IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE ?

AHOY MY HEARTIES..

To celebrate the unseasonably beautiful weather we are presently enjoying,and to ascertain if there is anyone out there in Blogland actually reading this...Ive devised a simple quiz on literary associations with the sea. Below are the twelve questions, you can leave the answers in the comment section,with or without your name ! No prize I'm afraid unless someone wishes to sponsor one ! Any Ford manager types out there...a car to give away might increase this Blogs readership hugely ! To make it really easy youre given the number of letters and words in brackets,just like a crossword.

1. Author of '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' (5,5)

2. First name of author of 'The Sea,The Sea' (4)

3. Former marine who wrote 'Battle Cry' and 'Exodus' (4,4)

4. Such rebellion on the Bounty (6)

5. Nicholas ______, author of 'The Cruel Sea' (9)

6. 'Rites Of ______, William Golding novel (7)

7. Surname of poet who wrote 'Cargoes' (9)

8. Jonah was this creature's victim (5)

9. Sinbad, for example (6)

10. 'Wide______Sea', Jean Rhys novel (8)

11. Shark novel and film (4)

12. Captain Horatio______, C.S.Forester hero (10)

I'll put the answers up in a week or so