98 Ocean Liners And Cruise Ships Trivia Questions with Answers
98 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which cruise ship introduced Bolt, the first roller coaster at sea?
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Mardi Gras
Which Cunard ocean liner entered service in 1946 after serving as a World War II troopship?
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RMS Queen Elizabeth
Which Royal Caribbean cruise ship introduced the first ice-skating rink at sea?
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Voyager of the Seas
Which ocean liner capsized at New York Harbor’s Pier 88 after a 1942 fire?
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SS Normandie
Which ocean liner was designed by William Francis Gibbs and entered service in 1952?
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SS United States
Which cruise ship was the first to use the North Star observation capsule?
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Quantum of the Seas
Which cruise ship introduced Royal Caribbean’s Central Park outdoor neighborhood?
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Oasis of the Seas
What was the destination of RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage in April 1912?
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New York City
Which ocean liner was launched in 1932 by the French Line?
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SS Normandie
Which cruise ship was grounded off Italy in January 2012?
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Costa Concordia
Which ship was the first purpose-built ocean liner of the 21st century?
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Queen Mary 2
Which ocean liner set the fastest transatlantic passenger-ship record in 1952?
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SS United States
Which ocean liner was the first purpose-built cruise ship, entering service in 1901 for Hamburg-America Line?
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Prinzessin Victoria Luise
Which cruise ship introduced the first onboard rock-climbing wall in 1999?
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Voyager of the Seas
Which cruise ship introduced Disney Cruise Line’s AquaDuck water coaster?
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Disney Dream
Which ocean liner was the first to win the Blue Riband for a German company?
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SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Which ocean liner was the largest ship in the world when launched in 1858?
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SS Great Eastern
Which ocean liner was the first to use a swimming pool aboard ship?
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RMS Adriatic
Which Cunard ocean liner held the Blue Riband for almost 20 years after 1909?
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RMS Mauretania
Which cruise ship was the first vessel built specifically for Virgin Voyages?
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Scarlet Lady
Which ocean liner sank after colliding with Stockholm off Nantucket in 1956?
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SS Andrea Doria
Which ocean liner became the first ship to exceed 1,000 feet in length?
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RMS Queen Mary
Which cruise line operated MS Disney Magic, its first ship, when the vessel entered service in 1998?
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Disney Cruise Line
Which ocean liner collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm in 1956?
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SS Andrea Doria
Which cruise ship became the first to feature an IMAX cinema at sea?
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Carnival Vista
Which cruise ship introduced Celebrity Cruises’ half-acre real-grass Lawn Club?
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Celebrity Solstice
Which ship was the first vessel of the Olympic-class ocean liners?
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RMS Olympic
Which cruise ship was the first to feature a full-size Broadway-style theater production at sea?
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Oasis of the Seas
Which ship was the first nuclear-powered passenger and cargo vessel?
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NS Savannah
Which cruise ship introduced Royal Caribbean’s first onboard zip line?
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Oasis of the Seas
Which ocean liner became the first to carry more than 2,000 passengers on a single voyage?
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SS Great Eastern
Which engineer designed SS Great Britain, the pioneering iron-hulled, screw-propelled steamship?
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Which ship was the first passenger liner to cross the Atlantic in under five days?
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RMS Mauretania