Trivia quiz with answers about Lobsters
What is the scientific name for the American lobster?
Answer: Homarus americanus
How many legs does a lobster have?
Answer: 10
What is the average lifespan of a lobster in the wild?
Answer: 50 years
How much can a lobster weigh?
Answer: Up to 44 pounds
How many claws does a lobster have?
Answer: 2
How long can a lobster's claws grow?
Answer: Up to 18 inches
What is the maximum speed a lobster can swim?
Answer: 5 miles per hour
What is the preferred water temperature for lobsters?
Answer: 45 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit
What is the largest lobster ever recorded?
Answer: 44.4 pounds
Where do lobsters usually live?
Answer: In the rocky crevices on the ocean floor
What is the primary diet of lobsters in the wild?
Answer: Fish, crabs, clams, and mussels
What is the process called when a lobster sheds its old
shell and grows a new one?
Answer: Molting
What is the largest lobster fishing industry in the
world?
Answer: The United States
What is the traditional way to cook a lobster?
Answer: Boiling
What is the difference between a male and female
lobster?
Answer: The female lobster has a wider tail and smaller claws than the male
lobster.
How many different species of lobster are there?
Answer: About 45
What is the most expensive lobster dish in the world?
Answer: The "Beluga Caviar Lobster" at $2,000 per dish
What is the average size of a lobster caught in Maine?
Answer: About 1-1.5 pounds
What is the process called when a lobster is caught,
cooked, and frozen within hours?
Answer: Snap-freezing
What is the term for a lobster that has just molted and
has a soft shell?
Answer: New shell lobster
What is the state crustacean of Maine?
Answer: American lobster
How is the age of a lobster determined?
Answer: By counting the rings on its eyestalks
What is the term for a group of lobsters?
Answer: A pod
What is the name of the famous Maine lobster festival
that takes place every year?
Answer: The Maine Lobster Festival
What is the primary export market for lobsters from
Canada?
Answer: The United States
What is the largest lobster ever caught in Maine?
Answer: 27 pounds
What is the term for the edible part of the lobster
tail?
Answer: The meat
What is the term for the green substance found in a
cooked lobster's body?
Answer: Tomalley
What is the minimum size limit for a lobster that can
be legally caught in Maine?
Answer: 3.25 inches
What is the maximum size limit for a lobster that can
be legally caught in Maine?
Answer: 5 inches
What is the term for a lobster that is missing both
claws?
Answer: Cull
What is the name of the lobster's hard, outer shell?
Answer: Carapace
What is the term for a lobster that is caught before it
reaches legal size?
Answer: Shorts
What is the term for a lobster that is longer than
legal size?
Answer: Overs
