Easy Tuna Trivia Questions
Tuna and mackerel sharks are the only species of fish that
can maintain a body temperature higher than
what?
A: The surrounding water.
How fast can a yellowfin tuna swim?
A: Up to 47 mph.
Tuna is extensively fished commercially, and is
popular as a what?
A: game fish.
As a result of over-fishing, stocks of some tuna
species such as the southern bluefin tuna have
been reduced dangerously close to the point of
what?
A: Extinction.
The tuna is a sleek and streamlined fish,
adapted for what?
A: Speed.
What does a tuna have on its back?
A: Two dorsal fins.
Bluefin tuna can maintain a core body
temperature of 77–91 °F in water that is how
cold?
A: As cold as 43 °F.
What color is the flesh of tuna?
A: It ranges from pink to dark red.
In recent years, opening day fish auctions at
Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market have seen
record-setting what?
A: Prices for bluefin tuna.
In each of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, new record
prices have been set for what?
A: A single fish.
In November 2011, a fisherman in Massachusetts
caught a tuna that weighed how many pounds?
A: 881-pounds.
Many species of tuna are caught frequently as a
what?
A: Game fish.
Dolphins swim beside several what?
A: Species of tuna.
Tuna schools are believed to associate
themselves with dolphins for what reason?
A: Protection against sharks.
High-grade tuna are reared in net pens and are
fed what?
A: Bait fish.
In Australia, former fishermen raise what type
of tuna?
A: Bluefin.
In the United States, 52% of canned tuna is used
for what?
A: Sandwiches.
In the United States, only what kind of canned
tuna can legally be sold as "white meat tuna?
A: Albacore.
Tuna can be a good source of what?
A: Omega-3 fatty acids.
Bluefin tuna have been widely accepted as being
severely what?
A: Overfished, with some stocks at risk of
collapse.