Fishy Quiz ( answers now added)

Fish Quiz, no prizes, I will post the answers to Question 1 to 26 after the weekend.

53.33167° N, -3.825° E
Q1  if you were fishing at the above co ordinates where would you be?

Q2 in a 2011 Film title what, was the unlikely Salmon Fishing Location?

Q3 in the Simpsons, what is the three eyed fish called?

Q4 Merlangius merlangus is more usually known as a what?

Q5 What is the World’s largest Fish?

Q6 What is the World’s smallest fish?

Q7 What are the oldest types of living fish in the World ?

Q8 How can you tell the age of a fish?

Q9 How long is Llandudno Pier?

Q10 Where might you catch a Gwyniad?

Q11 Where is Flounder a tropical fish?

Q12 What is the World’s most venomous fish?

Q13  What type of fish is Dory in Finding Nemo?

Q14  The Ruffe  was introduced in the 1980s to the answer to Q10,
and now threatens it’s existence as it eats its eggs, True or False?

Q15 Which is bigger a size 2 or 22 hook?

Q16  True or False? Four-eyed fish have eyes raised above the top of their head divided in two different parts so they can see above and below the water surface at the same time. Four-eyed fish mate only on one side, “right handed” males only mate with “left handed” females and vice versa.

Q17. How fast can a yellow fin tuna swim?

Q18 Who’s War Cabinet recognised the importance of fish and chips to the nation and ensured it remained off ration?

Q19 What is celebrated on the 8 May in the UK but the 9th May in New Zealand?

Q20 Which River flows through Rhyl Harbour?

Q21 Name two tributaries of the River Clwyd.

Q22 in 1938 Winston Churchill stocked his pond with 1,000 of which fish?

Q23 how much did the Blue Fin Tuna caught in September 2017 near Neyland, Pembrokeshire on lightweight equipment weigh?

Q24 What is the meaning of fetch in nautical terms?

Q25 Can Plaice and Flounder interbreed?

Q26 Find the fish, the clue is “gather risk”

Q27 onwards...over to you...what fishy quiz questions have you?  

Should keep me amused later. Thanks

MusselMan wrote:

Should keep me amused later. Thanks

Feel free to add some crate questions!

Notbad wrote:

MusselMan wrote:

Should keep me amused later. Thanks

Feel free to add some crate questions!

I will do. Let me think on that. Have to be something harder than anagram of "top".

Finally got round to doing your quiz. There were some good questions there. A couple I am still not certain on (7,23) but have answers.

I was pleased to find that the answer to question 6 might not be "anything musselman catches".

I pondered on Q8 as, the case of Logger's whiting, it's age has not changed since the first time he caught it.

MusselMan wrote:

Finally got round to doing your quiz. There were some good questions there. A couple I am still not certain on (7,23) but have answers.

I was pleased to find that the answer to question 6 might not be "anything musselman catches".

I pondered on Q8 as, the case of Logger's whiting, it's age has not changed since the first time he caught it.

I can see you have given it some serious thought! On Q7 the answer surprised me is all I am saying for now!

Fishy Quiz Answers – no prizes!

53.33167° N, -3.825° E
Q1 if you were fishing at the above co ordinates where would you be?
Q1 Answer. Llandudno Pier

Q2 in a 2011 Film title what, was the unlikely the Salmon Fishing Location?
Q2 Answer, The Yemen Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

Q3 in the Simpsons, what is the three eyed fish called?
Q3 Answer, Blinky

Q4 Merlangius merlangus is more usually known as a what?
Q4 Answer Whiting

Q5 What is the World’s largest Fish?
Q5 Answer, the Whale Shark, which grows to over 50 feet and may weigh several tonnes.

Q6 What is the World’s smallest fish?
Q6 Answer, the “Tiny Goby” in the Philippines, rarely growing bigger than half an inch yet so abundant it supports an entire fishery.

