JAWS: THE QUIZ
To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first release of Jaws, here are ten questions about the film that saw my generation not being able to enter the water without hearing those famous E-F-E-F musical notes in our heads… da-dum...da-dum...dum-dum-dum-dum...dum-dum-dum-dum...dum-dum-da!
QUESTIONS
1. What was the name of the fictional town that was terrorised by ‘Bruce’ the Great White Shark in Jaws?
2. The reporter on the beach who is doing a TV report in one of the scenes is actually the author of the book, ‘Jaws’ happily enjoying a cameo role in the film. What is his name?
3. Captain Quint, portrayed by Robert Shaw, was very proud of his fishing boat, but what was its name?
4. The famous scene where the Chief Brody, Hooper and Quint are comparing scars turns sombre when Quint tells of his time aboard which WWII warship which sank in July, 1945 after delivering components of the nuclear bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima, Japan?
5. Which actor played Matt Hooper, the oceanographer and marine biologist, with a passion for sharks?
6. Which character says the iconic line, ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’, which horror writer Stephen King has said is the greatest single line in any movie, ever?
7. What colour are the barrels used to try and bring the shark to the surface and tire it out?
8. What is Chief Brody’s first name?
9. Who directed the film, Jaws?
10. Quint sings a sea shanty from the 1600s in the film which begins, ‘Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies’, what is the next line? HINT – It has seven words!
TIE-BREAK – To the nearest whole minute, for how long is the shark seen on screen in the movie?
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ANSWERS
1. What was the name of the fictional town that was terrorised by ‘Bruce’ the Great White Shark in Jaws?
AMITY ISLAND
2. The reporter on the beach who is doing a TV report in one of the scenes is actually the author of the book, ‘Jaws’ happily enjoying a cameo role in the film. What is his name?
PETER BENCHLEY
3. Captain Quint, portrayed by Robert Shaw, was very proud of his fishing boat, but what was its name?
THE ORCA
4. The famous scene where the Chief Brody, Hooper and Quint are comparing scars turns sombre when Quint tells of his time aboard which WWII warship which sank in July, 1945 after delivering components of the nuclear bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima, Japan?
USS INDIANAPOLIS (Of the 1,196 men aboard, an estimated 900 made it into the water alive after torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the ship. After five days in the water only 316 men were saved.)
5. Which actor played Matt Hooper, the oceanographer and marine biologist, with a passion for sharks?
RICHARD DREYFUSS
6. Which character says the iconic line, ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’, which horror writer Stephen King has said is the greatest single line in any movie, ever?
CHIEF BRODY (Roy Scheider ad-libbed this line after hearing it repeatedly from the support crew’s complaints about the size of their own boat during filming)
7. What colour are the barrels used to try and bring the shark to the surface and tire it out?
YELLOW
8. What is Chief Brody’s first name?
MARTIN
9. Who directed the film, Jaws?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
10. Quint sings a sea shanty from the 1600s in the film which begins, ‘Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies’, what is the next line? HINT – It has seven words!
FAREWELL AND ADIEU YOU LADIES OF SPAIN
TIE-BREAK – To the nearest whole minute, for how long is the shark seen on screen in the movie?
FOUR MINUTES