My Life with Orange Trivia Quiz

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1. In kindergarten I first learned to paint, and every stick figure I drew wore orange pants. What two colors did I mix to create my orange pantaloons?

Answer: Red and Yellow

Orange is the color located between red and yellow on the light spectrum. The term orange is derived from the citrus fruit that carries the same name. In French, the orange is called pomme d'orenge and in Arabic naranj.

2. Growing up in England, my favorite football team wore orange shirts when they played their home games. Which team that plays at Molineux is famous for their orange uniforms?

Answer: Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers, better known as Wolves, have been around since 1877. They play their games in Wolverhampton, which is in the northern part of England. Wolves won the FA Cup in 1893, 1908, 1949, and 1960. They finished as runners-up in 1889, 1896, 1921, and 1939.

3. After finishing up with high school, I left England to go to America to compete as a collegiate athlete at the only Atlantic Coast conference university in South Carolina. Which school with a tiger mascot and orange colors did I attend?

Answer: Clemson University

Clemson University was founded in 1889 and is a public land-grant and sea-grant university. It started out as the Clemson Agricultural College and evolved into an all-male military school until 1955 when it became coeducational. The Clemson Tigers have a flourishing athletic program and won the NCAA National Championship in football back in 1981.

They have also won NCAA championships in men's soccer in 1984 and 1987.

4. While at university, I was fortunate to room with one of the all-time great cross-country runners from Mullingar, Ireland. Cormac's country has three colors on its flag, including orange. What order are the colors from left to right?

Answer: Green, White, & Orange

Indeed, the Irish flag has three vertical bars of green, white, and orange when viewed from left to right. The tricolor is symbolized with white representing peace, green representing Ireland's Gaelic traditions, and orange representing the followers of William of Orange. The flag was officially adopted in 1919.

5. In graduate school, I met a young woman from a town near Orangeville. In which western US state, famous for hosting the Winter Olympics, can Orangeville be found?

Answer: Utah

Orangeville is a small community in Emery County of northwest Utah. The community was founded by Mr. Orange Seely, the first settler of the Castle Valley area. The town also experienced heartache in 1984 when a nearby coal mine claimed the lives of 27 people.

6. On the subject of oranges, the world's number one exporter of this citrus fruit plays a part in my life story. What Portuguese-speaking South American country sells a crazy number of oranges, and was also the country where my wife and I eloped?

Answer: Brazil

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and the largest nation in South America. It is famous for the mighty Amazon River basin and its ecological diversity. Brazil also is home to one of the most successful football nations. Brazil won the FIFA World Cup a record five times through 2012, winning in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002.

It was also runner-up in 1950 and 1998. In terms of orange exports, Brazil more than doubles any other country in the world. In fact, it exported almost 20 million tons of oranges in 2011.

7. One of my first coaching jobs was in Virginia, close to Orange County. What is the name of James Madison's (fourth President of the United States) plantation which is just four miles south of Orange, Virginia?

Answer: Montpelier

Montpelier was the plantation home belonging to the Madison family. James Madison lived with his wife Dolley in the home, and was buried in the family cemetery on the property when he died in 1836. Berkeley Plantation is located in Charles City, Virginia, and is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison (signer of the Declaration of Independence) and his son William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States. Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, is the home of George Washington. Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, is the family home of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.

8. When children arrived on the scene, we found ourselves starting many cool fall traditions including carving spooky faces into what large popular orange vegetable?

Answer: Pumpkin

Pumpkins are large orange vegetables that grow on a stalk above ground. Pumpkins are grown all over the world, but are especially popular autumn crops in the United States of America. The top pumpkin producing states include Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Pumpkins can grow extraordinarily large.

In September 2012, Ron Wallace managed to grow the first 2,000 pound Atlantic Giant that weighed in at an astonishing 2,009 pounds (which is equivalent to 911kg).

9. In 2010, I had the opportunity to go live in Asia where I found an unusually large number of holy men walking around in orange robes. What religion did these gentlemen predominantly represent in countries such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Malaysia?

Answer: Buddhism

Buddhism is a very influential religion across many countries of Asia. In Thailand and Cambodia, as many as 95% of the people practice some form of Buddhism. In other countries around the continent, Buddhism is similarly prevalent and monks clad in orange robes make regular appearances at temples and on the streets of large cities.

10. We finally ended up in China, and the time came for our daughter Asia to be born. Nobody at the hospital spoke English; they only seemed to be able to speak this language that is also a type of orange?

Answer: Mandarin

Mandarin is spoken by more people on the planet than any other language. In mainland China, most people speak Mandarin or other regional dialects. In southern China and Hong Kong, the predominant spoken language is Cantonese. The jincheng is the most popular Chinese orange and the fukuhara is a Japanese orange.

The satsuma is a Japanese orange but grown widely across some parts of southern China. In England, the satsuma is called the Christmas Orange because it is so popular during the holiday season.

Source: Author coachpauly

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