Trivia about Jaws

Question 1

126 Jaws' author wrote another book that was made into a movie that also starred Robert Shaw. What was the name of the other movie?

Answer: The Deep

Reference: Quiz: Jaws.

Question 2

127 Who is the Harbor Master of the island?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Frank Silva

You can see this when Brody, Hooper, and Larry Vaughn are on the ferry.

Question 3

128 What did Quint want for catching the Great White?

Reference: Quiz: Jaws.

Answer

Answer: $10,000

Love that chalkboard scene...

Question 4

129 What is the name of the island?

Answer: Amity

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Question 5

130 Richard Dreyfuss later starred in another hit movie by the Jaws' director. What was the movie?

Reference: Quiz: Jaws.

Answer

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Question 6

131 What does the name of the island mean?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: friendship

This is said by Larry Vaughn when he is being interviewed by a reporter.

Question 7

132 There was more than one mechanical shark used in the filming. What was the collective nickname for them?

Reference: Quiz: Jaws.

Answer

Answer: Bruce

Apparently, Bruce was the first name of one of the lawyers associated with the movie.

Question 8

133 Who was the most famous fisherman on the island?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Ben Gardner

When the Tiger Shark is killed, Brody said "Did Ben Gardner catch this?" The other fishermen said no, they had caught it.

Question 9

134 When Hooper is in the Brody residence he tells Ellen that he was leaving the next day to spend eighteen months on a boat. What is the name of the boat?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Aurora

Hooper tells Ellen that he's leaving the next day to go on the Aurora for eighteen months.

Question 10

135 How many Oscars did it actually win?

Reference: Quiz: Jaws.

Answer

Answer: 3

Awards were: Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Original Score by John Williams.

Question 11

136 When Hooper and Brody go to do the autopsy on the Tiger Shark, a license plate was pulled out of the shark. What did the license plate read?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Louisiana 007 o 981

This can easily be seen when Hooper throws it to Brody and Brody picks it up and looks at it.

Question 12

137 After the autopsy of the Tiger Shark, Hooper and Brody decide to look for the real shark. While on the boat Hooper is eating something. What is he eating?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Pretzels

Hooper is clearly eating pretzels and he even asks Brody if he wants any.

Question 13

138 What city in Australia was Hooper supposed to go to?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Brisbane

Hooper says, "I'm not going to Brisbane when I've got a Great White here."

Question 14

139 When Brody is about to board Quint's boat, Ellen asks him what she should tell the kids. What does he tell Ellen to tell the kids?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

"Tell them I went fishing."

Question 15

140 According to Hooper, how big is the Killer Shark?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: 20 feet

When Hooper sees the shark he says "that's a twenty footer!"

Question 16

141 According to Quint, how big is the shark?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: 25 feet, 3 tons

Quint says "twenty five, three tons of him."

Question 17

142 On the first try, how many barrels is the shark harpooned with?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: One

The shark is harpooned with one barrel.

Question 18

143 What song does Quint ALWAYS sing?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Ladies of Spain

Quint is always singing "Ladies of Spain." I take it he learned it in WWII.

Question 19

144 After the last try, how many barrels are attached to the shark?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Three

The shark is harpooned with four barrels, but one has to be cut off.

Question 20

145 How many life jackets did Quint bring out on deck?

Reference: Quiz: "Jaws" For Diehards.

Answer

Answer: Two

When the boat is starting to sink, and before he is killed, Quint goes into the cabin and retrieves two life jackets. Only two jackets are shown, although there could have been another one or two in the cabin. All the information in this quiz is directly from the movie "Jaws." This movie was on TNT on Sunday, September 16, 2001.