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The Variety of Vegetables Trivia Quiz

There are many different varieties of vegetable available to the home gardener. How much do you know about them?

A multiple-choice quiz by Ayerst. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Ayerst

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
339,533

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
834

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Zucchini is another name for which of these vegetables? Hint

Italian plum tomatoes

Courgettes

Pumpkins

Hybrid sweet corn

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Question 2 of 10

2. The tomatillo is which of the following? Hint

a plum tomato

a small kind of tomato

a relative of the cape gooseberry

a tree tomato

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Question 3 of 10

3. Vegetable spaghetti is an unusual kind of which vegetable? Hint

Italian cabbage

Sweetcorn

Turnip

Marrow or squash

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Question 4 of 10

4. Ailsa Craig is the name of a small island off the West coast of Scotland. It has given its name to a variety of which vegetable(s)? Hint

Onion only

Onion and Tomato

Potato and Tomato

Onion, Potato and Tomato

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Question 5 of 10

5. French beans and runner beans are which of the following? Hint

different species of the same genus

the same species but runner beans have a flat pod

the same species but runner beans are a climbing type

not even in the same genus

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these statements is true of all carrot varieties? Hint

They have red or orange roots

They have attractive flowers sometimes used by flower arrangers

They need soil which is rich in organic matter

They have long tapering roots

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Question 7 of 10

7. The cardoon is a vegetable that is which of the following? Hint

a close relative of the globe artichoke

a smaller version of a jerusalem artichoke

a large, coarse kind of carrot

a kind of cabbage that does not form a heart

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these is an alternative name for the vegetable called 'ladies fingers'? Hint

Celeriac

Collard

Okra

Salsify

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is radicchio? Hint

A red form of chicory

A climbing bean with red flowers

A small kind of radish

An Italian tomato variety

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these is NOT another name for the Bell pepper? Hint

Sweet pepper

Pimiento

Capsicum

Chili pepper

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Zucchini is another name for which of these vegetables?

Answer: Courgettes

Zucchini is the Italian name and Courgette the French name for baby marrows. Seed catalogs will use both or either name.

2. The tomatillo is which of the following?

Answer: a relative of the cape gooseberry

The tomatillo may look like a purple tomato, but it comes from a very different plant called Physalis ixocarpa. The fruit grows enclosed in a husk, as it does in the closely related cape gooseberry.

3. Vegetable spaghetti is an unusual kind of which vegetable?

Answer: Marrow or squash

When a mature vegetable spaghetti marrow (squash) is boiled for about 20 minutes and then cut open, the flesh looks just like spaghetti. It is delicious with a tomato sauce!

4. Ailsa Craig is the name of a small island off the West coast of Scotland. It has given its name to a variety of which vegetable(s)?

Answer: Onion, Potato and Tomato

Ailsa Craig is off the coast of Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshire is very fertile and a lot of plant breeding has taken place there.

5. French beans and runner beans are which of the following?

Answer: different species of the same genus

The French bean is derived from Phaseolus vulgaris and there are both climbing and dwarf growing types. The runner bean is derived from Phaseolus coccineus (named for its red flowers)and are usually climbers though there are some dwarf varieties such as Hestia.

6. Which of these statements is true of all carrot varieties?

Answer: They have attractive flowers sometimes used by flower arrangers

The carrot is related to Queen Anne's Lace and has similar umbels of attractive white flowers. Carrots do not like soil rich in organic matter as it causes the roots to divide. They come in many different colours such as purple, blue and white and some kinds are spherical, not tapered.

7. The cardoon is a vegetable that is which of the following?

Answer: a close relative of the globe artichoke

Cardoons are a coarse form of globe artichoke that has become a serious alien weed in countries such as Australia and Argentina. The cabbage that does not form a heart is called a collard.

8. Which of these is an alternative name for the vegetable called 'ladies fingers'?

Answer: Okra

Okra or ladies fingers is widely used as a thickener in soups and stews such as gumbo. Collard is a type of loose cabbage. Salsify is an unusual root vegetable sometimes called vegetable oyster. Celeriac is another root vegetable, this time with a celery flavour.

9. What is radicchio?

Answer: A red form of chicory

Radicchio is the Italian name for the types of chicory that turn red in cold weather and retain some of the red colour when they are forced for winter use.

10. Which of these is NOT another name for the Bell pepper?

Answer: Chili pepper

The bell pepper, sweet pepper, capsicum and pimiento are all the same type of plant. They are all a form of Capsicum annuum that has lost the gene for making capsaicin. Chili peppers are from the same species but they are not bell peppers since they are able to make capsaicin which gives the burning sensation when eaten.

Source: Author Ayerst

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