1) During a tack, one of your shipmates calls to you: "Hey, you've got a hockle!" Your reaction is:

1. Duck.
2. Clear the sheet.
3. Check your hair.
4. Reverse the course.

2) You are solo at the helm. It is well dark and somewhat hazy. Off to your starboard you dimly see two white lights, one over the other and, even more dimly a red light to the right and a green light to the left.

1. Hold your course, you have right of way.
2. Wake the Captain and see what he/she thinks.
3. Start the engine, put it to maximum rpms, steer at right angles to the lights, blow the horn repeatedly until all your crew members are on deck and fire flares between the two white lights on the other ship.
4. Start reciting the 23^rd Psalm.
5. C and D. Start the engine, put it to maximum rpms, steer at right angles to the lights, blow the horn repeatedly until all your crew members are on deck and fire flares between the two white lights on the other ship. Then start reciting the 23^rd Psalm!

3) Again, it is dark and hazy. Again, you are on watch alone. You see a couple of boats ahead. One off to your right shows three white lights in a vertical line and then a green light. A bit to the left she has a yellow light over a white light. Off to your left a ways is a ship just showing you a green light. You:

1. Fire a flare at the ship on your right.
2. Stop. Reverse your course. Call the Captain.
3. Keep your course. You have the right of way.

4) You have breakfast duty. One of your shipmates asks for a Grande Double Shot Latte Machiato, half skim, no foam. What do you do?

1. Make it, with perhaps a dash of cinnamon to show your style.
2. Throw the impostor overboard. No true shipmate would ask for a machiato latte.
3. Give him/her a cup of your best coffee and remind him/her that they are on breakfast tomorrow.
4. Call the Captain.
5. B and D. Throw the impostor overboard. No true shipmate would ask for a machiato latte, then call the Captain!

5) You have been at sea for a while. One of your shipmates is showing signs of listlessness, swollen and bleeding gums, and an old cut has opened up. You:

1. Find all the limes on board and make him/her a limeade.
2. Call the nautical equivalent of 911 and head for the nearest port. He/she has about 24 hours. Coast Guard helos are a good idea.
3. Give him/her two aspirin and mention it to the Captain when you get the chance.
4. He/she is a slacker. Ignore it.

6) The Maggie B had a bit of a knock down yesterday and one of your crewmembers was thrown about. He/she reports persistent pain in his/her lower left side and seems a bit more spacey than usual. You:

1. Find all the limes on board and make him/her a limeade.
2. Call the nautical equivalent of 911 and head for the nearest port. He/she has about 24 hours. Coast Guard helos are a good idea.
3. Give him/her two aspirin and mention it to the Captain when you get the chance.
4. He/she is a slacker. Ignore it.

7) A poet described something as "the star to every wand'ring barque, whose height's been taken but worth unknown." What was it about?

1. Love, poets are always talking about love.
2. Position, as in your place in society.
3. Position, as in "where the hell are we?"
4. A line of position, because we don't have clocks then, do we?

8) You're on watch with another shipmate. It has been breezing up a lot. The half-inch Spectra halyard to the fore gaff peak has just give away. You:

1. Ease the halyard, scamper aloft and tie a bowline.
2. Ease the halyard and scamper aloft and tie a sheet bend.
3. Ease the halyard and scamper aloft and tie a sheepshank.
4. Let go the fore throat halyard and call "All Hands on Deck!"

9) What time is it when the Moon is in the Seventh Planet and Jupiter aligns with Mars?

1. Not possible astronomically.
2. The Age of Aquarius.
3. Sometime is Spring, depending on the year.
4. About June 21st, varying a day or so.

10) Where do you hang your wet socks?

1. Over a shipmate's bunk.
2. Over shipmate.
3. Above stew.
4. In stew.
5. None of the above.

11) What is a Rode Runner?

1. Small desert bird.
2. Nemesis of Wile E. Coyote.
3. A Dennis Hopper movie role.
4. A valuable anchoring aide.
5. A and B. A small desert bird that is the nemesis of Wile E. Coyote. Beep! Beep!

12) A Humpback is:

1. A Parisian bell ringer.
2. A country club dowager.
3. A fornicating newfie.
4. A major marine mammal.
5. All of the above.

13) What does Red Right Returning mean?

1. A headline about former communists turning conservative and winning recent elections.
2. A Tastevin wine serving suggestion for homeward-bound trips from Europe.
3. Something to do with navigation.
4. None of the above.

14) You have one box of fresh eggs and one of hard-boiled. How do you figure out which is which?

1. Spin one of each. The one that stands up is fresh.
2. Spin one of each. The one that stands up is hard-boiled.
3. Open one, and assume that rest are the same.
4. Get ready to make an omelet or Oeufs dur au Mayo, and take what comes.

15) Which supplies, if you ran out or they were spoiled, but you had ample other food, would you consider an emergency course diversion?

1. Coffee.
2. Garlic.
3. Rum.
4. Chocolate.
5. None of the above.

16) How much water should you drink a day on an average day?

1. One liter.
2. Two liters.
3. One gallon.
4. Just beer for me, mate.

17) It is blowing up a Force 6, Strong Breeze. Your Captain is enjoying the weather and asks you to choose some music to put on the sound system. You consult the 1000 options on the ship's sound system and choose:

1. Vivaldi; The Seasons; Spring.
2. Anything by The Grateful Dead.
3. The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil.
4. Norah Jones: The Long Way Home.
5. Handel: Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus.
6. Aretha Franklin: Rescue Me.
7. A, D and E. Anything by Vivaldi, Norah Jones or Handel is perfect!
8. B, C and F. Let's rock out to The Stones, The Dead or Aretha!

18) What was the name of Evangeline's fiance?

1. Benedict.
2. Gabriel.
3. Francois.
4. Basil.

19) What is distinctive about a Right Whale's blow?

1. Generally it is two close together, then two more, etc.
2. Seen from ahead or behind, it is forked like a "V."
3. Nothing.
4. It's higher and bushier than most whales.

20) What does Janus have to do with navigation?

1. He was the Roman God of Doorways.
2. He was two faced, like most navigators.
3. If you know your comings and goings, you know where you are... The Doppler Effect (Christian Johann Doppler described it in 1842) makes GPS work by measuring satellites' comings and goings.
4. If you’ve got GPS, why do you need a navigator?