Finding Nemo Trivia
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176 free Finding Nemo trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
58 free Finding Nemo trivia questions with answers. Finding Nemo is one of the most rewatched films ever made, and it rewards attention: the Psycho violins under Darla, the seagulls modelled on a Wallace & Gromit penguin, the fact that Marlin's voice belonged to a different actor for most of production. This quiz covers the story and characters, the quotes everyone can recite, the voice cast, the making of the film at Pixar, its box office and Oscar records, and a handful of questions on Finding Dory and on the real clownfish and reef that inspired it. It works for family movie night, a classroom reward, or a themed pub quiz round. Easy questions come first in spirit if not in order: kids who know the film will score well on the plot, while the production and history questions will separate the true fans. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, so you can play with confidence and settle arguments about how old Crush really is.
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Q 01What do Nemo's classmates call the boat they dare each other to swim up to?
A butt
A butt: Tad has only heard the word 'boat' second-hand and mangles it, so when Nemo swims out and slaps the hull he whispers, 'He touched the butt.'
Q 02What does Dory think the old naval mines around the sharks' sunken submarine are?
Balloons
Balloons: Dory decides the minefield means a party, and Bruce warns her to keep her distance because 'those balloons can be a bit dodgy'; they go off later and end his chase.
Q 03What condition does Dory famously suffer from?
Short-term memory loss
Dory has short-term memory loss and forgets conversations within moments. Despite that she turns out to be able to read, which is how the address on the diver's mask gets deciphered.
Q 04What does Nigel call the seagulls when he snaps at them to shut up?
Rats with wings
Nigel snaps 'You're rats with wings!' at the gulls clamouring for his crab, then throws it to them the moment he overhears another pelican mention Nemo.
Q 05What is the address Dory keeps repeating from the diver's mask?
P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way
The mask reads 'P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney'. Dory repeats it obsessively, and it is how Marlin learns where his son has been taken.
Q 06In Finding Nemo's opening, which predator knocks Marlin out and takes Coral and all but one of the eggs?
A barracuda
A barracuda attacks the anemone; Marlin is knocked out and wakes to find Coral and all but one damaged egg gone, the loss that drives his overprotectiveness.
Q 07Which Toy Story character appears as a toy on the floor of the dentist's waiting room?
Buzz Lightyear
Buzz Lightyear lies on the waiting-room floor when Nemo first looks out of the tank, beside a toy chest holding the plane from Toy Story 2 and the studio's Luxo ball.
Q 08Which Cheers actor voices the school of moonfish that performs impressions for Dory?
John Ratzenberger
John Ratzenberger, Cliff in Cheers and Hamm in Toy Story, leads the school; the moonfish form a swordfish and a lobster, then mock Marlin with an impression of him.
Q 09Which Pixar film followed Finding Nemo into cinemas?
The Incredibles
The Incredibles came next; a boy in the dentist's waiting room is already reading a Mr. Incredible comic in Finding Nemo, more than a year before that film opened.
Q 10What kind of shark is Anchor, the support-group member who cannot stand dolphins?
A hammerhead
A hammerhead: Anchor tacks 'except stinkin' dolphins' onto the sharks' pledge, and Chum, the mako of the trio, agrees that they think they are so cute.
Q 11What nickname does Crush give Marlin when he wakes up on the turtle's shell?
Jellyman
Crush dubs Marlin 'Jellyman' in admiration, telling him 'You got serious thrill issues, dude', and the young turtles keep the name for the rest of the ride.
Q 12Who voices Marlin in Finding Nemo?
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks voices Marlin. Another actor had already recorded most of the part before the director recast it with Brooks, a change he said 'saved' the film.
Q 13Which Fargo actor recorded most of Marlin's dialogue for Finding Nemo before being replaced?
William H. Macy
William H. Macy was the first Marlin and had recorded most of the dialogue before the director decided the character needed a lighter touch and recast the part.
