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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Submarines

Which submarine sank the passenger liner RMS Lusitania in 1915?

Answer

U-20

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Submarines

Which submarine became the first to reach the North Pole underwater in 1958?

Answer

USS Nautilus

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Submarines

What is the name of the submarine that was the first nuclear-powered vessel to circumnavigate Earth?

Answer

USS Triton

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Submarines

Which World War II submarine sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in 1944?

Answer

USS Archerfish

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Submarines

What term describes a submarine-launched ballistic missile?

Answer

SLBM

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Submarines

What is the name of the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans, first reached by the bathyscaphe Trieste in 1960?

Answer

Challenger Deep

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Submarines

Which country built the submarine Turtle, used in an unsuccessful 1776 attack on a British warship?

Answer

United States

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Ocean Liners And Cruise Ships

In what California city is RMS Queen Mary permanently moored as a hotel and attraction?

Answer

Long Beach

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ocean Liners And Cruise Ships

Which White Star Line ship served as the troopship HMT Olympic during World War I?

Answer

RMS Olympic

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Ocean Liners And Cruise Ships

Which Royal Caribbean ship became the world’s largest cruise ship when it entered service in 2024?

Answer

Icon of the Seas

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ocean Liners And Cruise Ships

Which ship became the first nuclear-powered merchant vessel built in the United States?

Answer

NS Savannah

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ocean Liners And Cruise Ships

Which French liner was the world’s longest passenger ship when it entered service in 1961?

Answer

SS France

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