squid
Squid are cephalopod mollusks. This topic is part of Marine Life within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
squid trivia questions
A squid is what type of animal?
Answer: Mollusk
Bonus fact: Squid are cephalopod mollusks.
How many arms and tentacles does a typical squid have altogether?
Answer: 10
Bonus fact: Most squid have eight arms and two longer tentacles.
What structure lets squid move rapidly by jet propulsion?
Answer: Siphon
Bonus fact: They expel water through a muscular siphon.
Which mollusk group includes octopuses and squids?
Answer: Cephalopods
Bonus fact: Cephalopods are highly developed marine mollusks.
Ammonites were most closely related to modern squid, octopuses, and what?
Answer: Nautiluses
Bonus fact: They were cephalopod mollusks.
Octopuses and squids are what type of mollusks?
Answer: Cephalopods
Bonus fact: Cephalopods include octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and nautiluses.
The Squid and the Whale draws partly on Baumbach's childhood in which borough?
Answer: Brooklyn
Bonus fact: The film follows a literary family in Park Slope.
A cuttlefish is what type of animal?
Answer: Cephalopod mollusk
Bonus fact: Cuttlefish are relatives of squid and octopuses.
Bottlenose whales are especially adapted for what behavior?
Answer: Deep diving
Bonus fact: They can dive for long periods in search of squid and fish.
The word “cephalopod” literally refers to what body arrangement?
Answer: Head foot
Bonus fact: Living cephalopods include octopuses, squids, cuttlefishes, and nautiluses.
What distinctive shape does a cuttlefish pupil typically have?
Answer: W shape
Bonus fact: Smithsonian notes that octopus pupils are rectangular while squid pupils are generally circular.
In Singapore, Hokkien mee is commonly stir-fried with prawns and what other seafood?
Answer: Squid
Bonus fact: The noodles are often cooked in a rich seafood stock and served with lime and sambal.