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october octopus quiz

Although October is the tenth month, it's pretty obvious that it used to be the eighth, until those pesky Romans jiggled the calendar around and put two new months at the beginning of the year, ruining a perfectly good system.

Anyway, to celebrate eightness we're concentrating on the Octopus and their evolutionary relations for this quiz, so pulse ahead to see how much you know about this clever creature. If you're a lucky winner we'll send you a cuddly octopus, and we'll even throw in a few squid! Geddit - Squid?

So, suckers, if you've got the tentacles for this quiz, lets' go!

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01	Which of these things does an octopus have?
	Feathers
	Beak
	Wings

02	An octopus is a cephalopod – which of these animals is also a cephalopod?
	Elephant
	Nautilus
	Shark

03	An octopus will live almost anywhere – in water – but where are they not found?
	In freshwater
	In very cold water
	In very deep water

04	Which of these is NOT true about an octopus’ eyes?
	They don't have a blind spot.
	They have rectangular pupils.
	They have very long eyelashes.

05	The blue ringed octopus has very toxic saliva. The toxin comes from what?
	Colonies of bacteria living in their salivary glands.
	Chemicals manufactured in their brains.
	The seaweed they eat.

06	According to the Oxford University Press what is the correct plural for Octopus?
	Octopussy
	Octopodes
	Octagon

07	A squid has eight arms – how many tentacles do they have?
	Two
	Four
	Eight

08	A person who studies squid is called what?
	A teuthologist
	A octometrist
	A squidgist

09	Cuttlefish are the source of sepia ink – what colour is it?
	Green
	Blue
	Brown

10	Cuttlefish are amazing at changing colour to camouflage themselves. They use a combination of chromatophores, ink sacks under the skin producing colours like red, yellow and black, and guanophores which do what?
	Exude slime to make the cuttlefish slippery
	Reflect back blue and green light
	Absorb all light making the cuttlefish invisible

Answers

1= Beak • 2= Nautilus • 3= In freshwater • 4= Long eyelashes • 5= Colonies of bacteria living in their salivary glands • 6= Octopodes • 7= Two • 8= A teuthologist • 9= Brown • 10= Reflect black blue and green light

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october octopus quiz

Although October is the tenth month, it's pretty obvious that it used to be the eighth, until those pesky Romans jiggled the calendar around and put two new months at the beginning of the year, ruining a perfectly good system.

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