Q7 What are the oldest types of living fish in the World ?
Q7 Answer, those with sucking mouths as Lampreys ( as recently discussed in a SunnyRhyl topic!) and Hagfish,
They stopped evolving before the development of biting jaws.

Q8 How can you tell the age of a fish?
Q8 Answer, by counting the growth rings on its scales or ear bone.

Q9 How long is Llandudno Pier?
Q9 Answer, 700 metres (2295 ft) it is the longest in Wales.

Q10 Where might you catch a Gwyniad?
Q10 Answer, Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake )

Q11 Where is Flounder a tropical fish?
Q11 Answer, in the Disney film “The Little Mermaid”

Q12 What is the World’s most venomous fish?
Q12 The Stonefish, however it saves its venom for defence
and instead relies on its speed to capture prey,

Q13 What type of fish is Dory in Finding Nemo?
Q13 Answer, Dory is a Blue Tang or Paracanthurus

Q14 The Ruffe was introduced in the 1980s to the answer to Q10,
and now threatens it’s existence as it eats its eggs, True or False?
Q14 Answer True ( declining water quality is also quoted as a factor)

Q15 Which is bigger a size 2 or 22 hook?
Q15 Answer Size 2

Q16 True or False? Four-eyed fish have eyes raised above the top of their head divided in two different parts so they can see above and below the water surface at the same time. Four-eyed fish mate only on one side, “right handed” males only mate with “left handed” females and vice versa.
Q16 Answer it is all true! ( they live in Mexico, Honduras and northern South America)

Q17. How fast can a yellow fin tuna swim?
Q17 Answer around 47mph ( 75 km/h)

Q18 Who’s War Cabinet recognised the importance of fish and chips to the nation and ensured it remained off ration?
Q18 Answer, Lloyd George and Winston Churchill both get credited with this!

Q19 What is celebrated on the 8 May in the UK but the 9th May in New Zealand?
Q19 V.E. Day

Q20 Which River flows through Rhyl Harbour?
Q20 Answer, the River Clwyd.

Q21 Name two tributaries of the River Clwyd.
Q21 Answer. The River Elwy and The River Aled.

Q22 in 1938 Winston Churchill stocked his pond with 1,000 of which fish?
Q22 Answer, Golden Orfe, his favourite food for them was maggots sent down by rail from Yorkshire.

Q23 how much did the Blue Fin Tuna caught in September 2017 near Neyland, Pembrokeshire on lightweight equipment weigh?
Q23 Answer, 505lb, it took two hours to reel in.

Q24 What is the meaning of fetch in nautical terms?
Q24 Answer, the over water distance a given wind has blown in a single direction.

Q25 Can Plaice and Flounder interbreed?
Q25 Answer. Yes! Naturally occurring hybrids are quite common in the Baltic and can easily be produced by artificially fertilizing Plaice eggs.


Q26 Find the fish, the clue is “gather risk”
Q26 Answer, it is an anagram of tiger shark.

Well done Notbad …. you got most of your questions right

Some slight discrepancies with my answers, but so far as I am aware I only needed to get 1 right to "win" the quiz so any of the other 25 were just a bonus …

q6 I had Paedocypris Progenetica, which I think is the same fish

q7 I had Greenland shark - not the answer you were looking for so defo one wrong for me

q11 There is such a thing as a tropical flounder in the Caribbean.

q21 I had Afron Chwiler and the Elwy

q23 There was a second larger tuna of 540lb caught just a few days later https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41138585

Well done Paul you got them all right, joking apart excellent it must of taken you a while to sort out the questions.

Cheers!

I'm sure some of the answers could be disputed / added to depending on the reliability of the wisdom of the internet.

Every day a school day ( although that might depend on where you live)

Four eyed fish

Thanks Paul, I had half right, but did not use Google enough. Thanks for your time doing this.

Rhod Lloyd wrote:

Thanks Paul, I had half right, but did not use Google enough. Thanks for your time doing this.

Thanks Rhod