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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Roald Dahl
Answer: peach
"James and the Giant Peach" is a children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl.
2. William Tell
Answer: apple
According to a popular legend, Swiss folk hero William Tell was such an expert marksman that he managed to split an apple placed on his son's head with a bolt from his crossbow.
3. go crazy
Answer: banana
Go bananas is an idiom that means to go crazy or become extremely angry/excited. It was probably derived from the similar idiom "go ape".
4. Nellie Melba
Answer: peach
Peach Melba is a dessert of peaches, raspberry sauce, and vanilla ice cream, created in the late 1890s in honour of Australian soprano Nellie Melba.
5. iPhone
Answer: apple
Probably the most popular of smartphones, the iPhone has been produced by Apple Inc. since 2007.
6. sakura
Answer: cherry
Sakura means cherry blossom in Japanese. This delicate, sweet-smelling pink bloom is Japan's national flower.
7. Garden of Eden
Answer: apple
Though not identified in the Bible, in Christian tradition the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is often depicted as an apple.
8. Georgia
Answer: peach
The Southern US state of Georgia is nicknamed the "Peach State", and the peach has been its state fruit since 1995.
9. potassium
Answer: banana
Bananas are commonly believed to be very high in potassium, an essential nutrient for human health. However, their potassium content is lower than that of foods such as almonds, peanuts and spinach.
10. Anton Chekhov
Answer: cherry
"The Cherry Orchard" is the last play written by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1903), focused on the decline of Russian aristocracy after the abolition of slavery.
11. Princess
Answer: peach
Introduced in 1985, Princess Peach Toadstool is a recurring character in Nintendo's "Mario" video game franchise. She is the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom.
12. Harry Belafonte
Answer: banana
American singer and actor Harry Belafonte's best-known song is "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", a traditional Jamaican folk song traditionally sung by dock workers who loaded bananas onto ships.
13. picking
Answer: cherry
Cherry-picking is an idiom - based on the practice of selecting the ripest and best-looking fruits for harvesting - that refers to the action of choosing only the most desirable or advantageous items.
14. republic
Answer: banana
Banana republic is a rather derogatory term for an economically and politically unstable country, often dependent on the export of natural resources such as fruit.
15. The Beatles
Answer: apple
In 1968, The Beatles founded Apple Corps (pronounced as "apple core"), a multimedia corporation that included the record label Apple Records.
16. Black Forest cake
Answer: cherry
Black Forest cake is a luscious dessert from southwestern Germany (where the Black Forest is located), consisting of layers of chocolate cake sandwiched with whipped cream and cherries.
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