Grab your goggles, because this Finding Nemo trivia trip is crossing the whole ocean.
The first seven rounds stick to the 2003 movie, while the last round clearly visits Finding Dory.
Marlin, Nemo, and the Reef
- What species of fish are Marlin and Nemo?
Answer: Clownfish - Where do Marlin and Coral plan to raise their family?
Answer: A sea anemone on the Great Barrier Reef - What attacks Marlin and Coral at the beginning?
Answer: A barracuda - How many eggs survive the attack?
Answer: One - Why does Marlin name his son Nemo?
Answer: It was Coral's favorite name - Which of Nemo's fins is smaller?
Answer: His right fin - What nickname does Nemo use for his smaller fin?
Answer: His lucky fin - What is Nemo's teacher's name?
Answer: Mr. Ray - What species is Mr. Ray?
Answer: A spotted eagle ray - What kind of home protects Marlin and Nemo?
Answer: A sea anemone - What does Nemo touch to prove himself to his classmates?
Answer: A boat - Who captures Nemo?
Answer: A scuba diver who is a dentist - What item does the diver drop?
Answer: A diving mask - What address is written on the mask?
Answer: P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney - Why is Marlin especially protective of Nemo?
Answer: He lost Coral and all the other eggs
Marlin starts as the reef's most cautious parent, while Nemo is eager to prove that his lucky fin does not define what he can do. That tension gives their enormous ocean journey its emotional current.
Dory Joins the Search
- What species of fish is Dory?
Answer: A blue tang - What condition affects Dory's memory?
Answer: Short-term memory loss - What language does Dory claim she can read?
Answer: English - Who voices Dory?
Answer: Ellen DeGeneres - What phrase does Dory use to encourage Marlin?
Answer: Just keep swimming - Which fish can read the address on the mask?
Answer: Dory - What nickname does Dory mistakenly call Nemo?
Answer: Harpo, Elmo, and other wrong names - What game does Dory play with a tiny jellyfish?
Answer: Bouncing on its top - What does Dory call the young whale?
Answer: A little whale - How does Dory try to communicate with the whale?
Answer: By speaking whale - What does the whale do with Marlin and Dory?
Answer: Carries them toward Sydney - Where does the whale release them?
Answer: Through its blowhole in Sydney Harbour - What does Dory say she can remember better when she is with Marlin?
Answer: Things and directions - Why does Marlin initially try to leave Dory behind?
Answer: He thinks searching with her is too risky - Who helps Nemo reunite with Marlin?
Answer: Dory
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Sharks, Jellyfish, and the EAC
- What are the names of the three sharks?
Answer: Bruce, Anchor, and Chum - What species is Bruce?
Answer: Great white shark - What pledge do the sharks recite?
Answer: Fish are friends, not food - What makes Bruce lose control of his appetite?
Answer: The smell of Dory's blood - Where do the sharks hold their meeting?
Answer: Inside a sunken submarine - What dangerous objects fill the submarine area?
Answer: Naval mines - What explodes after Bruce chases Marlin and Dory?
Answer: The mines - What sea creatures form a hazardous forest?
Answer: Jellyfish - Which part of a jellyfish does Marlin say is safe to touch?
Answer: The top - What happens to Dory in the jellyfish field?
Answer: She is badly stung and loses consciousness - What ocean current carries Marlin and Dory toward Sydney?
Answer: The East Australian Current - What nickname do the turtles use for the current?
Answer: The EAC - Who is the adult sea turtle Marlin meets?
Answer: Crush - What is Crush's son's name?
Answer: Squirt - How old does Crush say he is?
Answer: 150
The Tank Gang
- Where is Nemo placed after his capture?
Answer: A fish tank in a Sydney dentist's office - What is the tank leader's name?
Answer: Gill - What species is Gill?
Answer: A Moorish idol - What physical feature do Gill and Nemo share?
Answer: A damaged fin - Who is the yellow tang in the tank?
Answer: Bubbles - What object excites Bubbles?
Answer: Bubbles from the treasure-chest aerator - Who is the royal gramma in the tank?
Answer: Gurgle - Who is the pufferfish?
Answer: Bloat - Who is the black-and-white damselfish?
Answer: Deb - What does Deb call her reflection?
Answer: Flo - Who is the cleaner shrimp?
Answer: Jacques - Who is the starfish attached to the glass?
Answer: Peach - What group name do the aquarium fish use?
Answer: The Tank Gang - What ceremony do the fish perform for Nemo?
Answer: An initiation at Mount Wannahockaloogie - What name does the Tank Gang give Nemo?
