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Trivia question of the day — Jun 19, 2026

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QUESTION OF THE DAYFRI 19 JUN
DIFFICULTY 35 · MEDIUMGENERAL

What is the name of Captain Ahab's whaling ship in Moby-Dick?

  1. Acushnet
  2. Pequod
  3. Essex
  4. Rachel
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B. Pequod

Pequod: Ahab's Nantucket whaler, named for the Pequot people of Connecticut, is sunk by the white whale at the novel's end; the Rachel is the ship that rescues Ishmael.

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