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1.
Orange is the Happiest Fruit
  Orange is the Happiest Fruit   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Oranges are healthy and delicious fruits. This quiz asks you about oranges in various different contexts. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, Lpez, Apr 21 23
Easier
Lpez gold member
Apr 21 23
925 plays
2.
Cherries and Berries
  Cherries and Berries   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz of ten fruity questions related to cherries and berries to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Easier, 10 Qns, cardsfan_027, Apr 09 23
Easier
cardsfan_027 gold member
Apr 09 23
589 plays
3.
  Fruits of The Harvest   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Fruit. It's not just for snacking anymore. Can you identify these fruits from a variety of Fun Trivia categories?
Easier, 10 Qns, PDAZ, Apr 26 20
Easier
PDAZ gold member
Apr 26 20
749 plays
4.
  An Apple a Day   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you pick the correct apple type/cultivar based on the clues given? Dates given are the dates of when the apples were first bred, not marketed to the public, unless otherwise specified.
Easier, 10 Qns, guitargoddess, Apr 26 20
Easier
guitargoddess gold member
Apr 26 20
1480 plays
5.
  Once Upon A Lime   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lime, lime, lime, so many meanings, so little lime, uh, I mean time. The word "lime" has many meanings and uses. This quiz is about some of them. Have fun.
Easier, 10 Qns, rb6359, Apr 26 20
Easier
rb6359
Apr 26 20
2074 plays
6.
  Fill In the Fruit    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I give you a title or a quote with a missing word. The missing word is the name of a fruit.
Average, 10 Qns, cryptix, Aug 28 24
Average
cryptix
Aug 28 24
5207 plays
7.
  Lime After Lime   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Thanks to CellarDoor for this Quiz Challenge, which I have interpreted by posing a series of general knowledge questions linked only by the word "lime", or a derivative thereof.
Average, 10 Qns, stedman, Apr 08 23
Average
stedman editor
Apr 08 23
930 plays
8.
  Apples of Literature, History and Myth   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Judging from the frequent use of the apple in phrase, fable, myth and literature, this tree fruit holds a significant symbolic value for people of various cultures. Here is a sampling of apple references in literature, have a bite!
Tough, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Apr 09 23
Tough
thejazzkickazz gold member
Apr 09 23
2505 plays
9.
  Apples Galore!   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
People have always used apples in all kinds of ways and not just to eat them or drink their juice. See if you can answer the apple-based questions in this quiz.
Easier, 10 Qns, Jomarion, Apr 09 23
Easier
Jomarion
Apr 09 23
890 plays
10.
  All About Bananas   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
For the true generalist, these questions about bananas are drawn from literature, cinema, culture, advertising, music, language, television, cooking, history, science, geography, and several other places.
Average, 15 Qns, FatherSteve, Apr 09 23
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Apr 09 23
427 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Zest, the exocarp of the lime fruit, is often used in cooking. What part of the lime is zest?

From Quiz "Once Upon A Lime"




