79 Deepest Oceans Trivia Questions with Answers
79 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which support vessel surveyed deep sites for Limiting Factor dives?
Answer
DSSV Pressure Drop
Which Soviet vessel recorded 11,034 m in Challenger Deep in 1957?
Answer
RV Vityaz
Which plate subducts beneath the Okhotsk plate at the Japan Trench?
Answer
Pacific Plate
Which trench is also known as the Izu-Bonin Trench?
Answer
Izu-Ogasawara Trench
Which trench reaches about 10,047 m northeast of New Zealand?
Answer
Kermadec Trench
Which trench is described as the world's only subzero hadal zone?
Answer
South Sandwich Trench
What is the listed maximum depth of Molloy Deep?
Answer
5,550 m
Who reached the bottom of Molloy Deep on 24 August 2019?
Answer
Victor Vescovo
Which DSV was renamed Bakunawa after its 2022 sale?
Answer
Limiting Factor
Who piloted Trieste with Don Walsh at Challenger Deep?
Answer
Jacques Piccard
On what date did Trieste reach Challenger Deep?
Answer
23 January 1960
Which strait contains the Molloy Deep?
Answer
Fram Strait
Which trench contains the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer
Puerto Rico Trench
Who made the first solo descent to Challenger Deep?
Answer
James Cameron
Which ocean's deepest point is Milwaukee Deep?
Answer
Atlantic Ocean
Which is the deepest trench in the world not located in the Pacific Ocean?
Answer
Puerto Rico Trench
What is the depth of the Horizon Deep in the Tonga Trench?
Answer
10,882 meters
What is the depth of the Calypso Deep in meters?
Answer
5,109 meters
What is the name of the deepest point in the Philippine Trench?
Answer
Emden Deep
Which submersible was used by James Cameron to reach the Challenger Deep in 2012?
Answer
Deepsea Challenger
What is the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea?
Answer
Cayman Trench
What is the second deepest ocean trench after the Mariana Trench?
Answer
Tonga Trench
What is the name of the trench that contains the Challenger Deep?
Answer
Mariana Trench
In which ocean is the Mariana Trench located?
Answer
Pacific Ocean