Telephoning Fruits Trivia Quiz

Answer: DATE

Dates and date palms are mentioned numerous times in the Old Testament of the Bible, thus it is thought they are one of the earliest cultivated foods. An average palm can produce approximately 100 pounds of dates yearly, but this figure can go as high as 300 pounds.

Answer: FIG

In the Lower Jordan Valley (Israel) 11,400 year old dried figs have been discovered, therefore Harvard University researchers think that figs could have been the first domesticated plants. Though figs are generally regarded as a fruit, in fact they are a flower that has inverted into itself.

Answer: PEAR

There are more than 5,000 types of pears. The countries that grow the most pears in the world are United States of America, China and Italy.

Answer: ORANGE

In Queen Victoria's era in England, oranges were often given at Christmas time as gifts. In 1792, this fruit was introduced to Hawaii.

Answer: GRAPE

Grapes were introduced to America by Spanish explorers around 300 years ago. Approximately 2½ lbs of grapes are required to make a bottle of wine and one acre of grapes produces approximately 15,000 glasses of wine.

Answer: MANGO

India has been cultivating mangoes for more than 5,000 years. Mangoes are grown throughout the tropics and sometimes referred to as the "peach of the tropics".

Answer: AVOCADO

In Central America, the avocado has been cultivated for approximately 7,000 years. When the Spanish conquistadors discovered the avocado, they found that the seeds excreted a milky fluid. The conquistadors found that this fluid turns red when it is exposed to air, thus they used it as an ink.

Answer: NECTARINE

The nectarine is a variety of peach. It is thought that this fruit originated in China. Nectarines were introduced into America by Spanish explorers.

Answer: RAISIN

California (USA) is the world's major supplier of raisins. The first raisin crop in California was by accident in 1873 when a heat wave occurred just before a grape harvest. The grapes dried and shriveled on the vines and a San Francisco grocer advertised these dried-up grapes as "Peruvian Delicacies".

Answer: CHERRY

The Cherry Marketing Institute of America states that about 7,000 cherries are obtained from an average tree (depending upon the tree's age, growing conditions and weather). To make a cherry pie, around 250 cherries are needed, thus an average tree will yield enough cherries to make approximately 28 pies.