11.
  All About Lemons   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For the true generalist, these questions about lemons may be drawn from literature, cinema, culture, advertising, music, language, television, and several other sources.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Sep 13 20
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Sep 13 20
374 plays
12.
  All About Apple   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is NOT another quiz about the Apple computer company. It is simply about an apple, a delicious fruit of many varieties, which gave rise to numerous myths and legends, as well as sayings and proverbs.
Average, 10 Qns, Beatka, Apr 26 20
Average
Beatka gold member
Apr 26 20
3078 plays
13.
  Feeling Fruity And Alive   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Don't you just hate it when your fruit bowl has more life than you?
Average, 10 Qns, 480154st, Apr 26 20
Average
480154st gold member
Apr 26 20
406 plays
14.
  I'm Not Pumpking Around   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz where the pumpkin is the headliner!
Average, 10 Qns, Deadwood003, Apr 09 23
Average
Deadwood003
Apr 09 23
447 plays
15.
  Cherry Pies Ought to Be You    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on fruity phrases, names, or titles. The title of this quiz comes from a song by Frank Sinatra and is part of the Sinatra challenge. Enjoy!
Easier, 10 Qns, dcpddc478, Apr 26 20
Easier
dcpddc478
Apr 26 20
939 plays
16.
  She'll Be Apples Mate   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This tests your knowledge on various bits and bites about the humble little apple. Have fun :)
Average, 10 Qns, Creedy, Apr 09 23
Average
Creedy gold member
Apr 09 23
624 plays
17.
  A is for Apple   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A is for Apples. You are welcome to sink your teeth into these juicy, luscious apple-related questions. Have a feast.
Average, 10 Qns, Verne47, Apr 26 20
Average
Verne47
Apr 26 20
596 plays
18.
  How Do You Like Them Apples?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some questions with an apple theme...
Average, 10 Qns, se01dct, Apr 26 20
Average
se01dct
Apr 26 20
683 plays
19.
  The Answer is a Lemon    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Actually, I lied. None of the answers are lemons, but all the questions relate to lemons. Care to take an easy peasy lemon squeezy quiz?
Average, 10 Qns, MaggieG, Apr 09 23
Average
MaggieG gold member
Apr 09 23
1665 plays
20.
  Key Lime Questions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Are your trivia skills "sharp" enough to answer these "juicy" lime based questions? Try your "zest," and try not to get in a (lime) "pickle!"
Tough, 10 Qns, garymeadows, Apr 26 20
Tough
garymeadows
Apr 26 20
192 plays
21.
  Yes We Have No Bananas    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Actually what we have are 15 questions on facts and fun associated with this delicious fruit. You don't have to wait for a Sundae to play this quiz.
Tough, 15 Qns, darksplash, Apr 09 23
Tough
darksplash
Apr 09 23
288 plays
22.
  My Darling Clementine and Other Favourite Fruits    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Feeling fruity? Here is a fruit salad of sweet questions.
Average, 10 Qns, happibunnigirl, Apr 26 20
Average
happibunnigirl
Apr 26 20
598 plays
23.
  The Fruit Bowl    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Like "The College Bowl" only about fruit in fact and fiction. Eat up.
Average, 10 Qns, nutmeglad, Apr 09 23
Average
nutmeglad
Apr 09 23
1433 plays
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Thematic Fruits Trivia Questions

1. Which tasty fruit is oftentimes mistakenly described as having its seeds on the outside?

From Quiz
Cherries and Berries

Answer: strawberry

Each "seed" you see on the outside of strawberries is actually called an achene, and the average strawberry has around 200 of them. Achenes are actually the fruit, with each one of them containing the seed on the inside. For every strawberry you eat, you are technically eating about 200 pieces of fruit!

2. A popular song from the 1960s says "Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon _______________." Complete the verse.

From Quiz All About Lemons

Answer: is impossible to eat

Adapted from the Brazilian folk song "Meu limão, meu limoeiro," "Lemon Tree" is a folk song written by Will Holt in the late 1950s. It was recorded many times: Trini Lopez; Peter, Paul and Mary; Roger Whittaker; Chad & Jeremy; The Kingston Trio; Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass; The Seekers; Bob Marley and The Wailers. In 1968 the Johnson Wax Company used "Lemon Tree" as a jingle to advertise their furniture polish Lemon Pledge.

3. Jamaican and calypso music was popular in the US in the 1950s. Who recorded "The Banana Boat Song" (also known as "Day-O") in 1956 to great success?

From Quiz All About Bananas

Answer: Harry Belafonte

The song is a traditional Jamaican folk song, sung by night-shift dock workers loading bananas onto ships. "Daylight come and me wan' to go home." There are numerous versions and a great variety of lyrics, as befits a folk song. Harry Belafonte's 1956 recording became a standard and one of his signature songs. He sang it on "The Muppets Show" in 1979. It was featured in the 1988 motion picture "Beetlejuice." Stan Freberg famously parodied it in 1957 in a version where a beatnik bongo player tries to persuade the singer to sing more softly: "It's too piercing, man. Like, I don't dig loud noises."

