Q 01/05

Who wrote The Old Man and the Sea?

A) Herman Melville

B) John Steinbeck

C) Ernest Hemingway

D) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer · why

C) Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway: when the book was filmed, he went out off Peru himself to hunt giant marlin for the cameras.

Q 02/05

The Old Man and the Sea is set off the coast of which country?

A) Mexico

B) Cuba

C) Puerto Rico

D) Spain

Answer · why

B) Cuba

Cuba: on the long sail home in the dark, Santiago steers for the glow of Havana's lights.

Q 03/05

In The Old Man and the Sea, how many days has Santiago gone without a fish when the story opens?

A) 5

B) 20

C) 84

D) 365

Answer · why

C) 84

84: Santiago tells the boy that eighty-five is a lucky number and suggests they buy a lottery ticket bearing it.

Q 04/05

Who is Manolin?

A) A rival fisherman

B) A café owner

C) Santiago's grandson

D) A boy Santiago trained

Answer · why

D) A boy Santiago trained

His parents have made him work on a luckier boat, but he still brings the old man food.

Q 05/05

Which baseball star do Santiago and Manolin talk about?

A) Ted Williams

B) Mickey Mantle

C) Babe Ruth

D) Joe DiMaggio

Answer · why

D) Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio: exhausted at sea, Santiago spurs himself on by thinking of 'the great DiMaggio', who played on despite a painful bone spur.