| ANSWERS TO WORLD WAR II NAVY TRIVIA |
| 1. The iron grating ventilating a ship's engine room. |
| 2. Seven seconds - there's a one second interval between jumps. |
| 3. A green hand
- it's a granny knot, sometimes made by landlubbers trying to tie a square knot. |
| 4. Oil - which
spread on the water, reduces the adherence between the air and the water and thus tends to prevent a high wind from sweeping the crests from waves to form bigger ones. |
| 5. At the top of
the smokestack. An umbrella is a metal shield in the form of a frustum of a cone, secured to the outer casing of the smokestack over the air casing to keep the weather out. |
| 6. No. |
| 7. John Paul Jones. |
| 8. An aquaplane
is a platform attached by ropes astern a powerboat on which a person may ride as it is towed rapidly over the water. A hydroplane is an airplane, built to rise from or alight upon the water (also: a form of motor boat). |
| 9. Not during
time of war; only the ribbon bars of decorations and medals are to be worn, even for full-dress occasions. |
| 10. Miss Sue S. Dauser, superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps. |
| 11. Church pennant, during divine services. |
| 12. A coral
island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef surrounding a central lagoon. |
| 13. Kiska, by nearly 1,000 nautical miles. |
| 14. The one at left, because it is a French buoy. The other is Japanese. |
| 15. Forty-two (as of 15 January 1944). |
| 16. No. |
| 17. No. |
| 18. Look at the
thermometer located in the pipe which carries sea water to the condenser. |
| 19. (c) 21 November 1918. |
| 20. No. |
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