The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for November 08, 2024

Close enough… She left out the Atchison and Topeka though…

Three answers three mistakes.

I hope the Santa Fe didn’t rear end the Pinto back then.

Blew my mind when I saw how small those ships really were

And the Minnow!

I’d give her partial credit for bring brave enough to answer, then gently correct her.

don’t worry most Americans probably could not name the ships either.

Wasn’t it the Pine, the Quinto and the Saldana? Oh…different voyage.

If I had a boat…

And he never did land on North America. He landed on a West Indies Island.

According to Snopes site, those were just nicknames given by the crew. The real ships names were La Santa Clara for the Niña, La Santa Gallega for the Santa Maria, and not sure about the La Pinta, which probably was censored by the church, since Pinta is somebody naughty.

The Nina, Pinta and Santa Titanic?

huh, I’m not sure what to say… Hi! :J

There’s some replica ships that make the rounds. Took the grands to see them last fall and they were impressed, me too.

Pretty close but doesn’t quite get the A. However, l am sure the Blessed Mother Mary got a smile out of it……

Two out of three…that is not bad!

Close, but no cigar, Hattie.

The Pinto is the one that exploded

Santa Maria: The largest of the three ships, and originally named La Gallega. The ship’s full name was La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción, which translates to “The Holy Mary of the Immaculate Conception”.

Nina: A nickname for the ship La Santa Clara, which translates to “the girl”.

Pinta: A nickname for the ship La Pintada, which translates to “the painted one” or “the prostitute”. The ship’s real name is unknown.

“Captain, there are rumblings of mutiny.”

Off mike: “Rumble, rumble, rumble. Mutiny, mutiny, mutiny.”

Apparently, they arrived just in time so they could take advantage of the Columbus Day sales.

And the Pinto blew up after being rear ended by the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!

And they got lost.

I Think it was the San Salvador.

Close enough Hattie .

Hurrican Hattie might end up doing some extra studying and/or homework. She was close.

I thought the names were…Nova, Pinto and Santa Cruz,