PYT Quiz Time

The world of superyachts in the Med or Caribbean is the perfect gap year or career for South Africans and awaits you – maybe. Mmmm, but are you suited to work as deck crew or as a stewardess? Do this short fun quiz and see – choose one answer for each statement/question and the quiz adds up your score for you.

1. You can swim…
Further than most If I have to No I can't!
2. You started the laundry at 5am, and folded the last towel at 7am, just in time to start breakfast. The guest idly mops his brow and drops the clean towel on the deck. You think…
More money than manners I'll get him another fresh one – that's worth $100 more on the tips I won't keep my mouth shut, the idiot @#$%!
3. You polished all the brass yesterday and the day before and the day before that. Skipper says it needs polishing. You say…
No it doesn't, it'll wear out Yes Cap'n. Can you show me where it still needs polishing?
4. The guests have children, and they expect you to look after them. Unfortunately the kids have never heard of the word discipline. You…
Do emergency lifeboat fire evacuation drill with them every half hour Rediscover your delinquent childhood and turn your back while they draw on the walls knowing you'll have to clean it up Buy a book at the next port on child psychology and criminal behaviour
5. The guest from hell slips and twists her ankle. You…
Pour her a glass of her favourite after helping her to the lounger Apply a compress bandage just a little bit tighter than you learnt in training Disappear below deck before she notices you
6. You're standing night watch as you cruise across the Gulf of Mexico. Your buddy has just gone for a pee. A very large black shape is looming and it looks like an oil tanker headed your way. You…
Drop anchor and wake everybody up in a panic Try and radio the oil tanker Change course fast
7. A friend suggests a holiday in the outdoors. You think…
I can't miss my favourite TV programme Let's go – I travel light. I'll need mosquito repellent, snake bite kit, emergency torch, first aid kit…
8. You've been working 16 hours flat and your buddy asks you to lend a hand because he's battling. You..
Say sorry, I have a date Get stuck in, after all he is your buddy Take over and tell him he owes you one
9. You've been five weeks on board and the foreign crew member still finds the need to remind you about his country's World Cup victory. You…
Playfully banter with him about his favourite sportsman's ancestry Get into a fight, costing you both your jobs Throw all his left socks overboard one night
10. You get the chance to go to a country you've never heard of. You…
Accept hesitatingly and do some research first Jump at the opportunity without question Stay at home.
11. You believe that having a life at 20 means…
Staying at home studying What's “having a life mean?” Running your empire
12. Being worldly means…
Surfing the internet Using all the pages in your passport by the time you're 21 Going away for the weekend.
13. Getting a start in life means…
Getting a degree Putting into practice what 'Rich dad, Poor dad' recommends while you're still 17 Dad buys you a car
14. A career is…
Very different these days Something my Dad had What I create to fit in with my life goals
15. Life goals are…
Something I'll think about when I'm older Not really important So inspiring I've already worked out the next 10 years
16. Adventure means…
A weekend in the mountains A weekend in Paris or Tokyo A weekend at home
17. Exploring uncharted territory means…
I'm lost Discovery I'm going to learn something about myself
18. Being lost means…
Oh @#$%! not again! Finding an amazing new pub Having to ask directions
19. You've been up very late cleaning up after dinner. One of the guests wakes you in the middle of the night to make them a sandwich. You say…
Your usual, sir? @#$%!, I was asleep! The mayonnaise is on the top shelf in the galley.
20. Personal growth means…
Enjoying 3 weeks exploring a strange place with no cell phone More steroids and time at the gym Another six pack
21. Having money means…
That new bike/dress at last Creating a successful business that provides jobs for lots of people Being able to pay the phone bill
22. A guest acts indiscreetly one night. You…
Interrupt the conversation the next day at lunch to ask him if he needs something for his bruises. Don't remember a thing. Take photographs. Hey the guy's loaded, who knows…?
23. Foreign languages are…
Spoken by strange people wearing funny clothes A nuisance. Why doesn't everyone just speak English? The portal to a whole new culture.



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© A Doc Robinson fun quiz.