FAMOUS SHIPS

(e.g., This frigate was known as “Old Ironsides.” Answer: USS Constitution.)

Freshman level

1. The Pilgrims arrived on this ship in 1620.

2. This liner sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912.

3. The sinking of this battleship in 1898 precipitated the Spanish-American War.

Graduate level

4. The CSS Virginia battled this Union ironclad in 1862.

5. German battleship of World War II that was sunk in 1941.

6. This liner was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.

Ph.D. level

7. The largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

8. Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

9. Francis Drake’s ship in his circumnavigation of the world.

Answers: 1. Mayflower. 2. Titanic. 3. USS Maine. 4. USS Monitor. 5. Bismarck. 6. RMS Lusitania. 7. Santa Maria. 8. HMS Victory. 9. Golden Hind.

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