Todays question was an easy one for me as the line runs through the village.

Questions are fine, just the right answer does not relate to them!

i can see all answers for a b c d like 7% 10% 5% 79%
but unable to answer it show's correct answer

all better now working fine

Shucks I had it right before the change.
Rick

You may use compasses, but not on each other...
I don't mind having a go at some questions, just shout out and I'll div out my old Admiralty Manual of Seamanship...

Some changes from tomorrow:

* Lots of poor future Q's have been deleted
* They'll be the occasional repeat, as Q's are no longer scheduled, but picked at random, so old ones may come around again
* They'll now be an explanation of why the correct answer is correct and why the other options are not.
* Some Q's will have comical 'incorrect' options, it should be about the fun more than real intelligence after all!
* Most Q's have been checked, so more confidence here, but I can't 100% guarantee something wont slip through the net still. Let's see!
* No more 'who owns this super yacht' type Q's
* Less Q's on sailing and rigging
* As much as possible the Q's are internationally applicable
* Less banana's required 🍌
* Added the %'s of how many have gone for each answer. You can see the number of votes by hovering over the %.

-- If anyone has the enthusiasm to put together more Q's, fun ones! With fun answers, in an excel sheet / google docs, let me know 👍

Thanks,
Stephen

That's the spirit Commodore👍
"XO. Sound General Quarters.
Set charges rail one to 30m, rail two 60m.
We'll squash him like a bug.
All ahead flank. Fire on my mark."

From deep below-
"He's a devil Heini, a devil."
😎

Should have had my coffee first, my negative outcome might have been different

I have not yet begun to fight

Don't give up the ship

I have no opinion on this question or answer as the only reason I ended up with John Paul Jones was a stab in the dark by my trusted (sometimes) question answering finger.😬😬

I am rapidly forming the opinion that the questions emanate from the USA and as a result are possibly weighted politically as seems to be the case with many of the news items we see reported. What's not surprising is that both Barry and Jones were both considered Fathers of the Navy and were both emigrants from the UK.
dave976

Wikipedia states John Paul Jones was the father but sometimes credited to John Barry, John Adams and Joshua humphreys

For me John Barry is a multiple Oscar winner.

i think winning 5 Oscars trumps one third father of American navy and The other J.B. was Irish anyway!
Roy

In response to calls for the creation of a department specifically for naval affairs, President John Adams signed a congressional act establishing the Department of the Navy on April 30, 1798. By the end of 1798, the Navy consisted of 14 completed vessels, with more already under construction.
Naval powe is the natural defense of the United States.

— John Adams
The above unashamedly pinched from Google...

Me too Roy☹️

😎

I genuinely thought it was John Paul Jones, looked it up afterwards and found several others!
I assume they just had the one Navy?
Roy

Also Joshua Humphreys Nick!
He was the designer / builder of the US navy's first frigates thus pretty much 'creating' the navy.

"Joshua Humphreys (June 17, 1751 – January 12, 1838) was an American ship builder and naval architect. He was the constructor of the original six frigates of the United States Navy and is known as the "Father of the American Navy".[1] "
Hey ho! Any advance on four?🙄
To paraphrase what Ollie frequently said to Stan-
'This is another fine mess we've gotten ourselves into'🤔
😎
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Humphreys

There are three fathers of the US Navy, John Adams, John Paul Jones and John Barry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(naval_officer)

I missed it. Here I am, a Yank and a Texan to boot….and I blew it. Like Bones would say on Star Trek…”Dammit Cash”🤣

I liked the sailing (ragman) question of the day ( answer Spin...r ). Spent my fair share of time on "stinkpots" too, enjoying water-skiing, fishing and cruising, both salt and fresh 😎 ❣

Stephen - sailing questions are great for us with a background in sailing, but the majority probably do not have that background. If you need sailing related questions to intersperse with all the other topics, maybe some of us with that background can help? Perhaps we should sort some questions direct rather than through an open forum, would hate to give the answers away?

Hurray - by popular opinion I did choose the correct answer - staysail! Thanks for planning to correct the answer.😊😊

I can’t fix the answer right now, but I’ll swap it to staysail and update everyone’s scores later today! 👍

Meanwhile thinking again what can be done to improve the daily questions…

Scrap sailing questions, more historical nautical questions (these seem to be popular), I did consider the option of a free text ‘none of the above’ option, but realistically we want these questions to be factually correct in the first place… I think well referenced evidence of the correct answer and reason for it should be added too.

Once I’ve time to work on this, I will do. The last thing I want is everyone to be annoyed at the inaccuracies of it all the time.

Stephen

I'm slowly circling the drain here!! I too went for staysail!! Ooops!

