
| DURING WW I, THIS FUTURE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SERVED AS FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY | CHURCHILL |
| HENRY FONDA AND GLENN FORD WERE ADMIRALS NIMITZ & SPRUANCE IN THE 1976 MOVIE ABOUT THIS CRUCIAL BATTLE OF WWII | MIDWAY |
| IN 1911 IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ARCTIC EXPLORATION, CONGRESS MADE HIM A REAR ADMIRAL | PEARY |
| OPERA: DICK DEADEYE, ADMIRAL SIR JOSEPH PORTER, CAPTAIN CORCORAN | H.M.S. PINAFORE |
| FOR HIS WORK IN DEVELOPING NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBS, THIS ADMIRAL WAS KNOWN AS THE "FATHER OF THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE" | HYMAN RICKOVER |
| THIS SEA OFF THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA WAS NAMED FOR REAR ADMIRAL FRANCIS... | BEAUFORT |
| ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ FORMED THIS GROUP DURING WWII TO SHOWCASE NAVAL AVIATION | BLUE ANGELS |
| IN DEC. 1944, THIS COMMANDER OF THE PACIFIC FLEET WAS PROMOTED TO THE NAVY'S NEWEST & HIGHEST RANK, FLEET ADMIRAL | CHESTER NIMITZ |
| ON SEPT. 1, 1909 FREDERICK COOK CLAIMED TO HAVE BEATEN HIM TO THE NORTH POLE BY A YEAR | ROBERT PEARY |
| IN DEC. 1928, HE ESTABLISHED LITTLE AMERICA IN ANTARCTICA | BYRD |
| BRITISH ADMIRAL FAMOUS FOR A WIND SCALE | FRANCIS BEAUFORT |
| HE REPLACED ADMIRAL WILLIAM CROWE IN 1989 AS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINTS CHIEFS OF STAFF | COLIN POWELL |
| ADMIRAL NIMITZ SIGNED THE JAPANESE SURRENDER FOR THE U.S.; HE SIGNED AS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER | MACARTHUR |
| HE WAS IN COMMAND OF THE U.S.S. FULTON, AN EARLY NAVAL STEAMSHIP, WHEN HE OPENED U.S. TRADE WITH JAPAN | MATTHEW PERRY |
| IT WAS THE NICKNAME OF ADMIRAL EDWARD VERNON, WHO HAD THE RUM RATION WATERED DOWN | "GROG" |
| THE LAST KING OF THIS SCANDANAVIAN COUNTRY WAS FREDERICK IX, A REAR ADMIRAL WHO DIED IN 1972 | DENMARK |
| AFFIRMATIVE REPLY TO AN ADMIRAL'S COMMAND | AYE-AYE |
| IT'S WHERE BRITISH ADMIRAL FRASER, CANADIAN ARMY COLONEL COSGRAVE, AND JAPANESE GENERAL UMEZU ALL STOOD ON SEPT. 2, 1945 | USS MISSOURI |
| HIS BOOKS INCLUDE "SKYWARD"(1928), "LITTLE AMERICA"(1930) & "ALONE"(1938) | ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD |
| HIS HALF-BROTHER LAWRENCE SERVED IN THE BRITISH NAVY UNDER ADMIRAL EDWARD VERNON | GEORGE WASHINGTON |
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