SEA BOOKS
Made into a film starring Spencer Tracy, was this Ernest Hemingway novel which tells the story of Santiago, an aging fisherman, and his long struggle to catch a giant marlin.
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Bobby Darin had a big hit with a song with the lyrics 'Somewhere, ____ __ __, somewhere waiting for me, my lover stands on golden sand, and watches the ships that go sailing.'
BEYOND THE SEA
After their film 'Buck Privates', an army comedy became a smash hit, this comedy team immediately began work on their next film 'In The Navy' which came out the same year in 1941.
ABBOTT & COSTELLO
The movie 'JAWS' came out in 1975 and was directed by this famous director
STEVEN SPIELBERG
Sharks have this many bones
ZERO
Possibly the most famous fictional character to ever be marooned on an island was this man, whose boat capsized, leaving him as the loan survivor on an island, on which he spent 28 years before leaving.
ROBINSON CRUSOE
Otis Redding had a hit with a song with the lyrics,
'I'm ___ _ __ __ __ __ __, watching the tide roll away, I'm just ___ _ __ __ __ __ __, wastin' time, I left my home in Georgia, headed for the 'Frisco bay, I've had nothing to live for, look like nothin's gonna come my way, So I'm just ___ __ __ __ __ __ __
Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay
Before winning two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys, this quarterback nicknamed 'Captain America' played college football at Navy.
ROGER STAUBACH
Before starring in 'JAWS', Robert Shaw was in some great films including a villain in 'From Russia With Love', and 'The Sting', as well as one of four villains who take control of the New York City Subway system in this 1974 thriller also starring Walter Matthau.
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123
This reality TV show features guests coming on trying to pitch their products or business ideas to millionaire investors.
SHARK TANK
'The Sea Wolf' is a novel about a book critic lost at sea and rescued by Wolf Larsen, an amoral sea captain, and was written by this Call of The Wild author.
JACK LONDON
Simon & Garfunkel had a hit with a song with these lyrics
'Oh when times get rough, and friends just can't be found, like a ___ ___ ___ ___, I will lay me down, Like a ___ ___ ___ ___, I will lay me down.
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Many US Presidents have served in the navy, including this youngest President who is on the 50 cent piece.
JFK
The most famous line spoken in the movie 'JAWS' was not in the novel, or the script, but was made up by actor Roy Scheider on the spot. What was the line?
You're gonna need a bigger boat
Of the four major sports only one has a team named the SHARKS
HOCKEY (San Jose Sharks)
This famous novel, made into films, one starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, and one starring Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando, was based on a true story and featured men like Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian.
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
'Under The Sea' was the biggest song from this 1989 Disney animated film.
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway were two of the stars of this sitcom, about a military crew who scheme to make money, attract women, and enjoy themselves. But despite their scheming they always come through successfully in combat in the end.
MCHALE'S NAVY
The three men who chase Jaws in the end of the film are Roy Schieder, Robert Shaw, and this other actor whose name also begins with R, and was in such films as 'Close Encounters of The Third Kind', and 'Mr. Holland's Opus'.
RICHARD DREYFUSS
The phrase 'jumping the shark' which refers to when a TV show or franchise begins to decline in quality through absurd plot twists came about from an episode of 'Happy Days' when this character jumped over a shark while water skiing.
FONZIE
This Ancient Greek epic poem by HOMER, tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, who wanders for ten years trying to get home after the Trojan War. On his journey across the sea he encounters a giant cyclops, and the wrath of gods, while attempting to reclaim his throne and family.
THE ODYSSEY
I don't want you, but I hate to lose you, you've got me in ___ __ ___ __ __ ___ ___ ___, I forgive you, 'Cause I can't forget you, you've got me in ____ __ ___ __ __ __ __ __. I ought to cross you off my list, but when you come knocking at my door, fate seems to give my heart a twist, and I come running back for more.
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Of the four military branches is the Navy
The oldest, second oldest, third oldest or fourth oldest?
The Second oldest, beginning in October of 1775. The oldest is the Army beginning in June of 1775.
Tough one but hey its for 500!
He composed the famous music for 'Jaws', as well as the music for 'Star Wars', 'Superman', 'E.T.', 'Jurassic Park' and the Harry Potter and Indiana Jones films.
JOHN WILLIAMS
In the film 'Jaws' the shark is this type of shark
A GREAT WHITE SHARK