Q 01/05

Master and Commander was the first non-documentary film ever shot on location in which Pacific archipelago?

A) The Marquesas

B) The Galápagos

C) The Aleutians

D) The Solomons

Answer · why

B) The Galápagos

The Galápagos appear for real when Dr Maturin goes collecting specimens. Most other scenes were shot in a giant studio tank in Mexico.

Q 02/05

The giant Mexican water tank that floated Master and Commander's replica frigate was built for which earlier sea epic?

A) Waterworld

B) The Abyss

C) Titanic

D) Pearl Harbor

Answer · why

C) Titanic

Titanic needed a tank big enough for a 775-foot replica liner, so Fox built Baja Studios on the Mexican coast. The full-scale HMS Surprise later rocke...

Q 03/05

Which 2003 hit kept Master and Commander at number two on its opening weekend at the North American box office?

A) Elf

B) Hulk

C) Holes

D) Radio

Answer · why

A) Elf

Elf, in its second week, earned $26.3 million to the naval epic's $25.1 million. The Will Ferrell Christmas comedy had itself opened at number two a w...

Q 04/05

Which camouflaged creature from Dr Maturin's collection inspires Captain Aubrey to disguise HMS Surprise?

A) Praying mantis

B) Leaf beetle

C) Hawk moth

D) Stick insect

Answer · why

D) Stick insect

Stick insect camouflage gives Aubrey the idea of hiding his warship in plain sight. Maturin's specimen is a phasmid, one of the insects that pass for ...

Q 05/05

Chris Larkin, the marine captain who accidentally shoots Dr Maturin in Master and Commander, is which actress's son?

A) Maggie Smith

B) Judi Dench

C) Helen Mirren

D) Diana Rigg

Answer · why

A) Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith's elder son took the stage name Larkin, after the poet Philip Larkin, so that he would not trade on his famous parents.