General Beneath the Sea Trivia
Question: SpongeBob SquarePants lives in what city?
Answer: Bikini Bottom
Question: The undersea volcano of Surtsey last erupted in which year?
Answer: 1963
Question: The first self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) was invented by whom?
Answer: Jacques Cousteau
Question: How old is it possible for lobsters to live?
Answer: 100 years
Question: What kind of shark is often sold in fish and chip shops?
Answer: School Shark
Question: The Grand Banks exist off the shore of which area?
Answer: New England
Question: The beluga whale is what color?
Answer: White
Question: Which US state has the most shark attacks?
Answer: Florida
Question: The orange roughy is what type of animal in the sea?
Answer: Fish
Question: The tower on top of a submarine is called what?
Answer: The conning tower
Question: What per centage of the world's oceans have humans explored?
Answer: 5
Question: The Devil's Tower in the ocean is what?
Answer: An oil rig
Question: What is the common name for the European Sole?
Answer: Dover Sole
Question: What is the most important fish caught in the South-East Pacific fishing grounds?
Answer: Anchovy
Question: The undersea volcano Surtsey erupted when?
Answer: 1963
Ocean Creatures Trivia
Question: How many hearts has an octopus got?
Answer: 3
Question: The Little Tunny is a species of what?
Answer: Tuna
Question: How many types of sea urchin are there?
Answer: 200
Question: Which sea does the European Eel spawn?
Answer: The Sargasso sea
Question: The surmuletus fish is what color?
Answer: Red
Question: The Swordfish can grow to how much?
Answer: 90lbs
Question: What color are the spots on a Plaice?
Answer: Red
Question: The Basslet is also known as what?
Answer: Fairy Basslet
Question: What is the fastest a tuna can swim?
Answer: 70kph
Question: What type of ocean water is more dense?
Answer: Polar water
Question: Which sea creature produces Calamari?
Answer: Squid
Question: Which octopus is poisonous to humans?
Answer: The Blue Ringed
Question: A group of dolphins is called what?
Answer: Pod
Question: The Yellowtail is a species of what?
Answer: Barracuda
Question: What is the weight of a Sunfish?
Answer: 5,000lbs
Marine Life Trivia
Question: What is the saltiest sea in the world?
Answer: Red sea
Question: What do Barracudas eat?
Answer: Fish
Question: What is the smallest turtle?
Answer: Bog
Question: What type of whale was Orca?
Answer: Killer Whale
Question: A shrimp is what?
Answer: A decapod
Question: What is the Orange Roughly?
Answer: Fish
Question: The Clownfish can be found where?
Answer: Near coral
Question: What is a Sand Smelt?
Answer: Fish
Question: Oysters are rich in which vitamin?
Answer: All of these
Question: The Meriam is better known as what?
Answer: California sea otter
Question: The name for the study of fish is what?
Answer: Icthyology
Question: A group of crabs is called a what?
Answer: Cast
Question: Which is the only fish to have eyelids?
Answer: The Shark
Question: Cuttlefish have what color blood?
Answer: Green
Question: To what depth can a sea snake dive?
Answer: 300m
Naval History Trivia
Question: HMS Keith was sunk in which war?
Answer: WW2
Question: The ‘Russian Wreck' lies in which sea?
Answer: The Red sea
Question: The Marie Celeste lies at the bottom of which ocean?
Answer: No one really knows
Question: In what sea did the submarine Kursk sink?
Answer: Barents Sea
Question: Which sea creature has literally no brain?
Answer: Starfish
Question: The novel 'The Pearl' was written by
Answer: Steinbeck
Question: The Pilot Fish is Native to which sea?
Answer: North
Question: The Hewett oil field is in which ocean?
Answer: Atlantic
Question: The Serrans Brilla is better known as what?
Answer: The Comber
Question: The HMS Cricket sank in which sea?
Answer: The Mediterranean
Question: The wreck of the USS Arizona lies in which ocean?
Answer: The Pacific
Question: The blood of lobsters is which color?
Answer: Clear
Question: The first technical submarine was built in Germany in which year?
Answer: 1605
Question: What year was the first nuclear submarine launched?
Answer: 1954
Question: The Pluto fuel line was used in which war?
Answer: WW2
Marine Creatures Trivia
Question: How many hearts has an octopus got?
Answer: 3
Question: The Little Tunny is a species of what?
Answer: Tuna
Question: How many types of sea urchin are there?
Answer: 200
Question: Which sea does the European Eel spawn?
Answer: The Sargasso sea
Question: The surmuletus fish is what color?
Answer: Red
Question: The Swordfish can grow to how much?
Answer: 90lbs
Question: What color are the spots on a Plaice?
Answer: Red
Question: The Basslet is also known as what?
Answer: Fairy Basslet
Question: What is the fastest a tuna can swim?
Answer: 70kph
Question: What type of ocean water is more dense?
Answer: Polar water
Sea Life Trivia
Question: What is the saltiest sea in the world?
Answer: Red sea
Question: Which sea creature produces Calamari?
Answer: Squid
Question: Which octopus is poisonous to humans?
Answer: The Blue Ringed
Question: A group of dolphins is called what?
Answer: Pod
Question: The Yellowtail is a species of what?
Answer: Barracuda
Question: What is the weight of a Sunfish?
Answer: 5,000lbs
Question: A baby Walrus is called what?
Answer: A Calf
Question: The Oarfish is what?
Answer: An Eel
Question: What do Barracudas eat?
Answer: Fish
Question: How fast can a Barracuda swim?
