Trivia Quiz on Agriculture Part 2

1. Agricultural and industrial region in the state of New South Wales, Australia, about 160 km (about 100 mi) north of Sydney.

A) Illawarra

B) Central Coast

C) Hunter Valley

D) Riverina

E) New England

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2. What type of drink is arabica

A) Coffee

B) Tea

C) Wine

D) Soda

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3. What do humans get from the Cassava

A) Tapioca

B) Starch

C) Flour

D) Cassava leaves

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4. Small beetle destructive to the potato

A) Nebraska

B) Colorado

C) Idaho

D) Ontario

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5. If you were doing vaccimulgence what doing

A) Herding cattle

B) Milking a goat

C) Collecting eggs

D) Milking a cow

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6. Fuggles and Goldings are varieties of what

A) Barley

B) Hops

C) Yeast

D) Malt

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7. What does MILK1 do for a living

A) Dairy farmer

B) Milk delivery driver

C) Dairy scientist

D) Cheese maker

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8. In which country did the turnip originate

A) Egypt

B) Greece

C) Italy

D) China

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9. What is a castrated ram

A) Ram

B) Ewe

C) Lamb

D) Wether

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10. A Group of Cattle is called a

A) Herd

B) Drove

C) Team

D) Mob

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11. Ceres was the roman goddess of ______

A) Wine

B) Grain

C) War

D) Sea

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12. What is sericulture

A) Dyeing silk fabric

B) Growing Silkworms

C) Beekeeping

D) Growing Mulberries

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13. What is a castrated rooster called

A) A hen

B) A cockerel

C) A capon

D) A gelded rooster

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14. In California more what are raised than in any other state

A) Pigs

B) Cattle

C) Chickens

D) Turkeys

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15. Which American state produces the most potatoes

A) Maine

B) Idaho

C) Wisconsin

D) Washington

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16. Extensive cultivation of plants to yield food, feed, or fiber; to provide medicinal or industrial ingredients; or to grow ornamental products

A) Animal husbandry

B) Horticulture

C) Crop farming

D) Pastoral farming

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17. Artificial PKN Fertilisers Were Introduced In Britain In 1926. What Are The Constituent Parts

A) Phosphorus, Potash & Sulfur

B) Phosphorus, Potash & Magnesium

C) Phosphorus, Potash & Nitrogeon

D) Phosphorus, Potash & Calcium

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18. Which Country Produces The Most Pears Each Year

A) Spain

B) Italy

C) United States

D) China

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19. Which Country Grows The Most Potatoes Per Annum

A) China

B) India

C) Ukraine

D) Russia

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20. How Many Stomachs Does A Cow Have?

A) Two

B) Three

C) Five

D) Four

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21. What word is used for a female sheep?

A) Dam

B) Wether

C) Lamb

D) Ewe

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22. Term for an emasculated male pig

A) Barrow

B) Boar

C) Hog

D) Sow

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23. Paedology is the study of ______ ?

A) Soil

B) Children

C) Botany

D) Geology

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24. You could milk about __________ cows per hour by hand, but with modern machinery, you can milk up to 100 cows per hour.

A) 2

B) 4

C) 5

D) 6

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25. What Does An Apiarist Keep?

A) Hives

B) Bees

C) Honey

D) Beekeeping equipment

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26. What Animal Is A Chester White?

A) A Pig

B) A Cow

C) A Sheep

D) A Goat

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27. The average cow produces __________ glasses of milk each day.

A) 25

B) 32

C) 50

D) 40

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28. In ancient Rome, auburn_haired puppies were sacrificed to ensure a plentiful __________

A) Corn crop

B) Olive harvest

C) Grape harvest

D) Barley harvest

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29. From What Nut Would You Get Copra?

A) Almond

B) Walnut

C) Cashew

D) Coconut

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30. What is the gestation period of a cow*9 months

A) Nine months

B) Three months

C) Six months

D) Twelve months

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31. A pig is a hog _ but a hog is not a pig. "Hog" is a generic name for all swine. Per hog_raising terminology, a pig is a baby hog less than __________

A) 2 weeks old

B) 8 weeks old

C) 6 months old

D) 10 weeks old

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32. What Are Aberdeen Angus?

A) Dogs

B) Sheep

C) Cattle

D) Pigs

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33. Milk delivered to the store today was in the cow __________

A) yesterday

B) three days ago

C) last week

D) Two days ago

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34. What are romney marsh, suffolk and swaledale

A) Cattle

B) Goats

C) Sheep

D) Llamas

E) Chickens

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35. Linseed oil is obtained from the seed of which plant?

A) Sesame

B) Flax

C) Sunflower

D) Mustard

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36. A herd of sixty cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a __________

A) Day

B) Hour

C) Week

D) Month

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37. Linseed oil is obtained from the seed of which plant

A) Flax

B) Sesame

C) Sunflower

D) Castor bean

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38. A cow can't __________ until she's given birth to a calf.

A) Climb trees

B) Bark

C) Give milk

D) Sleep standing up

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39. What Is Alicante A Variety Of?

A) Apple

B) Cucumber

C) Tomato

D) Potato

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40. Which Member Of The Orchid Family Is Used Commercially As A Flavouring?

A) Phalaenopsis

B) Dendrobium

C) Vanilla

D) Cattleya

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41. In one year, hens in America lay enough eggs to encircle the globe a __________

A) 100 times

B) 50 times

C) 200 times

D) 75 times

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42. George Washington Carver advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace what?

A) Cotton and tobacco

B) Rice and indigo

C) Corn and tobacco

D) Wheat and barley

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43. What food was almost non-existent in Ireland in the 1840's?

A) Bread

B) Rice

C) Fish

D) Potatoes

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44. What is the weight of the largest pumpkin in the world is it A 1046 lbs B 1246 lbs or is it C 1446 lbs

A) C 1446 lbs

B) A 1046 lbs

C) B 1246 lbs

D) D 1646 lbs

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45. How long does it take a Christmas tree to grow before it's harvested?

A) 4-6 Years

B) 6-8 Years

C) 7-9 Years

D) 10-12 Years

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46. He advocated the planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace cotton and tobacco.

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) Norman Borlaug

C) Carver

D) Henry Ford

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47. Which President Of America Was A Peanut Farmer

A) Jimmy Carter

B) George Washington

C) Thomas Jefferson

D) Abraham Lincoln

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48. What is the chief food for half the people in the world?

A) Wheat

B) Rice

C) Maize

D) Potatoes

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49. Often drunk, this liquid is normally harvested from female cows

A) Water

B) Milk

C) Juice

D) Coconut milk

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50. What Is The Annual Yield Of A Single Coffee Plant

A) 0.75kg

B) 1kg

C) 0.5kg

D) 1.5kg

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