50 free Below Deck trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Below Deck trivia quiz covers the whole Bravo yachting franchise, from the first charter season shot in Sint Maarten in 2011 to the St. David era under Captain Kerry. There are questions on the original series (Captain Lee Rosbach, Kate Chastain, Ben Robinson, Eddie Lucas, Fraser Olender, the yachts Honor, Ohana, Eros, Valor, My Seanna and St. David, and where each season was filmed) plus the near-fatal tow-line accident, the COVID-shortened season and the season that opened without Captain Lee. The spin-offs get their share too: Captain Sandy and Hannah Ferrier on Below Deck Mediterranean, Glenn Shephard and Daisy Kelliher aboard Parsifal III on Sailing Yacht, Jason Chambers and Aesha Scott on Down Under, and Kerry Titheradge's one-season Norwegian outing on Below Deck Adventure. Easy questions suit anyone who has watched a season or two; the expert ones are for people who know which yacht was really called Cuor di Leone. Every answer was checked against the franchise's Wikipedia articles and their cited sources before publishing.
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Q 01On which US network did Below Deck premiere in 2013?
Bravo
The first episode aired on a Monday night in July 2013, and the ratings were strong enough for a renewal.
Q 02Who was the captain for the first ten seasons of Below Deck?
Lee Rosbach
He was the real captain of the season-one yacht and stayed aboard with his first officer and engineer to make sure nothing went wrong.
Q 03Where was the first season of Below Deck filmed?
Sint Maarten
Producers booked a five-week Caribbean charter there, though the show did not air until nearly two years later.
Q 04What was the season-one yacht renamed for filming?
Honor
Its real name was different, and its regular crew were given time off while the cast took over.
Q 05What was the real name of the yacht that appeared as Honor in season one?
Cuor di Leone
The 164-foot boat kept its actual captain, who then became the face of the franchise.
Q 06In which year was the first season of Below Deck actually filmed?
2011
The footage sat for well over a year before Bravo premiered the show in July 2013.
Q 07Who was the chef on the very first season of Below Deck?
Ben Robinson
He was one of the few cast members with prior yachting experience and returned for several later seasons.
Q 08Who was the chief stewardess in season one, before Kate Chastain arrived?
Adrienne Gang
She had genuine yachting experience but only returned as a guest in season two.
Q 09Kate Chastain joined Below Deck as chief stewardess in which season?
The second
She arrived alongside siblings Kelley and Amy Johnson and stayed through season seven.
Q 10What was the name of the yacht in season two?
Ohana
The 153-foot boat worked a Caribbean charter season with Kate Chastain newly aboard.
Q 11Where was season two of Below Deck filmed?
British Virgin Islands
Season four moved to the neighbouring US Virgin Islands.
Q 12Season three of Below Deck was filmed in which location, aboard the yacht Eros?
The Bahamas
Chef Leon Walker was replaced mid-season by a returning season-one chef.
Q 13Which season of Below Deck was filmed in Tahiti, French Polynesia?
The sixth
It was the season with the tow-line accident that nearly cost a deckhand his foot.
Q 14Which deckhand was dragged into the water by a tow line in season six?
Q 21What is the name of the yacht used in seasons ten, eleven and twelve of Below Deck?
St. David
It replaced My Seanna, which had featured in three earlier seasons.
Q 22Who was promoted to chief stew on St. David in season ten of Below Deck?
Fraser Olender
He was promoted from 2nd steward after his season-nine debut under Heather Chase.
Q 23Which season-one deckhand returned in season eight as bosun and later first officer?
Eddie Lucas
He was first deckhand on Honor in 2013 and back on My Seanna seven years later.
Ashton Pienaar
Someone behind the scenes freed the line; had it pulled tight it would have severed his foot.
Q 15Who saved the deckhand during the season-six tow-line accident?
A cameraman
Brent Freeburg dropped his camera to free the line, and Captain Lee brought in strict new procedures afterwards.
Q 16Season seven of Below Deck was filmed in which country?
Thailand
The crew worked out of Phuket, with Kate Chastain back for her final season.
Q 17Why was season eight of Below Deck cut short?
COVID-19 cancelled the last two charters
Filmed in Antigua, it was the last season for chief stew Francesca Rubi.
Q 18Which captain opened season nine before Captain Lee returned in episode two?
Sean Meagher
Captain Lee missed the start of the St. Kitts season and a stand-in ran the first two episodes.
Q 19Which spin-off captain filled in for Captain Lee mid-way through season ten?
Sandy Yawn
She took over from episode five to fourteen before Lee returned to close out the season on St. David.
Q 20Who became the full-time captain of Below Deck from season eleven?
Kerry Titheradge
He had previously captained the one-season spin-off Below Deck Adventure in the fjords.
Q 24Which yacht appeared in seasons four, five and seven of Below Deck?
Valor
Valor hosted the Nico Scholly and Kate Chastain years before My Seanna took over.
Q 25Who was the chef for seasons eight, nine and ten of Below Deck?
Rachel Hargrove
She cooked on My Seanna and then St. David under both Lee and Sandy.
Q 26Roughly how many viewers per episode did the first season of Below Deck average?
1.4 million
The figure was enough to earn a renewal and, eventually, four spin-offs.
Q 27Where was season nine of Below Deck filmed?
St. Kitts
It reused My Seanna and was Heather Chase's season as chief stew.
Q 28When did Below Deck Mediterranean, the first spin-off, premiere?
May 2016
Bravo announced it in March 2015, promising the world's oldest cruising grounds for the next charter season.
Q 29Who captained the first season of Below Deck Mediterranean, aboard Ionian Princess?
Mark Howard
It was his only season; a new captain arrived for season two on Sirocco and never left.
Q 30Who was chief stew for the first five seasons of Below Deck Mediterranean?
Hannah Ferrier
She left midway through season five, when Bugsy Drake stepped up to chief stew.