Trivia Quiz on Botany Part 4

1. To which plant family (strictly genus) do jonquils and daffodils belong

A) Narcissus

B) Tulipa

C) Allium

D) Lilium

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2. What was a Spiney Pear

A) Dragon fruit

B) Pineapple

C) Durian

D) Lychee

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3. Quercus is the Latin name of what Tree

A) Oak

B) Maple

C) Birch

D) Pine

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4. To which tree family does the osier belong

A) Alder

B) Birch

C) Poplar

D) Willow

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5. The Fagus is the Latin name of what type of tree

A) Oak

B) Pine

C) Beech

D) Birch

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6. What is the flower that stands for: death preferrable to loss of innocence

A) Red chrysanthemum

B) White rose

C) Black orchid

D) Bluebell

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7. What is a 'kiwano' a type of

A) Vegetable

B) Berry

C) Fruit

D) Melon

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8. Sharp pointed projection on a plant

A) Prickle

B) Spine

C) Thorn

D) Needle

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9. Thick light bark of S.European oak

A) Cork

B) Birch Bark

C) Elm Bark

D) Pine Bark

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10. What is the flower that stands for: suspceptibility

A) Passion-flower

B) Rose

C) Lily

D) Sunflower

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11. The flower convallaria is better known as what

A) Water Lily

B) White Easter Lily

C) Lily of the Valley

D) Madonna Lily

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12. What is a nibong a type of

A) Fungi

B) Palm tree

C) Cactus

D) Flowering shrub

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13. What is the fruit of the hawthorn called

A) Berry

B) Rosehip

C) Haw

D) Cherry

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14. Rhapsody, Aromel, Tamella Cambridge favourite types of what

A) Apple varieties

B) Grape varieties

C) Strawberry Varieties

D) Cherry varieties

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15. A plant allied to the thistle with a partly edible flower

A) Dandelion

B) Artichoke

C) Jerusalem artichoke

D) Chicory

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16. An old sweet scented rose

A) Gallica

B) Damask

C) Alba

D) Bourbon

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17. Which acid gives nettles their sting

A) Acetic acid

B) Citric acid

C) Hydrochloric acid

D) Formic acid

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18. What is a giant sequoia

A) A type of pine tree

B) A species of cedar

C) A broadleaf maple

D) Redwood tree

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19. Wild flowers: what's blue, comes out in spring, and smells like hyacinth

A) Bluebonnet

B) Forget-me-not

C) Bluebells

D) Crocus

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20. Petroselinum crispum is the Latin name of which herb

A) Basil

B) Cilantro

C) Dill

D) Parsley

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21. What is the flower that stands for: confession of love

A) Moss rosebud

B) Red rose

C) Tulip

D) Peony

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22. What does a bryologist study

A) Mushrooms

B) Mosses

C) Liverworts

D) Algae

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23. There are only two three letter herbs Rue is one what's the other

A) Dill

B) Mint

C) Bay

D) Sage

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24. What's pennsylvania's state tree

A) Sugar Maple

B) Red Maple

C) Mountain Laurel

D) Eastern Hemlock

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25. What are Arran Pilot Homeguard and Ulster Chieftain

A) Mid-season potato varieties

B) Early types of Potato

C) Red-skinned varieties of potato

D) Sweet potato cultivars

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26. What is the technical name for the twisting of a stalk as it grows in response to a stimulus from a particular direction

A) Phototropism

B) Gravitropism

C) Thigmotropism

D) Strophism

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27. A 'bunya-bunya' tree is native to which country

A) New Zealand

B) Indonesia

C) Australia

D) Canada

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28. What is a 'yesterday, today and tomorrow'

A) Tree

B) Shrub

C) Herb

D) Vine

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29. What is the flower that stands for: declaration of love

A) Red rose

B) Pink carnation

C) White lily

D) Red tulip

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30. Which kind of flower has the most species

A) Rose

B) Tulip

C) Daisy

D) Orchid

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31. What is the flower that stands for: dauntlessness

A) Rose

B) Sea lavendar

C) Sunflower

D) Lily

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32. Vegetable with greenish flower heads

A) Broccoli

B) Cauliflower

C) Brussels sprouts

D) Artichoke

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33. What drug is obtained from the cinchona tree

A) Quinidine

B) Cinchonine

C) Quinacrine

D) Quinine

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34. Calypso, catteleya and pogonia are types of which flowering plant

A) Rose

B) Tulip

C) Sunflower

D) Orchid

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35. What is the flower that stands for: departure

A) Chrysanthemum

B) Sweet pea

C) Rose

D) Orchid

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36. What is the flower that stands for: benevolence

A) Sunflower

B) Lily

C) Orchid

D) Potato flower

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37. What is the flower that stands for: early friendship

A) Red rose

B) Daisy

C) White lily

D) Blue periwinkle

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38. What do deciduous trees do

A) Lose their leaves in winter

B) Stay evergreen and keep leaves year-round

C) Grow new leaves during winter

D) Lose their leaves in spring

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39. What are affected by phylloxera

A) Olive trees

B) Vines

C) Wheat crops

D) Cotton plants

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40. What is the flower that stands for: agreement

A) Rose

B) Straw

C) Orchid

D) Lily

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41. Do trees grow more quickly or slowly at night

A) More quickly

B) About the same

C) Only during the day

D) More slowly

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42. Hemp plant part of which can be used as a narcotic

A) Leaves

B) Seeds

C) Cannabis

D) Stems

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43. If you had a Brassica Rapa what vegetable would you have

A) Turnip

B) Cabbage

C) Rutabaga

D) Kale

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44. Fescue, Foxtail, Ruppia and Quitch are types of what

A) Weeds

B) Grass

C) Grains

D) Sedges

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45. What is used as an antidote for poison arrows and as a thickener in cooking

A) Arrowroot

B) Cornstarch

C) Gelatin

D) Aloe vera

E) Activated charcoal

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46. Which stone fruit has a kernel that can be used as a flavouring

A) Peach

B) Plum

C) Apricot

D) Cherry

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47. What is the flower that stands for: regard

A) Rose

B) Lily

C) Daffodil

D) Orchid

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48. Large brown seed with edible white lining enclosing milky juice

A) Peanut

B) Coconut

C) Date

D) Chestnut

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49. What is a "ruderal"

A) A type of fungus

B) A seed

C) Weed

D) A forest tree

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50. Raspberry, dewberry and blackberry are all members of what family

A) Rose

B) Fabaceae

C) Solanaceae

D) Rutaceae

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