submarine
Submarines can operate submerged for extended periods. This topic is part of Transportation within Technology. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
submarine trivia questions
A submarine is designed to travel mainly where?
Answer: Underwater
Bonus fact: Submarines can operate submerged for extended periods.
What tanks do submarines fill or empty to control buoyancy?
Answer: Ballast tanks
Bonus fact: Changing ballast changes the vessel's average density.
What device lets a submerged submarine view above the surface?
Answer: Periscope
Bonus fact: Traditional periscopes use mirrors or prisms.
Submarine periscopes traditionally allow viewing while the vessel remains what?
Answer: Submerged
Bonus fact: Only the periscope mast needs to rise above water.
Submarine warfare takes place mainly where?
Answer: Underwater
Bonus fact: Submarines attack while operating beneath the sea.
Jules Verne wrote which adventure about Captain Nemo's submarine?
Answer: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Bonus fact: Captain Nemo commands the Nautilus.
Where is a submarine volcano located?
Answer: Below sea level on the ocean floor
Bonus fact: USGS says submarine volcanoes are commonly composed of basalt.
What is the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine?
Answer: Nautilus
Bonus fact: The Nautilus allows Nemo and his guests to travel beneath the world’s oceans.
Which submarine became the first vessel to travel under the North Pole in 1958?
Answer: USS Nautilus
Bonus fact: The nuclear-powered Nautilus could remain submerged far longer than conventional submarines.
Who commands the Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas?
Answer: Captain Nemo
Bonus fact: Nemo is both the submarine’s commander and designer.
What is the name of Professor Aronnax’s loyal servant?
Answer: Conseil
Bonus fact: Conseil accompanies Aronnax throughout the submarine voyage.
What was the code name of Nautilus's successful 1958 transpolar mission?
Answer: Operation Sunshine
Bonus fact: The submarine crossed beneath the Arctic ice cap from the Pacific side toward the Atlantic.