Q 01/05

What is Elisa's job at the secret government laboratory in The Shape of Water?

A) A typist

B) A cleaner

C) A lab assistant

D) A canteen cook

Answer · why

B) A cleaner

A cleaner: she and Zelda are mopping blood off the laboratory floor when they find two severed fingers, their first sign of what the 'asset' in the ta...

Q 02/05

In The Shape of Water, what food does Elisa bring the creature to win his trust?

A) Tinned sardines

B) Cornflakes

C) Raw steak

D) Boiled eggs

Answer · why

D) Boiled eggs

Boiled eggs: Elisa smuggles hard-boiled eggs into the laboratory, then a record player and jazz records too, and their shared lunches by the tank beco...

Q 03/05

In which American city is The Shape of Water set?

A) Baltimore

B) Boston

C) Philadelphia

D) Pittsburgh

Answer · why

A) Baltimore

Baltimore, in 1962: del Toro said that 'once upon a time in 1962' turns the story into a fairy tale for troubled times, so that audiences lower their ...

Q 04/05

Which 1950s monster movie inspired The Shape of Water?

A) Creature from the Black Lagoon

B) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

C) It Came from Beneath the Sea

D) The Thing from Another World

Answer · why

A) Creature from the Black Lagoon

Creature from the Black Lagoon: as a boy del Toro watched the Gill-man swim beneath Julie Adams and felt, he said, 'an almost existential desire for t...

Q 05/05

How does Elisa communicate in The Shape of Water?

A) A voice box

B) Writing on a slate

C) Morse code

D) Sign language

Answer · why

D) Sign language

Sign language: Elisa is mute, with old scars on her neck, and her friends Giles and Zelda speak her signs aloud for everyone else.