4. The Key Lime Pie is a dessert originating in the Florida Keys. Key lime juice, egg yolks and condensed milk are mixed until thick, and left to set in a pie crust. What is the dessert then traditionally topped with?

From Quiz Key Lime Questions

Answer: Meringue

The Key lime is more tart and more aromatic than other limes, giving the pie a distinct sharp taste. As the pie mixture requires no cooking it could be made by fisherman at sea around the keys.

5. Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio starred as brothers in what 1993 movie drama with a fruity name?

From Quiz Fruits of The Harvest

Answer: What's Eating Gilbert Grape

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" was set in Endora, Iowa, and starred Johnny Depp as the title character, Gilbert Grape. The movie chronicled Gilbert's story as he cared for his mentally-disabled younger brother, Arnie (who was nearing his 18th birthday), his morbidly-obese mother, Bonnie, and his sisters Amy and Ellen. Gilbert spent a lot of his time looking out for Arnie, who often wandered off and got into trouble. Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for his first Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor, for his portrayal of young Arnie. This visit to the "Movies" category was provided by kaddarsgirl.

6. There are over 40 types of pumpkins around the world today, but the most common type of pumpkin used for jack-o-lanterns around Halloween time would be this stately kind.

From Quiz I'm Not Pumpking Around

Answer: Connecticut Field Pumpkin

Yes, these really are all types of pumpkins. However, the correct answer for this question is the Connecticut field pumpkin. These are also particularly a favorite for those with a green thumb, because they are dependable and relatively easy to grow in gardens. Connecticut field pumpkins are an heirloom variety that have a dark yellowish-orange skin, and are the most common type you'll find at farmers markets and grocery chain stores.

7. Bananas grow in many countries world wide, but where were they first domesticated as a crop?

From Quiz Yes We Have No Bananas

Answer: Papua New Guinea

The banana is a large herbaceous flowering plant from the genus Musa that is native to the Pacific and Australia region. Plantains are from the same genus, but are generally eaten cooked. There is evidence that bananas were cultivated in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea as far back as 5000BCE. The Portuguese introduced bananas to the New World in the 16th Century.

8. When were apples brought to North America?

From Quiz A is for Apple

Answer: 17th century

Apples were brought to America in the 17th century. They were brought by European colonists. In 1625, William Blaxton planted the first apple orchard in the continent of North America. It was planted in Boston.

9. Which apple trade mark name shares its name with a group of girls from the movie "Grease"?

From Quiz An Apple a Day

Answer: Pink Lady

Pink Lady is the trade mark name that Cripps Pink apples are sold under in many countries. The Cripps Pink was first cultivated in Australia in the 1970s, and is the result of breeding the Lady Williams apple with a Golden Delicious apple. Several mutations of the Cripps Pink apple exist, including the Rosy Glow, the Lady in Red and the Pink Belle. In the 1978 movie "Grease", the main female characters call themselves Pink Ladies and wear pink jackets.

10. What letter precedes most of Apple Inc's product range?

From Quiz How Do You Like Them Apples?

Answer: i

The 1998 iMac was the first to use the prefix, with the i standing for internet. Apple's first logo depicted Sir Isaac Newton sitting underneath an apple tree, but this was changed within months to the rainbow silhouette of an apple with a bite taken out of it. With the introduction of the iMac, Apple made their logo monochrome.

11. The apple is said to have originated where?

From Quiz She'll Be Apples Mate

Answer: Eastern Turkey and Western Asia

The apple is believed to be the first fruit ever cultivated from its wild state several thousand years ago. It has played an important part in the diet of mankind ever since. Alexander the Great, returning home from his many conquests all over that area of the world, is believed to have carried the seeds of the fruit back to Macedonia for cultivation - and the little apple has never looked back since.

