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Great Pumpkin Trivia Contest Solved

By Christine Weaver | November 1, 2017 | Point Richmond, CA |

In Monday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we posted the trivia quiz questions posed to the racers in Sunday’s Great Pumpkin Regatta, hosted by Richmond Yacht Club. Here are the answers, shared with us by quizmaster Gordie Nash:

  1. All of the above
  2. Nicaragua
  3. Suisun Ghost Ship/Mothball fleet
  4. Polynesian sailors traded their chickens
  5. Australia
  6. Vendée Globe, France
  7. Named after Hawaiian sheep farmer, Joseph Poalie Friday
  8. Betsy DeVos with John Fauth
  9. Missed an island and had to go back
  10. Afraid of cannibalism
  11. Celestial navigation with sextant

Imagine trying to read the questions (complete with history lessons) out loud, fielding opinions from the crew, and penciling in answers on a sheet of paper, all while racing more than 100 other boats going in two directions in somewhat sporty breeze.

The Great Pumpkin pursuit race starting line around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

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For correctly answering all 10 questions, the Moore 24 Banditos won a DVD of In the Heart of the Sea. "One got nine; most scored seven; one got two correct," writes Nash; "25 returned quizzes."

Banditos skipper John Kernot at RYC after the Great Pumpkin. Not only did the Banditos crew ace the test, they aced all three races on Saturday in the Moore 24 class and finished fifth in the pursuit race on Sunday. 

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