Trivia Quiz on Botany

1. What is an extract of fermented and dried orchid pods

A) Vanilla

B) Almond extract

C) Coconut extract

D) Tonka bean extract

--

2. Asparagus is a member of which family

A) Asparagaceae

B) Liliaceae

C) Amaryllidaceae

D) Lily

--

3. What Is Manufactured From The Sapodilla Tree?

A) Chewing Gum

B) Chicle

C) Maple Syrup

D) Natural Rubber

--

4. On what continent would you find ash trees

A) Africa

B) Europe

C) North america

D) Australia

--

5. What is the flower that stands for: riches

A) Rose

B) Lily

C) Tulip

D) Corn

--

6. What Is The Worlds Oldest Known Vegetable?

A) The Potato

B) The Onion

C) The Carrot

D) The Garden Pea

--

7. Poison oak and ivy belong to which general family

A) Rosaceae

B) Solanaceae

C) Rutaceae

D) Cashew

--

8. From what plant is opium derived

A) Coca plant

B) Poppy

C) Willow tree

D) Tea plant

--

9. What is the flower that stands for: bantering

A) Sweet pea

B) Chrysanthemum

C) Southernwood

D) Peony

--

10. What is a popular name for the wood hyacinth

A) Bluebell

B) Hyacinth

C) Virginia bluebell

D) Lily of the valley

--

11. Of what are corolla, filament and stigma a part of

A) Stamen

B) Leaves

C) Flower

D) Petals

--

12. The plant Gypsophila Paniculata is grown predominantly for making bouquets what is its more common name

A) Daisy bouquet plant

B) Babies breath

C) Snow flower

D) Ranunculus

--

13. Plant of the lily family with edible shoots

A) Bamboo shoots

B) Artichoke

C) Pea shoots

D) Asparagus

--

14. What is the flower that stands for: devotion

A) Rose

B) Lily

C) Iris

D) Heliotrope

--

15. What is the flower that stands for: bashful shame

A) White lily

B) Deep red rose

C) Purple iris

D) Yellow rose

--

16. The shape of plant collenchyma cells & the shape of the bubbles in beer foam are the same. What are they called

A) Orthotetrakaidecahedrons

B) Hexahedra

C) Orthotetrachidecahedrons

D) Dodecahedra

--

17. What is the flower that stands for: appointed meeting

A) Daisy

B) Everlasting pea

C) Narcissus

D) Chrysanthemum

--

18. What's a ginkgo

A) A type of palm

B) Tree

C) A medicinal herb

D) A conifer

--

19. What vegetable varieties include snowball, white horse, & igloo

A) Cauliflower

B) Broccoli

C) Cabbage

D) Turnip

--

20. What is the name for the outer part of a citrus fruit

A) Peel

B) Zest

C) Rind

D) Pith

--

21. From which kind of organism is the indicator litmus extracted

A) Algae

B) Moss

C) Lichens

D) Fungi

--

22. There are two perennial vegetables, asparagus & ______

A) Rhubarb

B) Artichoke

C) Jerusalem artichoke

D) Cardoon

--

23. What are conifers

A) Deciduous broadleaf trees

B) Cone-bearing trees

C) Fruit-bearing trees

D) Herbaceous plants

--

24. Fleshy fruit of trailing cucumber like plant, often dried

A) Melon

B) Squash

C) Cucumber

D) Gourd

--

25. What is the flower that stands for: surprise

A) Truffle

B) Peony

C) Orchid

D) Tulip

--

26. What is the flower that stands for: crime

A) Black Rose

B) Tamarisk

C) Narcissus

D) Lilac

--

27. Peach pear and plum all members of which family of plants

A) Rosaceae

B) Solanaceae

C) Roses

D) Asteraceae

--

28. In what country did red onions originate

A) Spain

B) India

C) Egypt

D) Italy

--

29. "Myosotis" Is The Latin Name For Which Type Of Flower

A) Daisy

B) Tulip

C) Forget Me Not

D) Lily

--

30. Myrastica fragrens is what common spice

A) Allspice

B) Cinnamon

C) Clove

D) Nutmeg

--

31. If you were eating a Malus Pumila what would it be

A) Pear

B) Orange

C) Banana

D) Apple

--

32. Capers are pickled flower seeds of what plant

A) Nasturtium

B) Capparis spinosa

C) Dill

D) Mustard

E) Olive

--

33. What is the more popular narne of the plants belonging to the genus galanthus

A) Snowflake

B) Winter daffodil

C) Snowdrop

D) Spring crocus

--

34. Animal or plant without the normal pigmentation of its species

A) Melanism

B) Albino

C) Leucistic

D) Piebald

--

35. What is the flower that stands for: always lovely

A) Indian double pink

B) Pink carnation

C) Rose

D) Orchid

--

36. Which vegetable is also a flower

A) Carrot

B) Potato

C) Broccoli

D) Lettuce

--

37. What flowers name derives from the Greek word for testicle

A) Tulip

B) Daffodil

C) Orchid

D) Rose

--

38. The study of plants is ______.

A) Zoology

B) Horticulture

C) Mycology

D) Botany

--

39. This spikey succulent, native of Africa is often an additive in creams and lotions?

A) Echeveria

B) Euphorbia tirucalli

C) Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

D) Aloe Vera

--

40. What is the flower that stands for: severity

A) Branch of thorns

B) Red rose

C) White lily

D) Sunflower

--

41. What is the more common name of the fruit the Chinese Gooseberry

A) Golden gooseberry

B) Chinese berry

C) Kiwi fruit

D) Kiwiberry

--

42. What is the flower that stands for: bonds of affection

A) Gillyflower

B) Rose

C) Forget-me-not

D) Peony

--

43. Which spice comes in hands

A) Ginger

B) Cumin

C) Turmeric

D) Paprika

--

44. Common name for a tropical tree (Mulberry), grown on the islands of the South Pacific Ocean

A) Jackfruit

B) Breadfruit

C) Breadnut

D) Papaya

--

45. Eggplant is not a vegetable, but is actually a member of what plant family

A) Brassicaceae (cabbage family)

B) Solanaceae (nightshade family)

C) Asteraceae (sunflower family)

D) Thistle

--

46. Picea is the generic name for which tree

A) Pine

B) Fir

C) Cedar

D) Spruce

--

47. The false plane tree is better known as what

A) The English Elm

B) The Black Walnut

C) The Sycamore

D) The London Plane

--

48. What is the flower that stands for: do not abuse

A) Saffron

B) Rose

C) Lily

D) Orchid

--

49. What is another name for the carambula

A) Dragon fruit

B) Star apple

C) Star fruit

D) Pineapple

--

50. What Does A Dendrologist Study

A) Fungi and mosses

B) Bird species and migration

C) Trees & Shrubs

D) Soil chemistry and composition

--