A small quiz-cocktail of Fruits and Vegetables

#6 Week 2

Author

Sigrun Sørumgård
January 08, 2025

Can you tell your fruit and vegetables apart? And what do you really know about fruit and vegetables?

  1. Which fruit has over 7000 varieties?

  2. Which fruit has milk inside it?

  3. Which fruit contains 90% water?

  4. Name the fruit that grows on a cactus.

  5. Which country is the largest producer of potatoes in the world?

  6. What kind of fruit is a grenache?

  7. Which vegetable is actually healthier if they are boiled or steamed?

  8. Which family does strawberries belon to?

  9. What gives onions their strong smell and causes your eyes to water when you cut them?

  10. Which vegetable is eaten most in the world?

The Wonder Wall

  • In October 1995, NASA and a university in the US collaborated to help grow the first ever veggie in space – a potato!

  • Pumpkins and cucumber are also classed as a fruit, not a vegetable! Not to mention olives, avocado, aubergine and pepper; which are all also fruits!

  • The belief that eating carrots improves night vision is a myth put forward by the British in World War II to mislead the enemy about their military capabilities. To prevent Germany finding out that Britain was using radar to intercept bombers on night raids, they issued press releases stating that British pilots were eating lots of carrots to give them exceptional night vision!

Yesterday´s Answers

  1. The tiger

  2. Canadian lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx, and bobcat.

  3. Blue

  4. 114 km (71 miles) per hour, and they routinely reach velocities of 80–100 km per hour while pursuing prey.

  5. Liger

  6. Bagheera

  7. The Egyptian Mau is the most likely candidate for the first-ever true cat breed.

  8. The rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)

  9. Unlike other big cats, snow leopards can't roar. Snow leopards have a 'main' call described as a 'piercing yowl' that's so loud it can be heard over the roar of a river.

  10. Asiatic lion exists in one small population around Gir Forest National Park in western India.