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Funny Fruit Trivia Quiz

People have been throwing fruit at people who aren't very funny for millennia, the reason being that fruit is funny in itself. Try these questions!

A multiple-choice quiz by quacker. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
quacker

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,869

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1273

Last 3 plays: jogreen (3/10), Guest 172 (4/10), matthewpokemon (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The naming rights to which fruit were stolen in an antipodean advertising coup in the 1970s? Hint

The Granny Smith

The Loganberry

The Chinese Gooseberry

The Mandarine

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Question 2 of 10

2. The word 'lampoon' bears an uncanny and rather funny resemblance to the Italian for which fruit? Hint

The Tomato

The Mango

The Raspberry

The Ladyfinger Banana

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Question 3 of 10

3. The ancient Romans ate pizza, but which of the following fruits was their idea of a good topping? Hint

Pear

Tomato

Pumpkin

Capsicum

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Ya' is a Chinese variety of which fruit currently aspiring to World domination? Hint

Peach

Pear

Persimmon

Kumquat

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following alcoholic beverages is most commonly made from fruit? Hint

Mezcal

Grappa

Akvavit

Mead

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which fruit sounds a bit like a lawyer and holds the equally dubious honour of being the fattiest fruit?

Answer: (One Word)

7. Australian rural town authorities have a love of oversized fruit monuments (such as the Big Pineapple) that puts other countries to shame in the tacky stakes. Which of the following oversized fruits stands in the subtropical badlands of northern New South Wales? Hint

The Cubed Cucumber

The Big Apple

The Big Banana

The Giant Peach

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Bananas in Pyjamas' are an entertaining pair of ... bananas in pyjamas. Individually, they are named after what? Hint

Desserts

Specialised football kicks

Skincare products

Vitamins

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Question 9 of 10

9. The mango is now a generic 'tropical fruit' originally found in Asia. In which subcontinental language does 'man-kay' mean 'fruit tree'? Hint

Hindi

Tamil

Urdu

Bengali

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Question 10 of 10

10. In several English-speaking countries, 'cantaloupe' is known as ...? Hint

Rock melon

Watermelon

Honeydew melon

Melonade

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The naming rights to which fruit were stolen in an antipodean advertising coup in the 1970s?

Answer: The Chinese Gooseberry

New Zealand growers decided to market their Chinese gooseberries as 'kiwi fruit' in the 1970s, as the originally Asian fruit not only grew well in New Zealand's climate but also resembled New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi.

2. The word 'lampoon' bears an uncanny and rather funny resemblance to the Italian for which fruit?

Answer: The Raspberry

The word 'lampoon' comes from the Middle French for 'let's guzzle' (lampons)and originally designated drinking songs. Funny, then, that we blow raspberries in derision!

3. The ancient Romans ate pizza, but which of the following fruits was their idea of a good topping?

Answer: Pear

There is archaeological evidence of the Romans concocting both sweet and savoury pizza (and calzone), but they were yet to come in to contact with the American pumpkin and capsicum or, more interestingly, the Asian tomato.

4. 'Ya' is a Chinese variety of which fruit currently aspiring to World domination?

Answer: Pear

The ya pear's main rival is the already well-entrenched Japanese pear and apple hybrid, the nashi, which is a bit more sugary.

5. Which of the following alcoholic beverages is most commonly made from fruit?

Answer: Grappa

Grappa is a distilled wine popular in Italy and the Balkans, while mezcal is basically unrefined tequila extracted from the agave plant(you skip the inebrity and go straight to the hangover!), aqvavit is a Scandanavian form of vodka usually made from potatoes and mead is made mostly from honey.

6. Which fruit sounds a bit like a lawyer and holds the equally dubious honour of being the fattiest fruit?

Answer: Avocado

But they taste so good!

Answer: The Big Banana

The Big Banana is outside of Coffs Harbour to be enjoyed by all.

8. 'Bananas in Pyjamas' are an entertaining pair of ... bananas in pyjamas. Individually, they are named after what?

Answer: Vitamins

B1 and B2 are named after B vitamins and are full of them. A banana is a kind of curving football kicked employed to score goals from oblique angles in Australian football.

9. The mango is now a generic 'tropical fruit' originally found in Asia. In which subcontinental language does 'man-kay' mean 'fruit tree'?

Answer: Tamil

The first European language to receive the word was Portuguese, via Malay from the original Tamil. Tamil people are found mostly in India, Sri Lanka, Indochina and Fiji.

10. In several English-speaking countries, 'cantaloupe' is known as ...?

Answer: Rock melon

It does look a bit like a rock.

Source: Author quacker

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