Easy Goldfish Trivia Questions
Goldfish were one of the earliest fish to be what?
A: Domesticated.
Goldfish are one of the most commonly kept what?
A: Aquarium fish.
The goldfish is relatively small member of what
family?
A: The carp family.
Where was the gold fish first domesticated more
than a thousand years ago?
A: In China.
Goldfish breeds vary greatly in size, body
shape, fin configuration and what?
A: Coloration.
Some extreme versions of the goldfish live only
where?
A: In aquariums.
The vast majority of goldfish breeds today
originated from where?
A: China.
Goldfish were bred from Prussian carp in China,
and these usually olive green fish remain what?
A: The closest wild relative of the goldfish.
As of April 2008, the largest goldfish in the
world was believed to measure how long?
A: 19 inches.
At the time, a goldfish named "Goldie", kept as
a pet in a tank in Folkestone, England, was
measured as how long?
A: 15 inches.
Goldfish have one of the most studied senses of
what?
A: Vision in fishes.
Goldfish have four kinds of cone cells, which
are respectively sensitive to different colors:
red, green, blue and what?
A: Ultraviolet.
Goldfish have strong associative learning
abilities, as well as what kind of learning
skills?
A: Social learning.
In addition, their visual acuity allows them to
distinguish between what?
A: Individual humans.
Over time, goldfish learn to associate their
owners and other humans with what?
A: Food.
Often, whenever their owners approach, goldfish
do what?
A: Beg for food.
Goldfish that have constant visual contact with
humans also stop doing what?
A: Considering them to be a threat.
After being kept in a tank for several weeks,
sometimes months, it becomes possible to do
what?
A: Feed a goldfish by hand without it shying
away.
Goldfish have a memory-span of at least how
long?
A: Three months.
By using positive reinforcement, goldfish can be
trained to do what?
A: Recognize and to react to light signals of
different colors.
Goldfish learn to anticipate feedings provided
they occur at what?
A: Around the same time every day.