Below Deck Trivia
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42 free Below Deck trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 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
Bravo premiered the series on Monday 1 July 2013, and the ratings were strong enough for a second-season renewal.
Q 02Where was the first season of Below Deck filmed?
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten was home base for the first crew's charters, and the show sailed back to the Dutch-French Caribbean island for its fifth season.
Q 03What was Below Deck's season-one yacht renamed for filming?
Honor
Honor was only a screen name: the yacht's regular crew took time off for the cast, but its real captain stayed aboard and ended up fronting the show.
Q 04Aleks Taldykin was cast as Below Deck's original captain but ended up in which job once filming began?
First officer
First officer: producers decided Taldykin lacked the sea time to handle the yacht safely, so its real captain stayed in charge and became the show's star.
Q 05Who was the chef on the very first season of Below Deck?
Ben Robinson
Ben Robinson cooked for the first four seasons, flying back late in the third after its chef left, and also opened the Mediterranean spin-off.
Q 06Who was Below Deck's chief stewardess in season one, before Kate Chastain arrived?
Adrienne Gang
Adrienne Gang was the franchise's first chief stew and one of the few season-one crew with real yacht experience; she came back only as a guest the next year.
Q 07Which reality competition did Below Deck's Kate Chastain join in 2023?
The Traitors
The Traitors cast Kate as a Faithful in its first US season, where she was banished in the finale; she came back in season two and was recruited as a Traitor.
Q 08What was the name of Below Deck's season-two yacht?
Ohana
Ohana was the yacht on which Kate Chastain made her debut as chief stew, the start of a six-season run in the role.
Q 09Where was season two of Below Deck filmed?
British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands hosted season two, the first made after the show's renewal; the cameras did not reach the neighbouring US Virgin Islands until season four.
Q 10Season three of Below Deck was filmed in which location, aboard the yacht Eros?
The Bahamas
The Bahamas: season three's chef Leon Walker left before the end, and the chef from the show's first season flew in to finish the charters.
Q 11Which South Pacific island was the setting for Below Deck's sixth season?
Tahiti
Tahiti: with the Caribbean still recovering from Hurricane Irma, the show moved to French Polynesia, and only its captain and chief stew came back from earlier seasons.
Q 12Which deckhand was dragged into the water by a tow line in season six of Below Deck?
Ashton Pienaar
Ashton Pienaar was pulled overboard when the line towing the tender wrapped around his ankle, and he later said he had braced to lose his foot.
Q 13Who freed the tow line that dragged a Below Deck deckhand overboard in season six?
A cameraman
A cameraman, Brent Freeburg, put down his camera and uncleated the line; at the reunion he shared the credit with the crew who raised the alarm and stopped the yacht.
Q 21Which season-one Below Deck deckhand came back as bosun in season eight after five years away?
Eddie Lucas
Eddie Lucas left after season three, when he was already bosun; his comeback season ended with a promotion to the captain's second-in-command, the post he held in season nine.
Q 22Which yacht appeared in seasons four, five and seven of Below Deck?
Valor
Valor served two straight Caribbean seasons, sat out the sixth, and returned for season seven with Kate Chastain still running the interior.
Q 23Who was the chef for seasons eight, nine and ten of Below Deck?
Rachel Hargrove
Rachel Hargrove quit in season eight over a charter's sprawling food requests and walked off the yacht, then came back within a day and asked the captain for her job back.
Q 14Season seven of Below Deck was filmed in which country?
Thailand
Thailand: season seven's yacht worked out of Phuket in the Andaman Sea, and it was Kate Chastain's final season as chief stew.
Q 15Why was season eight of Below Deck cut short?
COVID-19 cancelled the last two charters
COVID-19 cancelled the last two charters: the pandemic sent the crew home early, in what proved the only season for chief stew Francesca Rubi.
Q 16Which captain stood in at the start of Below Deck's ninth season until the regular captain arrived?
Sean Meagher
Sean Meagher took the yacht off the dock for the first two episodes of season nine, bringing a hands-on style, until the delayed regular captain came aboard.
Q 17Which spin-off captain filled in for Below Deck's regular captain mid-way through season ten?
Sandy Yawn
Sandy Yawn, captain of the Mediterranean spin-off, took over when the regular captain had to leave a charter early in season ten, and handed the yacht back before the finale.
Q 18Who became the full-time captain of Below Deck from season eleven?
Kerry Titheradge
Kerry Titheradge, an Australian captain, took over full-time in season eleven after leading the one-season spin-off Below Deck Adventure.
Q 19What is the name of the yacht used in seasons ten, eleven and twelve of Below Deck?
St. David
St. David took over as the show's yacht from season ten, hosting the mid-season captain handover that year and the first two seasons under the new full-time captain.
Q 20Who was promoted to chief stew in season ten of Below Deck?
Fraser Olender
Fraser Olender, second stew in season nine under Heather Chase, was promoted to chief stew for season ten and kept the role in the seasons that followed.
Q 24Where was season nine of Below Deck filmed?
St. Kitts
St. Kitts: the ninth season began there without its regular captain, a first for the show, so a stand-in took the yacht off the dock.
Q 25Which country hosted Below Deck Mediterranean for the first time in its fourth season?
France
France: the fourth season worked the Riviera aboard Sirocco, the yacht from season two, the first time the spin-off had gone back to a boat.
Q 26Who captained the first season of Below Deck Mediterranean, aboard Ionian Princess?
Mark Howard
Mark Howard captained only the first Mediterranean season, aboard Ionian Princess in 2016; a different captain took over from season two and became the spin-off's fixture.
Q 27Who was chief stew for the first five seasons of Below Deck Mediterranean?
Hannah Ferrier
Hannah Ferrier ran the interior for five seasons until she was dismissed midway through season five over undeclared medication, and Bugsy Drake stepped up to chief stew.
Q 28What was the yacht in season five of Below Deck Mediterranean?
The Wellington
The Wellington cruised off Mallorca in season five, when the spin-off had a female bosun for the first time and its chief stew was replaced mid-season.
Q 29Which third stew was promoted to chef in season four of Below Deck Med after Mila Kolomeitseva left?
Anastasia Surmava
Anastasia Surmava, the third stew, took over the galley after Mila Kolomeitseva's exit and cooked for several charters before a franchise veteran flew in to finish the season.
Q 30Who captained Below Deck Sailing Yacht from its 2020 launch?
Glenn Shephard
Glenn Shephard, from Montreal, fell into yachting by answering a hostel notice in Rome for a deckhand, and went on to captain the spin-off's first five seasons.