Answer: Sharkbait
For another family-friendly round, try our kids trivia.
Escape from the Dentist's Office
- Who is supposed to receive Nemo as a birthday present?
Answer: Darla - How is Darla related to the dentist?
Answer: She is his niece - Why are the fish afraid of Darla?
Answer: She previously killed a fish by shaking its bag - What music is associated with Darla's arrival?
Answer: The Psycho shower-scene motif - What is Gill's escape plan called?
Answer: Operation Clean Tank - What must Nemo jam to make the tank dirty?
Answer: The filter - What does Nemo use to block the filter?
Answer: A pebble - Why does the first filter attempt fail?
Answer: Nemo nearly gets sucked into the filter mechanism - What machine does the dentist install after cleaning the tank?
Answer: A high-tech self-cleaning filter - Who tells Nemo that Marlin is searching for him?
Answer: Nigel - What kind of bird is Nigel?
Answer: A brown pelican - How does Nemo pretend to avoid becoming Darla's gift?
Answer: He plays dead - What does Gill use to launch himself toward Darla?
Answer: The tank's model volcano - Through what plumbing fixture does Nemo escape to the ocean?
Answer: A sink drain - How does the Tank Gang finally escape after the credits?
Answer: They roll into the harbor in plastic bags
Birds, Sydney, and the Reunion
- Which birds repeatedly shout Mine?
Answer: Seagulls - Where do the seagulls gather?
Answer: Sydney Harbour - What bird carries Marlin and Dory into the dentist's office?
Answer: Nigel - Who first reports Marlin's journey to the Tank Gang?
Answer: Nigel - What helps news of Marlin's search travel across the ocean?
Answer: A chain of sea creatures repeating the story - Who mistakes Marlin and Dory for food at the harbor?
Answer: A pelican - What landmark confirms they reached Sydney?
Answer: The Sydney Opera House - Why does Marlin think Nemo is dead?
Answer: He sees Nemo playing dead in Darla's bag - Where do Marlin and Nemo finally reunite?
Answer: In the ocean near Sydney - What happens immediately after the reunion?
Answer: Dory is caught in a fishing net with other fish - What does Nemo tell the trapped fish to do?
Answer: Swim down together - Who trusts Nemo's plan despite his fear?
Answer: Marlin - What breaks the fishing net?
Answer: The combined force of the fish swimming downward - What word does Dory briefly forget after the rescue?
Answer: Nemo's name - Who returns Nemo safely to the reef?
Answer: Marlin and Dory
Keep movie night going with our movie trivia.
Voices, Filmmakers, and Awards
- Who voices Marlin?
Answer: Albert Brooks - Who voices Nemo?
Answer: Alexander Gould - Who voices Gill?
Answer: Willem Dafoe - Who voices Crush?
Answer: Andrew Stanton - Who voices Nigel?
Answer: Geoffrey Rush - Who voices Bruce?
Answer: Barry Humphries - Who directed Finding Nemo?
Answer: Andrew Stanton - Who co-directed the film?
Answer: Lee Unkrich - Which studio produced Finding Nemo?
Answer: Pixar Animation Studios - Which company released the film?
Answer: Walt Disney Pictures - In what year was Finding Nemo released?
Answer: 2003 - Who composed the musical score?
Answer: Thomas Newman - What Academy Award did Finding Nemo win?
Answer: Best Animated Feature - What Pixar feature number is Finding Nemo?
Answer: Pixar's fifth feature film - Which real reef inspired Nemo's home region?
Answer: Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Finding Dory, Clearly Labeled
- In what year was Finding Dory released?
Answer: 2016 - Who is the central character of Finding Dory?
Answer: Dory - What is Dory searching for in the sequel?
Answer: Her parents - What are Dory's parents named?
Answer: Jenny and Charlie - Where does Dory believe her parents live?
Answer: The Marine Life Institute in California - What is the Marine Life Institute's motto?
Answer: Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Release - What kind of animal is Hank?
Answer: A septopus, an octopus missing one tentacle - Who voices Hank?
Answer: Ed O'Neill - What species is Destiny?
Answer: A whale shark - What vision condition does Destiny have?
Answer: Nearsightedness - What species is Bailey?
Answer: A beluga whale - What ability does Bailey regain?
Answer: Echolocation - Which sea lions guard a favorite rock?
Answer: Fluke and Rudder - What bird helps Dory move around the institute?
Answer: Becky the loon - Who directs Finding Dory?
Answer: Andrew Stanton
Sources and Further Reading
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