Q 01/05

Which infamous real ship, now a rusting hulk, serves as the Smokers' floating base in Waterworld?

A) The Queen Mary

B) The USS Enterprise

C) The Exxon Valdez

D) The Amoco Cadiz

Answer · why

C) The Exxon Valdez

The Exxon Valdez, the tanker behind Alaska's 1989 oil spill, is where the Smokers make fuel, ammunition and cigarettes. They even treat its real-life ...

Q 02/05

Which future comedy star has an early small role as a Smoker seaplane pilot in Waterworld?

A) Jack Black

B) Ben Stiller

C) Adam Sandler

D) Will Ferrell

Answer · why

A) Jack Black

Jack Black flies the Smokers' scout plane, one of several bit parts he took in the mid-1990s. School of Rock made him a leading man eight years later.

Q 03/05

Which director, burned by his own ocean shoot, warned Kevin Costner not to film Waterworld at sea?

A) James Cameron

B) Francis Ford Coppola

C) Ridley Scott

D) Steven Spielberg

Answer · why

D) Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg spoke from experience, because filming Jaws at sea had plagued his own production. The advice went unheeded, and Waterworld's planned...

Q 04/05

In Waterworld's opening scene, what does the Mariner filter through a homemade still and then drink?

A) Plain seawater

B) His own urine

C) Bilge water

D) Fish blood

Answer · why

B) His own urine

His own urine is what the Mariner distils and drinks in the film's first minutes. The scene shows at once how scarce fresh water has become on an Eart...

Q 05/05

What rare commodity does the Mariner bring to trade for supplies at the atoll in Waterworld?

A) Paper

B) Seeds

C) Copper

D) Dirt

Answer · why

D) Dirt

Dirt is so scarce on the flooded Earth that it works as currency. The Mariner gathers his from the sea floor, a place the other traders cannot reach.