BLASTERMIND

In honour of The Meg swimming its way into cinemas, here are 20 salty brainteasers...

It covers 71% of the Earth but hey, how much do you truly know about the sea?

question 1

What organisation employs Troy Tempest and Phones, and operates Stingray?

question 2

What’s the name of the talking dolphin crewmember on board seaQuest DSV?

question 3

Name the ocean planet where Obi-Wan Kenobi first discovers the Clone army in Attack Of The Clones.

question 4

What make/model of car was James Bond’s famous sporty submersible number in The Spy Who Loved Me?

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Which famous British actor is under the CG tentacles of this Pirates Of The Caribbean villain?

question 6

Which author wrote The Kraken Wakes, where aliens invade via the Earth’s oceans?

question 7

In which 1999 film directed by Renny Harlin was Samuel L Jackson eaten by an unconvincing CG shark?

question 8

What’s the name of the submarine the sailors call home in ’60s TV show Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea?

question 9

What name does Aquaman go under as a civilian?

question 10

In which seafaring game series would you encounter Guybrush Threepwood?

question 11

What’s the name of the mermaid played by Daryl Hannah in Splash?

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Which Doctor Who enemies, closely related to the Silurians, are these chaps?

question 13

In which episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series are Kirk and Spock mutated so they can breathe underwater?

question 14

In which famous ocean-going film does the Deacon live with an army of Smokers on the Exxon Valdez?

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Apparently it’s not technically a dinosaur, but which species is this shark-eating creature from a Jurassic World exhibit?

question 16

Which incredibly successful director made his feature debut with Piranha II: The Spawning?

question 17

In what film would you encounter Dr Lindsey Brigman, the Deep Core drilling platform and a race of “NTI”s?

question 18

Which SF author wrote the novel that inspired Sharon Stonestarring movie Sphere?

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This fella was the soggiest of all Skeletor’s minions in Masters Of The Universe. What’s his name?

question 20

Name the sea witch who makes Ariel human in Disney 1989 film The Little Mermaid.

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