# Trivia Set: Moby-Dick  
**Used:** 2025-06-10

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## Regular Questions

### 1. Which novel, written by Herman Melville and published in 1851, follows Captain Ahab’s obsession with a white whale?  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- The OG whale-chasing saga  
- Obsession: 1, Sanity: 0  
- When you take “white whale” literally  
- Biblical vibes, maritime madness  
- Spoiler: the whale wins

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### 2. What book famously begins with “Call me Ishmael”?  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- The most iconic one-liner in literature  
- Instantly mysterious, forever quotable  
- That intro everyone steals  
- “Call me...” and the whale became history  
- Seven words, absolute legend

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### 3. Which classic novel explores themes of obsession, revenge, and fate on the high seas?  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Shakespeare meets Captain Ahab  
- Whale vengeance on a B‑side  
- Gospel of the sea, performed with harpoons  
- Epic monomaniac meets giant mammal  
- Goodreads: “Too extra?”

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### 4. In which novel does Queequeg become friends with Ishmael aboard the Pequod?  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Bro-mance on a whaling ship  
- Pacific islander meets sea vagabond  
- Fishermen, friendship, fate  
- The first cross-cultural bromance  
- Ishmael and Queequeg: OTP of the Pequod

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### 5. What novel ends with a massive whale attack and Ahab’s downfall?  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Final showdown: man vs. mammal  
- If revenge had a tail, it’d be this whale  
- Ahab went down with the ship—and the shark  
- Whaling trip gone biblical  
- Ending so dramatic, whales blush

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## Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

### 1. The whaling ship commanded by Captain Ahab is called the ______.  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Because naming your whale is a power move  
- Harder to say than “white whale”  
- The star of the show—on deck and in water  
- Yes, the book *and* the boat  
- Branding: early American edition

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### 2. Ishmael recounts his tale in Herman Melville’s novel “______.”  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Ishmael’s travel vlog, 1851 edition  
- Whale stories beat city gossip  
- Snow, sea, and seafood drama  
- His ride, his narrative, his whale  
- Classic nautical Netflix special

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### 3. The great white whale of vengeance and legend throughout the novel is named ______.  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- White whale, white-hot rage  
- One beast, infinite symbolism  
- Ocean icon and nightmare fuel  
- Whale of a tale in four letters  
- Mythic marine monster

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### 4. The obsessive hunt for the white whale forms the central plot of “______.”  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Melville’s masterpiece of monomania  
- Vengeance sells, whale tales tell  
- When your hobby becomes a death wish  
- “Just one whale,” he said. History knows.  
- Obsession’s literary peak

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### 5. The epic sea adventure written by Herman Melville is titled ______.  
**Answer:** Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Melville’s 500-page siren call  
- Sea epic or whale horror? Yes  
- Maritime drama before streaming existed  
- Paragraphs long enough to sink ships  
- Classic, confusingly long subtitle

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## Multiple Choice Questions

### 1. Which novel features Captain Ahab’s relentless pursuit of a giant white whale?  
A. Treasure Island  
B. The Old Man and the Sea  
C. Moby-Dick  
D. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea  
**Answer:** C. Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Whale vengeance, served deep  
- Boarding Maine’s literary big kahuna  
- Nautical obsession, rated R  
- Legend of the sea in four letters  
- Whalers: gloom edition

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### 2. Which book opens with “Call me Ishmael”?  
A. The Scarlet Letter  
B. Moby-Dick  
C. The Odyssey  
D. Heart of Darkness  
**Answer:** B. Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- That intro everyone steals  
- One line, infinite drama  
- Instantly iconic storytelling  
- “Call me…” and you’re hooked  
- Can’t start better than this

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### 3. In which novel does the ship Pequod set sail for vengeance?  
A. Robinson Crusoe  
B. Moby-Dick  
C. Lord of the Flies  
D. 20,000 Leagues  
**Answer:** B. Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Pequod: the worst cruise ship ever  
- Whale tour gone biblical  
- Floating obsession incubator  
- Don’t take this cruise  
- Harpoon fiction central

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### 4. Which Herman Melville novel is split into deep philosophical chapters and whale biology?  
A. Moby-Dick  
B. Billy Budd  
C. Benito Cereno  
D. Bartleby, the Scrivener  
**Answer:** A. Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- The one with sea science and sermons  
- Whale taxonomy meets existential dread  
- Boring? Maybe. Genius? Definitely.  
- Between whales and wisdom  
- Prep your attention span

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### 5. Which classic book’s title is also the name of the whale it features?  
A. Walden  
B. Moby-Dick  
C. Gadsby  
D. Heart of Darkness  
**Answer:** B. Moby-Dick  

**Taglines:**  
- Title: Spoiler alert  
- Whale named after book, or vice versa  
- The whale got top billing  
- Cover story = character  
- Whale name > main guy’s name