Q 21What is Gill's plan for getting the fish out of the dentist's office?
Clog the filter so it must be cleaned
Clog the filter so it must be cleaned: once the tank is filthy the dentist will have to bag the fish, and they can roll out of the window, across the street and into the harbour.
Q 22What is the mock volcano at the centre of the tank called during Nemo's initiation?
Mount Wannahockaloogie
The volcano is Mount Wannahockaloogie, a pun on hocking a loogie. Nemo must swim through its bubbling 'ring of fire' to be accepted into the Tank Gang.
Q 23What nickname does the Tank Gang give Nemo?
Shark Bait
Q 14Which Oscar-nominated actor voices Gill, the scarred leader of the Tank Gang?
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe voices Gill, and came back 13 years later for Finding Dory's post-credits scene, in which the gang finally reach California still sealed in their bags.
Q 15What species of fish is Gill?
Moorish idol
The Moorish idol feeds largely on sponges in the wild and is notoriously difficult to keep in captivity, a fitting species for a fish desperate to escape a tank.
Q 16Which Australian actor voices Nigel the pelican?
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush, Best Actor winner for Shine, voices Nigel. The film leans on Australian talent throughout: Barry Humphries and Eric Bana voice two of the three sharks.
Q 17Which member of the Tank Gang is a pufferfish?
Bloat
Bloat is voiced by Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond and presides over the tank's 'ring of fire' initiation.
Q 18What kind of creature is Jacques, the French-accented member of the Tank Gang?
A cleaner shrimp
Jacques is a cleaner shrimp, voiced by Pixar story artist Joe Ranft. Fittingly, in Finding Dory's post-credits scene he is the only Tank Gang member not coated in algae.
Q 19What is Peach, the Tank Gang member who watches the dentist through the glass?
A sea star
Peach is a sea star who clings to the glass and reports on the dentist's patients. She is voiced by Allison Janney, then starring in The West Wing.
Q 20What is the name of the dentist's niece, feared by every fish in the tank?
Darla
Darla, the dentist's niece, is the tank's nightmare: her last pet fish died after she shook its bag too hard, and Nemo is meant to be her birthday present.
Shark Bait is the name Gill gives Nemo at his initiation, once he has faced the 'ring of fire'; the rest of the gang seal it with a chant of 'Shark Bait, ooh ha ha!'
Q 24Marlin and Dory wake up riding which ocean current with Crush and his turtles?
The East Australian Current
The East Australian Current carries them. It is a real current that flows south from the Coral Sea along Australia's east coast, which is why the turtles ride it toward Sydney.
Q 25How old does Crush the sea turtle say he is?
150
Crush says he is 150 'and still young'; Marlin later uses the figure to settle Nemo's question about how long sea turtles live, insisting 'He was a hundred and fifty, not one hundred!'
Q 26Which Monsters, Inc. character snorkels across the screen during Finding Nemo's end credits?
Mike Wazowski
Mike Wazowski swims past in the credits, wearing the diving gear he put on in Monsters, Inc. to protect himself from the child Boo.
Q 27What is the name of Crush's son?
Squirt
Squirt is Crush's son, the baby turtle who briefs Marlin and Dory on 'proper exiting technique' for leaving the current, in surfer slang Marlin cannot follow.
Q 28What kind of animal swallows Marlin and Dory near the end of their journey?
A blue whale
It is a blue whale, the largest animal ever to live; the pair are carried in its mouth all the way to Sydney Harbour.
Q 29What single word do the harbour seagulls shout?
Mine!
'Mine!' is all the seagulls ever say; after chasing Nigel across the harbour the whole flock ends up beak-first in a boat's sail.
Q 30What does Dory name the baby jellyfish she tries to befriend?
Squishy
Dory names the baby jellyfish Squishy and declares him 'my Squishy', only to be stung; soon the two fish are racing through a whole forest of jellyfish.