The return of SCUBA trivia!!!

[json]

Keeping alone the same lines. When was the first recorded use of a diving bell and by who?

[Rockfish]

In 1535, Guglielmo de Lorena created and used what is considered to be the first modern diving bell.

[json]

Yes modern but I'm thinking earlier.

[ljjames]

Alexander the Great?

"is said to have visited the sea bed in a glass barrel at the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC"

(but reports of seeing a seamonster so big that it too 3 days to pass in front of him effectively trounced his reputation as a submariner)

next up were references to 13th Century philosopher Roger Bacon....

All of this from Tim Ecott's book "Neutral Buoyancy" which is a worthy read

[json]

Alexander the Great?

"is said to have visited the sea bed in a glass barrel at the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC"

(but reports of seeing a seamonster so big that it too 3 days to pass in front of him effectively trounced his reputation as a submariner)

next up were references to 13th Century philosopher Roger Bacon....

All of this from Tim Ecott's book "Neutral Buoyancy" which is a worthy read

Yep i was thinking Alexander even with his great fish story.

[ljjames]

Who is known as "man in the sea, man in space"

why did he end up "in the sea' (who/what was he inspired by)

[Rockfish]

Scott Carpenter / Cousteau

[ljjames]

Rockfish, yer up!

[lundysd]

You're up Rockfish!

[lundysd]

Alright Rockfish seems to be AWOL, so I'll step in and keep things moving forward. Here's a relatively straightforward, albeit cryptic, question...

What does seattle diving have in common with the Seattle Museum of Flight?

[Alexitt]

They're both out of this world???

[Joshua Smith]

Alright Rockfish seems to be AWOL, so I'll step in and keep things moving forward. Here's a relatively straightforward, albeit cryptic, question...

What does seattle diving have in common with the Seattle Museum of Flight?

Are you referring to the F4U Corsair salvaged from lake WA that is on display at the MOF?

[Rockfish]

No not AWOL just busy with work and life but you go right ahead Mr. Smith and drive on.

[lundysd]

Josh you're very very close...

[lundysd]

Let me throw another hint out there...

The two worlds collided in 1950

[CaptnJack]

Let me throw another hint out there...

The two worlds collided in 1950

Ummm only one of the colliding Corsairs is in the MOF? The other in the lake...

[lundysd]

Yep! The Corsair that can be see at the Museum of Flight was recovered from Lake Washington in the 80s. It was originally put there by a midair collision with another Corsair in 1950, and the remains of the second corsair can now be dived near Madison Beach.

You're up Richard!

[CaptnJack]

I was an Indian Chief
Sister ship to a popular artificial reef
And a ferry again

Who am I?

[limeyx]

I was an Indian Chief
Sister ship to a popular artificial reef
And a ferry again

Who am I?

Oh God, who let him have a turn at asking the questions ?

[oldsalt]

Chetzmoka
-Curt

[lundysd]

Sorry Nick, this is a Limey-free zone. It's in the official rulebook. Please move along or I'll be force to call the Scuba police.

[CaptnJack]

Chetzmoka
-Curt

Curt scores. Chetzemoka, WA State's newest ferry. The original was a sister ship to the Kehloken and before that a Clallam area Indian Chief.

[oldsalt]

In keeping with the wreck theme. I used to dive the remnants of an old steam powered wreck at Richmond Beach. What was the ship's name?
-Curt

[CaptnJack]

In keeping with the wreck theme. I used to dive the remnants of an old steam powered wreck at Richmond Beach. What was the ship's name?
-Curt

Dauntless?

[oldsalt]

Nope. I've sailed on a Dauntless, but that is not the name I was given for the wreck.
-Curt