Correct answer is staysail 😐

Correct answer is staysail

Me too Nick, I agree it depends on rig and also local terminology which often doesn't stick to the official names.
Cheers Colin.

Could't agree more Dave. When I don't know the answer I can only blame myself but if the question is wrong that's a completely different area of incompetence.

I went for staysail, which is usually found between the jib and the main, (see picture) Another point to consider is what sort of sail plan are we talking about? Burmudan? Schooner? Full blown square rigger?

Totally wrong answer. I am not taking part in this quiz any more. Too many answers clearly inaccurate.
dave976

I don't believe you could set a spinnaker between the jib and the mast. For a start the forestay would get in the way. 😊

Hi Tall Paul The Genoa is similar to a large jib, mounted on the forestay and these days often unfurled to the required amount. It is attached by a sheet to a winch back in the cockpit area.

It has 2 ropes (sheets), one each side of the yacht, and when tacking the taut rope is released and the other sheet hauled in and the sail goes across the bow area.

When furling the sail up there is a sort of winding device on the forestay that winds the sail back around the forestay.

There is often a dark stripe of material on the sail, this is not decoration. It is a strip of material that resists UV light and helps preserve the sail, sometimes known as a sacrificial strip.
It can also be easily replaced if necessary. When the sail is fully furled the dark strip completely covers the sail.

Hope this helps.
Roy

If you had a spinnaker between mast and jib, it would end up ripping out either the forestay or jib. A spinnaker is a powerful sail, even though it is made of light material, as evidenced by the surge of speed when a decent wind is blowing and the spinnaker is released from its ties. The other alternative is that the spinnaker would be split by the forestay, which in an off-shore yacht will cost thousands of $/£ to replace.

How come a spinnaker billows out ahead of the yacht with no jib in sight?
See piccy.
Roy

I know Jack s### about sailing so I went with the only one I knew which was wrong 😆

I always thought you lowered the jib when raising the Spinnaker. I should avoid sail questions . I always get them wrong…. Or do I?

Where is the Genoa?

I'm sorry the spinnaker is forward of the jib not between the jib and the mast.
trev

Got it today back on track, for now🤣

Veery interestink!
I was just about to suggest to Stephen (Fireboat) that he cap/delete the 'Quiz' thread where I responded to MikeC2. But when I tried to go back to it to do that I found it gone: 'Invalid Forum Thread'. He'd beaten me to it👍👍
BUT! Unfortunately there are still 7 other threads re the Daily Quiz with the same problem; they bypass the anti-spoiler Stephen built into the QotD thread🤔
See attached Screen Shot.
Doug😎
PS: I notice also that Mike's post has been transferred to this thread👍
God, and our First Lord of the Model Boats Admiralty, move in mysterious ways😮😉

Hi (Acting) Commodore-H, (of Force H fame😁),
I do love a good drop of irony CPO👍
Keep it coming.
Cheers, Doug😎

Hi MikeC2,
Ref your post on the Quiz thread.
I'm posting this here coz Quiz is an open thread and would betray the answer to anyone who reads it! Not sure quite what you meant by your cryptic but I don't think The Inner Farne Lighthouse is famous for anything particular.
😎
From Unca Wiki about the Farne Islands.
"Lighthouses
The lighthouse's curved brick foundation supports the stout conical red-and-white-striped tower and adjacent building.
Longstone lighthouse in the Farnes from where Grace Darling and her father launched their rescue.
Currently, two lighthouses are operated by Trinity House on the Farne Islands:

Farne Lighthouse was built in 1811 and originally named Inner Farne Lighthouse.
Longstone Lighthouse was built in 1826 and originally named Outer Farne Lighthouse."

There are several entries about the Farnes, many with a colourful mix up of the names and former names of the lighthouses.🤔
But ONLY ONE with a connection to Grace Darling.
No wonder the AI algorithm got it's digital knickers in a twist 😮
Cheers, Doug😎

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farne_Islands#Lighthouses

Yes, of course, I should have known. It's very famous. People in Pottstown Pennsylvania talk about it all the time.

But I learned that the Farne Islands are off Northumberland......now if I can figure out where Northumberland is...oh, Google.😁

... c'est la Guerre Colin🤔

Was looking for Longstone lighthouse , visited the Grace Darling museum on a trip to Bamburgh last year ,so had a stab at that

As the correct answer wasn't available I guessed wrong, but thats life.
Cheers Colin.

🙈🙈🙈
Another wrong guess and learned something in the process
Riddle greetings
Michel-Cl.

No official Grace Darling lighthouse. She lived with her father in Longstone Lighthouse on Longstone Island.