Crustaceans, Cetaceans and Other Sea Creatures Quiz

Answer: Free Willy (1993)

"Go, Willy, go!" Willy, of course, being the captive orca that young delinquent Jesse (Jason James Richter) meets in a theme park while doing his community service. Like Jesse, Willy has an attitude problem, but the two bond after Willy saves Jesse's life. Jesse befriends his trainer, Rae, and his keeper, Randolph, and helps teach him tricks. Realising that Willy is unhappy in captivity, Jesse plans to release him into the ocean and let him be free.

Answer: Finding Nemo (2003)

Both Nemo and his dad, Marlin, are clownfish. 'Finding Nemo' features a wide variety of sealife, including Dory the amnesiac blue tang, Gill the moorish idol, Crush the sea turtle, Bruce the (vegetarian) great white shark, and Mr Ray, a spotted eagle ray. Marlin (Albert Brooks) is the real protagonist of the film, as he and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) set out to find Nemo after a scuba diver captures him.

The film follows two plotlines: Nemo's attempts to escape from his new owner, a dentist, and Dory and Marlin's adventures on their search for him.

A sequel, 'Finding Dory', was released in 2016.

Answer: Deep Blue Sea (1999)

There are many films about horrifying killer sharks, some normal, some genetically modified and some freakishly huge. In the case of 'Deep Blue Sea', the sharks in question are genetically modified and are being used as the subject of research into curing Alzheimer's disease by reactivating dormant brain cells.

However, the sharks go rogue; one escapes the facility and attacks a boat full of teens, while another one bites a doctor's arm off and manages to crash a helicopter by pulling it into a tower, and another pulls executive Russell Franklin (Samuel L. Jackson) into a pool and kills him.

After offing a few more humans, the sharks are killed by the combined efforts of wrangler Carter Black (Thomas Jane) and cook Preacher Dudley (LL Cool J).

Answer: Help! I'm a Fish (2000)

'Help! I'm a Fish' is a Danish animated film that features three children changing into sea creatures after drinking a magic potion, which was created by an eccentric scientist, Professor MaccKrill. His reasoning: with rising sea levels, humans will be able to survive by turning into fish. Fly, the leader of the group, is the one who turns into a California flying fish (or 'California Flyfish', as the film calls it). Stella, his little sister, becomes a starfish, and their cousin Chuck becomes a jellyfish. Luckily, the potion has an antidote, although some of it ends up in the hands of a pair of evil fish who gain human qualities.

Answer: In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

'In the Heart of the Sea' is based on the true story that inspired 'Moby-Dick'. (In fact, Herman Melville, played by Ben Whishaw, is a character in the film). It is based on the book of the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick and the accounts of first mate Owen Chase (played by Chris Hemsworth) and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson (played by Tom Holland, and Brendan Gleeson as an old man).

It tells the story of a whaling ship, the Essex, which encountered a hostile sperm whale. The ship was destroyed when the whale attacked it, and the remaining crew tried to sail for South America in whaleboats.

Many died of dehydration, and after running out of food suppliers, other crew members were forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Only eight crew members survived, including three who had stayed behind on Henderson Island.

Answer: It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

Giant squid and octopi alike have inspired all kinds of horror movies and fiction, from HP Lovecraft's tentacle monsters to the legend of the Kraken. The nightmarish cephalopod in this black-and-white sci-fi movie is a giant octopus from the Mindanao Deep near the Philippines, which has been driven from its home by a hydrogen bomb test.

It attracts attention after being thought responsible for ships going missing. The beast attacks the Golden Gate Bridge and the Ferry Building, and is eventually blown to bits by a torpedo by the heroes.

Answer: Shark Tale (2004)

A very specific kind of fish, which gets its name from its habit of cleaning other fish known as 'client fish' at cleaning stations by removing parasites. This particular wrasse, Oscar (played by Will Smith), works at a cleaning station called the Whale Wash and has problems with money.

When a shark called Frankie is killed by an anchor, Oscar takes credit for the kill in the hope that it will bring him money, and befriends Frankie's brother Lenny (Jack Black), a friendly vegetarian great white shark.

Many of the fish characters, including Oscar, resemble their actors (such as Angie the angelfish, played by Angelina Jolie).

Answer: Killer Fish (1979)

Piranha are the subject of many urban legends, and with their sharp teeth and carnivorous habits, they are prime material for a horror movie. 'Killer Fish' is an Italian, French and Brazilian horror film, whose cast includes Lee Majors and Margaux Hemingway, and tells of a theft of emeralds by a gang.

The mastermind stashes the emeralds in a reservoir, and to keep them safe he fills the reservoir with piranha. When members of the gang try to steal the emeralds for themselves, they end up becoming fish food.

Answer: Andre (1994)

'Andre' is based on the true story of Harry Goodridge (played by Keith Carradine in the film), a harbour master who adopted a harbour seal pup called Andre in the hope that he would become a scuba diving companion. Instead, Andre stayed with Goodridge until he died at the age of 25. Goodridge taught him to do tricks, and he would perform shows in Goodridge's home town of Rockport, Maine. Goodridge's book about the seal, 'A Seal Called Andre', was the basis for the film, though the family's name was changed to Whitney and they had three children rather than five.

The film focuses on the friendship between Andre and Toni (Tina Majorino), Harry Whitney's youngest daughter. Although Andre is taken to an aquarium in Boston, he is released into the wild and returns to Rockport over the warmer months.

Answer: Flipper (1963)

'Flipper' is probably one of the most famous dolphins in fiction. The inspiration for the film came from 'Lassie', where co-creator Riccou Borwning wanted to do something similar, but with a dolphin instead of a dog. Sandy (Luke Halpin), a fisherman's son, befriends a wounded dolphin who he names Flipper, but this causes conflict between him and his father, especially when Flipper eats the fish his father has caught.

However, Flipper redeems himself by leading Sandy to a large school of fish and saving him from a shark.

The TV series of the same name came out a year later, and a remake with Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood was released in 1996.