Whales Quiz

1. Which is the largest type of whale which can grow to over 100 feet long?
The Blue Whale
2. What name is given to minute plants and animals floating on the surface of the water, used as food by whales and other creatures?
Plankton
3. What was the name of the killer whale which played Willie in Free Willie?
Keiko
4. What is a baby whale called?
Calf
5. Which 80's pop song includes the lyrics "Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail!, I got me a car, it seats about 20, So come on and bring your jukebox money"?
Love Shack - The B52's
6. Which 93 year old actress appeared alongside Bette Davis in 'The Whales of August'?
Lillian Gish
7. The 'Intelligent whale' was the nickname of an early type of what?
Submarine
8. What is a cachalot?
A Sperm Whale
9. Nurse, Lemon, Reef and Whale are all types of what?
Shark
10. True or False - In California it is illegal to shoot game from a moving vehicle except a whale?
True
11. Which Old Testament character was swallowed by a whale?
Jonah
12. What is the collective noun for a group of whales?
Pod (also Gam)
13. Which company used to use oil from the sperm whale as transmission fluid in their cars?
Rolls Royce
14. What colour was the whale in Moby Dick?
White
15. In Victorian times what Were stays and corsets stiffened with?
Whalebone
16. What kind of whale was Moby Dick?
Sperm Whale
17. Where are a whales nipples?
On its back
18. What name is given to the fat obtained from a whale?
Blubber
19. How heavy is a Blue Whale at birth?
Two Tons
20. What is the technical name for a whale's penis?
Dork

21. Which animal gives birth to the world's biggest babies?
Blue whale
22. What is the correct name for a White Whale?
Beluga
23. Which creature has the heaviest brain of any animal?
Sperm whale
24. On his seven voyages, which mythical person encountered a giant whale, giant cannibals, and a giant bird known as the roc?
Sinbad
25. Which Roy played the role of Whaley, one of Arthur Daley's dodgy business contacts in 'Minder'?
Roy Kinnear
26. Which K is the name of the tiny shrimp like creature which forms a large part of the whale’s diet?
Krill
27. How many gallons of sperm does a blue whale ejaculate in one mating session?
400 gallons, 360 of which spill into the sea!
28. The 1956 film Moby Dick saw which actor play a captain obsessed with capturing a great white whale?
Gregory Peck
29. The orca, more commonly known as the killer whale is a type of which creature?
Dolphin
30. What name is given to the small whales found along coasts and in rivers throughout the Artic?
Narwhal
31. A Court in the USA has decided what about the world's whales, porpoises and dolphins - A/ they cannot be enrolled to vote, B/ they do not need passports when entering U.S. Territorial waters, and therefore cannot be shot as illegal aliens, C/ they are not allowed to own property or D/ they have no standing to sue president George W. Bush?
Answer = D
32. According to the bible, how many days and nights did Jonah spend in the belly of the whale that swallowed him?
Three days and nights
33. Which marine mammal was nicknaed the sea canary because of its whistling?
White Wale
34. True or false - there is a constellation called The Whale?
True  
35. What was the name of the whale in Disney's Pinocchio?
Monstro
36. What soft toy range devised by H Ty Warner included characters such as Flash The Dolphin, Splash The Whale and Patti The Platypus?
Beanie Babies
37. What is the name of the world’s largest fish?
Whale Shark (some up to 50ft long)
38. True or False? - The death of Cromwell in 1658 was preceded by the arrival of a large whale in the River Thames?
True
39. What animal undertakes the world's longest migration each year - Arctic Tern, Pacific Herring or Gray Whale?
Arctic Tern
40. What was the Bob Marley’s backing band called?
The Wailers

Tiebreaker - The blue whale, the biggest creature on the planet, has the longest penis – but how long is it to the nearest foot?
10 feet