Answer: 43 km
Marine Vessels & Structures Trivia
Question: The wreck of the USS Arizona lies in which ocean?
Answer: The Pacific
Question: The Marie Celeste lies at the bottom of which ocean?
Answer: No one really knows
Question: What distinguishes a sea snake from a land snake?
Answer: It has a flattened tail
Question: What year was the first nuclear submarine launched?
Answer: 1954
Question: Who invented the first self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba)?
Answer: Jacques Cousteau
Question: The tower on top of a submarine is called what?
Answer: The conning tower
Marine Mammals Trivia
Question: The sea otter comes from which animal family?
Answer: Weasel
Question: The beluga whale is what color?
Answer: White
Question: Which whale can hold its breath underwater for 2 hours?
Answer: The Blue Whale
Question: The narwhal is which type of sea animal?
Answer: Dolphin
Question: The marine mammals called manatees have what other name?
Answer: Sea Cows
Question: What is the largest species of dolphin?
Answer: The Orca (Killer Whale)
Question: How many species of seals are there in the world?
Answer: 33
Question: Which marine mammal is known for its long, spiraled tusk?
Answer: The Narwhal
Question: What is the fastest marine mammal?
Answer: The Dall's Porpoise
Question: Which marine mammal is also known as the "sea cow"?
Answer: The Manatee
Question: What is the largest species of pinniped (seal)?
Answer: The Elephant Seal
Question: Which marine mammal is known for its playful behavior and intricate vocalizations?
Answer: The Bottlenose Dolphin
Question: What is the deepest diving marine mammal?
Answer: The Sperm Whale
Question: Which marine mammal is commonly associated with the Arctic?
Answer: The Polar Bear
Question: What is the smallest species of marine mammal?
Answer: The Vaquita
Fish Species Trivia
Question: The Microstomus is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Lemon Sole
Question: Gulper Eels have a light located where on their body?
Answer: Tail
Question: The serranus cabrilla is commonly called what?
Answer: Comber
Question: Dungeness, Horseshoe, and Alaskan Snow are varieties of what sea creature?
Answer: Crab
Question: The lamprey is which type of sea creature?
Answer: Eel
Question: What is the largest species of bony fish?
Answer: The Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola)
Question: Which fish species is known for its ability to generate an electric field?
Answer: The Electric Eel
Question: What is the fastest fish in the ocean?
Answer: The Sailfish
Question: Which fish species has a body covered in bony plates and can inflate itself like a balloon?
Answer: The Pufferfish
Question: What is the national fish of Japan?
Answer: The Koi (Nishikigoi)
Question: Which fish species has the ability to change its gender?
Answer: The Clownfish
Question: What is the world's smallest fish species?
Answer: The Paedocypris progenetica
Question: Which fish species has the longest migratory route?
Answer: The Atlantic Salmon
Question: What is the most venomous fish in the world?
Answer: The Stonefish
Question: Which fish species is known for its incredible jumping ability?
Answer: The Atlantic Tarpon
Question: What is the largest species of flatfish?
Answer: The Halibut
Question: Which fish species is known for its bright colors and venomous spines?
Answer: The Lionfish
Question: What is the national fish of the United States?
Answer: The Striped Bass
Question: Which fish species is able to produce and generate electric discharges for navigation and communication?
Answer: The Black Ghost Knifefish
Question: What is the largest species of angelfish?
Answer: The Emperor Angelfish
Question: Which fish species is capable of breathing air and can survive out of water for a limited time?
Answer: The Lungfish
Question: What is the most venomous catfish species?
Answer: The Candiru
Question: Which fish species is known for its ability to walk on land?
Answer: The Mudskipper
Question: What is the national fish of the Bahamas?
Answer: The Blue Marlin
Question: Which fish species is famous for its colorful and intricate patterns?
Answer: The Mandarin Fish
Ocean Facts Trivia
Question: The Labrador current is in which ocean?
Answer: Atlantic
Question: The Humboldt current is in which ocean?
Answer: Pacific
Question: The West Wind Drift current is in which ocean?
Answer: Pacific
Question: What percentage of the world's oceans are currently protected in marine reserves?
Answer: 1
Question: What percentage of the Earth's surface do the oceans cover?
Answer: 7
Question: he largest recorded wave in the ocean was approximately how tall?
Answer: 100 feet
Question: What is the average depth of the world's oceans?
Answer: 12,080 feet
Question: Which ocean is the saltiest?
Answer: The Atlantic Ocean
Question: How many known species of fish are there in the ocean?
Answer: Over 30,000
Question: What is the longest mountain range on Earth located in the ocean?
Answer: Mid-Ocean Ridge
Question: Approximately how much of Earth's oxygen is produced by marine plants?
Answer: 50%
Question: Which ocean is the largest in terms of surface area?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
Question: How many oceans are there on Earth?
Answer: 5
Question: What is the most common element in the ocean?
Answer: Hydrogen
Question: What is the approximate age of the oldest seafloor in the ocean?
Answer: 200 million years
Marine Life Miscellaneous Trivia
Question: What is the smallest turtle?
Answer: Bog
Question: What type of whale was Orca?
Answer: Killer Whale
Question: HMS Keith was sunk in which war?
Answer: WW2
Question: A shrimp is what?
Answer: A decapod
Question: What is the Orange Roughly?
Answer: Fish
Question: The Clownfish can be found where?
Answer: Near coral
Question: What is a Sand Smelt?
Answer: Fish
Question: The Meriam is better known as what?
Answer: California sea otter
Question: The name for the study of fish is what?
Answer: Icthyology