12. If I said you were the "apple of my eye", what would I be telling you?

From Quiz Cherry Pies Ought to Be You

Answer: You are very special to me.

If you are the "apple of my eye", you are very special to me. This an old phrase that appears in the Bible and works by Shakespeare. It originally referred to the aperture of the eye (iris) and later referred to objects or people who were cherished above all others.

13. Where did the loganberry originate?

From Quiz My Darling Clementine and Other Favourite Fruits

Answer: United States

A loganberry is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry. It was first cultivated by James Logan way back in 1881. Logan was from Santa Cruz, California.

14. Which northern UK city, home of Anfield and Goodison Park football grounds, has a principal railway station named Lime Street?

From Quiz Lime After Lime

Answer: Liverpool

Lime Street Station has been Liverpool's main railway station since it opened in August 1836. Birmingham's principal station is New Street; that of Glasgow is Glasgow Central, while Exeter has St David's. Liverpool's two main football clubs are less than a mile apart; Anfield is home to Liverpool and Goodison Park to Everton.

15. Lime can refer to a fruit, often associated with lemons. To what general variety of fruit do limes belong?

From Quiz Once Upon A Lime

Answer: Citrus

Citrus fruits include limes, lemons, oranges, grapefruit, etc. They are all berries (fleshy fruit formed from a single flower) and are known as Hesperidiums. A Hesperidium is a berry with a tough, aromatic rind.

16. This fruit is part of the title of a well-known movie starring the great Henry Fonda. Which is it?

From Quiz The Fruit Bowl

Answer: grapes

"The Grapes of Wrath" is a monumental work, written by John Steinbeck, about the dust bowl refugees moving to California. A young Henry Fonda played the lead character in the film version.

17. This woman was tempted by a serpent into eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge, usually seen as an apple. She then made her companion eat it; as a result they were banished from the Garden of Eden for ever. What was her name?

From Quiz All About Apple

Answer: Eve

Eve, according to the Bible, was the first woman on Earth, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth.

18. Indigenous to North America, this fruit was called "star fruit" by Native Americans. It is commonly used in pancakes, pies, and cupcakes. Which delicious snack am I describing?

From Quiz Cherries and Berries

Answer: blueberry

Blueberries have a five-pointed star shape on the bottom of them and this is why they were referred to as "star fruit." The blueberry is known as a superfood because of its high nutritional value; it is high in flavonoids, vitamins C and K and fiber, as well as being low in both fat and calories.

19. What is the name of the character played by Tina Fey on the American television programme "30 Rock"?

From Quiz All About Lemons

Answer: Elizabeth (Liz) Miervaldis Lemon

Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon, known as Liz Lemon, is the protagonist of TV's "30 Rock." Tina Fey not only plays the part but created it, as well. Lemon is a writer for a comedy sketch television programme; Fey was a writer for "Saturday Night Live." Fey has won a trunkful of awards for the role.

20. "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" (1968-1970) was produced and broadcast where?

From Quiz All About Bananas

Answer: NBC-TV, in the USA

Hanna-Barbera mixed live-action with animation when they created "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" for American TV. The result was so successful that the programme remained in syndication from 1971 to 1982. The premise was that four costumed animal characters -- Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky -- composed a rock band. Both the costumes and the sets were designed by Sid and Marty Krofft ("H.R. Pufnstuf"; "The Bugaloos"; "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters", "Land of the Lost", "Wonderbug").

21. The novelty song "Coconut" by Harry Nilsson repeats the phrase "Put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em bot' up" a number of times. What ailment is the song about?

From Quiz Key Lime Questions

Answer: A stomach ache

The song is about a woman with a stomach ache, the supposed cause and prescribed cure for which is a drink made from putting lime in a coconut. The song featured in the film "Reservoir Dogs" and was covered by the Muppets in the fourth season of their original show.

22. Accused of murdering her father and step-mother in 1892, Lizzie Borden's alibi was that she was sitting in a barn loft eating which fruit? Apparently there weren't any witnesses or partridges around.

