Mystery Questions
First Day
Second Day
Third Day
Fourth/Fifth Day
100

Define the term Fathoms

a unit of length equal to six feet

100

The amount of days the Old Man goes without catching fish at the start of the story?

What is 84 days

100
What does the Old Man compare the sea to?
What is a woman's wild behavior beyond her control
100
The type of bird that flutters around the Old Man's head, and then perches on the fishing line?
What is a Warbler
100
The first kind of shark that arrives to the side of the boat?
What is Mako
200

Define the term Iridescent

Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors

200
The name of the little boy who used to work for the Old Man?
What is Manolin
200
The name of the body of water the Old Man is on?
What is the Gulf Stream
200
The animal that takes the second bait the Old Man drops?
What is a dolphin
200
The weapon the Old Man uses to kill the large fish?
What is the harpoon
300

Define the term Phosphorescence

Emission of light without burning

300
The only part of the Old Man that has not aged?
What is his eyes
300
The first fish the Old Man pulls out of the water?
What is Tuna
300
Which hand does the Old Man injure?
What is the right hand
300
The name of the athlete the Old Man admires?
What is DiMaggio
400

Type of work The Old Man and the Sea is? Remember it is NOT a novel. 

What is a novella

400
The sport the Old Man and the boy discuss at the shack?
What is baseball
400
The type of fish that pulls the Old Man out to sea?
What is the Marlin
400

The dream that the Old Man has every night?

What is lions on the beach in Africa

400
On the side of the boat when the Old Man returns back to land?
What is the skeleton of the fish
500
The setting of The Old Man and the sea?
What is Havana, Cuba
500
The meaning of the word "salao"?
What is "the worst form of lucky"
500
What animals play in the water and are started to be considered as brothers to the Old Man?
What is Porpoises
500

What does the Old Man find in the dolphin's stomach?

What is two flying fish

500
The length of the fish?
What is 18 feet
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