Kumquat and Sea Spirits

Question 1

Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy, historically a danger on long ocean voyages?

Accepted Answer

Vitamin C

Answer

Vitamin D

Answer

Vitamin B12

Answer

Vitamin A

Question 2

Which actor portrays Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean films?

Accepted Answer

Johnny Depp

Answer

Brad Pitt

Answer

Hugh Jackman

Answer

Orlando Bloom

Question 3

Which Spanish city hosts the annual Las Fallas festival, famous for burning elaborate sculptures?

Accepted Answer

Valencia

Answer

Málaga

Answer

Seville

Answer

Alicante

Question 4

In Greek mythology, which hero had himself tied to a mast to resist the Sirens?

Accepted Answer

Odysseus

Answer

Perseus

Answer

Theseus

Answer

Jason

Question 5

Which composer wrote the opera The Flying Dutchman, first performed in 1843?

Accepted Answer

Richard Wagner

Answer

Georges Bizet

Answer

Giacomo Puccini

Answer

Giuseppe Verdi

Question 6

Who became the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?

Accepted Answer

Bartolomeu Dias

Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer

Vasco da Gama

Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 7

Which classic cocktail is traditionally made with rum, lime juice, and sugar?

Accepted Answer

Daiquiri

Answer

Margarita

Answer

Gimlet

Answer

Sidecar

Question 8

Which citrus fruit originated as a hybrid of a pomelo and a sweet orange?

Accepted Answer

Grapefruit

Answer

Clementine

Answer

Satsuma

Answer

Tangerine

Question 9

Who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, first published in 1798?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Answer

John Keats

Answer

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Answer

William Wordsworth

Question 10

Which author created Paddington, the bear with a fondness for marmalade sandwiches?

Accepted Answer

Michael Bond

Answer

Roald Dahl

Answer

Beatrix Potter

Answer

A. A. Milne