From Quiz Fruits of The Harvest

Answer: Pears

Lizzie Borden was suspected in the crime because she was the only family member at home when her father and step-mother were brutally murdered, around 90 minutes apart. Lizzie had claimed that she didn't hear anything because she wasn't in the house. According to her testimony, she went outside and picked up some pears from the ground around the family pear tree before heading into the barn. There she sat by the window in the loft eating the pears and then looked for lead for fishing sinkers. She estimated that she was there for fifteen to twenty minutes and ate three pears. The prosecutor pestered her about the pears, particularly since she said she hadn't been feeling well that morning. Her testimony quote, "I was feeling well enough to eat the pears" became famous and can even be purchased on posters. This bit of "People" trivia was provided by PDAZ.

23. Who was the nursery rhyme character whose wife was kept "in a pumpkin shell?"

From Quiz I'm Not Pumpking Around

Answer: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

"Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" is a nursery rhyme from around 1825. It goes: "Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had a wife but couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well. Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had another and didn't love her; Peter learned to read and spell, And then he loved her very well."

24. Music is coming from the fruit bowl now as I have to listen to which former member of boy band Take That?

From Quiz Feeling Fruity And Alive

Answer: Jason Orange

Orange got his break in show business with break dancing crew Street Machine, before taking his dance and vocal talents to Take That, for whom he was a primary songwriter. Following his departure from the band, he turned to acting and has appeared on stage and TV, including a cameo role in UK show "Shameless" as DJ Scouse Mouse.

25. Of which vitamin is the banana a good source?

From Quiz Yes We Have No Bananas

Answer: B6

And contrary to popular belief, they are not a particularly high source of potassium. Yes they have some, but it is less than their manganese content, for example. One hundred grams of banana will give you 31 per cent of your daily B6 requirement. (The potassium content also makes them naturally radioactive.)

26. Which section of a man's throat is called the Adam's apple?

From Quiz A is for Apple

Answer: the larynx

The larynx in a man's throat is called the Adam's apple because it is believed that was caused as a result of the forbidden fruit remaining in the throat of Adam after his act of disobedience. The apple is also used to represent human sexuality.

27. Which apple cultivar shares its name with an active stratovolcano in Asia?

From Quiz An Apple a Day

Answer: Fuji

Though it shares its name with it, the Fuji apple is not actually named for Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, but for the town of Fujisaki where the Fuji apple was first developed in the 1930s. It is a cross between the Red Delicious and Virginia Ralls Genet apples. Mount Fuji is indeed an active stratovolcano (made up of many different layers of materials), but it has not erupted since the early 1700s.

28. The German word Pferdapfel literally translates as 'horse apples,' but what is it?

From Quiz How Do You Like Them Apples?

Answer: Horse poo

Words in German that are made up of other words stuck together are called Bandwurmwörter (literally tapeworm words). Other examples include Handschuh (literally hand shoe) meaning glove, Unterseeboot (literally under sea boat) meaning submarine and Flusspferd or Nilpferd (literally river horse or Nile horse) meaning hippopotamus.

29. Norse mythology has the goddess Iounn giving apples to the gods to bestow which gift upon them?

From Quiz She'll Be Apples Mate

Answer: Eternal youth

This can be found in the literary work "Prose Edda" which is a collection of Norse poetry written in the early thirteenth century. Apples can also be found in scholarly works which link apples to early Germanic pagan practices. These practices eventually spread all throughout Europe and England. Even today in some parts of southern England, there are still some light-hearted beliefs associated with the consumption of apples.

30. What is the name of the eau-de-vie, largely fabricated in Normandy (France), which is made from apple juice?

From Quiz Apples Galore!

Answer: Calvados

Calvados is more familiarly known as Calva. It originated in the department of the same name and is distilled from cider which is fermented apple juice. Nowadays it is made throughout Normandy where the climate and soil conditions are ideal for growing apple trees.

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