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Fishing for Titles

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Fishing for Titles game quiz
"Our scaled friends appear in the title of many works of art -- how many can you identify?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. A Schubert piano quintet is nicknamed after this fish. What is it?
    Salmon
    Goldfish
    Mackeral
    Trout


2. Which fish is featured in the title of Ngaio Marsh's detective novel which begins, "A Surfeit of"?
    Angelfish
    Sharks
    Lampreys
    Minnows


3. "The Silver Darlings" is a 1941 novel by Neil Gunn. Okay, what fish are nicknamed "silver darlings?"
    Herring
    Silverfish
    Cod
    Pike


4. What fruity fish is featured in a short story by J.D. Salinger?
    Banana
    Lemon
    Melon
    Peach


5. "The Fish Can Sing" is a 1957 novel by Halldor Laxness. Where is Laxness from?
    Iceland
    Norway
    Finland
    Denmark


6. "Jaws" is a film about a man-eating shark. When was it produced?
    1973
    1974
    1975
    1976


7. Gunter Grass also wrote a novel featuring a fish. What is the name of the novel?
    Angelfish
    The Night of the Lampreys
    Death of the Stingray
    The Flounder


8. What city is saved by fish in a 1979 film?
    Dayton
    San Francisco
    Phoenix
    Pittsburgh


9. In a "A Fish Called Wanda" a fish and a thief share the same first name. What was the thief's LAST name?
    Gershwitz
    Christie
    Barnes
    Johns


10. "Piranha to Scurfy" is the title stoy in a collection by what writer?
    Ernest Hemingway
    A.E. W. Mason
    Umberto Eco
    Ruth Rendell

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