Sea Shanties Trivia
Hoist the colours and prove you know your Wellermans from your grog, galley, and sea-sick guesses.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
What primarily powered historic Mediterranean galleys, allowing them to maneuver independently of wind and currents?
Oars
When facing toward a ship’s bow, which side is known as port?
Left
What was the shipboard worker responsible for preparing meals for the crew called?
Ship’s cook
What song structure does “Drunken Sailor” use, with a lead line followed by a repeated group response?
Call-and-response
Which Canadian singer-songwriter wrote and performed the folk-rock ballad “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”?
Gordon Lightfoot