Balein, Boops, Fin, Grampus and Pothead are types of whale

Fishy Quiz

1. What is the worlds most widely eaten fish ?
Herring
2. At the feeding of the five-thousand, how many loaves and fishes were there at first?
Five loaves and Two fishes
3. What type of fish has a variety called 'Albacore'?
Tuna
4. Fisherman's Bend and Cat's Paw are both types of what?
Knots
5. Lake Webster in Massachusetts is also known by the catchy Indian name Char-gogga-gogg-manchaugg-agogg-chabuna-gunga-maugg. What does it mean - a) You fish on your side. I fish on mine. Nobody fishes in the middle, b) This lake has good fishing, c) This lake does not have good fishing or d) No fishing allowed?
a) You fish on your side. I fish on mine. Nobody fishes in the middle
6. In Sweden, the Christmas meal includes a Lutfisk, what kind of fish is it?
Cod
7. Who ran the Fishmongers shop in Camberwick Green?
Mr Caraway
8. Which film character was inspired by the real life serial killer Albert Fish?
Hannibal Lecter
9. Most people know that Pisces, the 12th sign of the zodiac, is symbolized by fish. How many fish are included in the symbol?
Two
10. Madrid the capital city boasts the Real Madrid football team but True or False a 'Surreal Madrid' is a fish?
True
11. In fishing would you catch a black bass in salt water or fresh water?
Fresh Water
12. Which fish, growing to a length of over 6ft, is the largest of the flatfish?
Halibut
13. Which is the largest chain of fish and chip shops in the world?
Harry Ramsden’s
14. Its name derived via Cornish & Welsh for 'Old Woman', which brightly coloured marine fish has thick lips and strong teeth ?
Wrasse
15. In fishing, what name is given to a young pike?
Jack
16. What name is given to the Japanese dish in which fish, shellfish, or vegetables are fried in batter?
Tempura
17. What is aquaculture the scientific name for?
Fish farming
18. True or False - The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes?
True
19. What term is used in referring to a fin situated on a fish's abdomen?
Ventral
20. Green ants, bush cockroaches, witchety grubs and reef fish eyeballs. Whose evening meal?
They are what Jordan (aka Katie Price) and Kerry McFadden ate on their bushtucker challenge on the ITV show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!

21. In the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” what type of fish is put into the ear in order to make all the spoken languages of the galaxy understandable?
Babel Fish
22. What name is given to someone who studies fish?
Ictheologist
23. The young of which fish are Parr, Smolt and Grilse?
Salmon
- A bind is a group of what type of fish?
Salmon
24. Fisherman's Cable is a type of what?
Knitting stitch
25. What fish can hold objects in its tail?
Sea Horse
26. Which islands capital is Flying Fish Cove?
Christmas Island
27. In Star Trex The Next Generation, Captain Jean Luc-Picard keep a fish called what?
Livingston
28. What type of fish is Scomber Scombrus?
Mackerel
29. Which fish is known as Rock Salmon when sold for food?
Dogfish
30. What are Limerick, Round Bend, Aberdeen and Octopus?
Fishing Hooks
31. The minnow is the smallest member of what fish family?
Carp
32. What is the tail fin of a fish called?
Caudal Fin
33. If you were eating fish “A La Normandie” how would it be cooked?
Braised in white wine
34. Sardines are the young of which fish?
Pilchard
35. In what George Bizet opera do Zugra and Nbadir appear?
The Pearl Fishers
36. What is the fastest swimming ocean fish at over 60 mph?
Sailfish - Marlin
37. The pickled roe of the Sterlet is served as caviar. To which family of fishes does it belong?
Sturgeon
38. What species of fish is caught the most?
Anchovetta - Anchovy
39. A coarse fish can be defined as any freshwater fish other than which two species?
Salmon and Trout
40. Which fish threw in the towel in 2004?
Michael Fish, Britain's longest-serving meteorologist

Tiebreaker - In which year did Harry Ramsden open his first fish & chip shop?
1928 - (20/12/1928)

Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Somewhere you might find Fish?
Sea / River / Aquarium / Pond / Fish Shop