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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 08-08-2008 07:55 AM

Lets see how many you can get.

Cunard Quiz

-Russ

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 08-08-2008 08:54 AM

Well I am proud to say that I did this quiz without using any reference materials and scored a whopping 1 out of 10.

That really was a tough quiz, one really forgets just how much history there is with Cunard.

Good job!

[ 08-08-2008: Message edited by: Jekyll ]

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 08-08-2008 09:56 AM

I got three

Very though, with questions about a fascinating but largely forgotten period of the company.

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Vaccaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 465

posted 08-08-2008 09:57 AM

Very good and interesting job Russ, for both you and the visitors, with many "out of the battered paths" questions.
(Did 7 out of 10, with no reference nearby... and with some luck).
Question 9 was the subject of a trivia here, about 8 years ago.

[ 08-08-2008: Message edited by: Vaccaro ]

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 08-08-2008 10:07 AM

I sunk...didn't get one right. Oh well, it's tough to remember it all.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 08-08-2008 12:41 PM

5 correct. Not bad fore a HAL fan

To be honest some was by luck.

Greetings Ben.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 08-08-2008 01:50 PM

Got one correct....and that was a guess. This material is a bit too early for me....at least that is my excuse.

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Lubber
First Class Passenger
Member # 13710

posted 08-08-2008 03:30 PM

Scored 3. Serves me right-- when I read Commodore Warwick's QE2 book that covered the origins of the Cunard Line, I was fascinated by the early fleet and got those answers right, but by WWI the fleet got so large and diverse that my head was spinning and I glossed over that part of the book!

Hats off to you, Vaccaro.

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 08-08-2008 04:48 PM

Scored 7. Not bad for sitting in the office being distracted w/work!

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 08-08-2008 10:21 PM

I scored 4 of 10. I actually knew the answer for the Mauretania/Lusitania question but guessed all the others, soring 3 of 9 on them.

Brian

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Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 08-09-2008 03:42 AM

Got a 7 out of 10. Great job Russ, lots of fun!

Are you planing on doing another ever again?

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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 08-09-2008 05:24 PM

Oh yes, I'll be doing a lot of them.

-Russ

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 08-09-2008 05:58 PM

Excellent. 7 seems a lucky number; I too got that, but pure luck as I have to admit I only knew the answer to one, the rest were guess work.

Pam

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SCOTT H
First Class Passenger
Member # 6831

posted 08-09-2008 06:45 PM

I got 6 of them correct. You're right, some of the questions are rather obscure!!

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