Green Invasion Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chloe

Chloe comes from the Greek 'khloe', which literally means 'young green shoot'. Like a number of other green-related terms, it is derived from the root 'ghlo', which has led to words meaning both 'green' and 'yellow'.
Virginia comes from the Latin word for a young maiden; Esmeralda comes from the Spanish for emerald; Jade refers to the semiprecious stone.

Answer: Glasgow

Glasgow is usually held to be derived from the Cumbric 'glas cau', meaning 'green hollow'.
Emmerdale is the setting for a UK soap opera. 'Emmer' is a type of wheat, and a dale is a valley. Vermont comes from the French for 'green mountain'. Dublin is derived from the Irish 'Dubh Linn' meaning 'black pool'.

Answer: Biliverdin

Biliverdin gets its name from 'bile' and 'vert', meaning green. It is formed in the liver, and converted to the yellow chemical bilirubin. This process is responsible for the changing color of bruises over time. There are green-blooded skinks of the genus Prasinohaema which possess such high levels of biliverdin in their blood that their tissues are colored a bright green; such a concentration would be toxic to any other species.

Answer: Chartreuse

Chartreuse is a French liqueur named after the Grande Chartreuse monastery where it was originally produced. It is currently produced in a factory in the nearby town of Voiron under the supervision of monks from the monastery. Green Chartreuse is a green liqueur (colored naturally by the chlorophyll in its ingredients) flavored with extracts from 130 herbs. Yellow Chartreuse is milder and sweeter in flavor. Chartreuse VEP, which comes in both green and yellow, is aged in oak casks.

The word Chartreuse is used to refer to a range of yellow-green colors similar to the color of green Chartreuse.

Answer: Verdigris

Verdigris is usually copper(II) carbonate, but may be copper(II) chloride if formed in a saltwater environment. If acetic acid is present at the time of weathering, it may also consist (at least in part) of copper(II) acetate. Its name comes from the Middle English 'vertegrez', from the Old French 'verte grez', an alteration of 'vert-de-Grece' ('green of Greece').

It was used as a green pigment by artists in oil paintings until the nineteenth century, but fell out of use when more stable colors became available. Versace is an Italian fashion label; vermouth is an alcoholic beverage; Versailles is a suburb of Paris where the treaty ending World War I was signed.

Answer: Emerald

All of these gems are green or blue-green. Emerald is the green variety of the mineral beryl. Its color comes from the presence of trace amounts of chromium, and sometimes vanadium. Cancer (June 21-July 22) is traditionally connected to the emerald, but sometimes also to the pearl, ruby and moonstone. Both May and June are given by various sources as the month for which emerald is the birthstone. It is also the gem associated with birth on a Thursday.
The word 'emerald' comes from the Greek 'smaragdos'; its original source is either the Semitic word 'izmargad' or the Sanskrit word 'marakata', both meaning 'green'.
Turquoise is sometimes given as the gemstone for December. Peridot is the birthstone for August or September. Jade is considered by some to be an alternative birthstone for March.

Answer: Chlorine

Chlorine is so called because of its yellow-green color, coming from the same Greek word ('khloros') from which chlorophyll derives its name. Chlorine is a powerful oxidant, widely used in bleaches and disinfectants. In most of these applications, the chemical used is actually a compound of chlorine, such as sodium hypochlorite, which decomposes to form the poisonous gas when it is applied.
At room temperature, bromine is a dark brown liquid and iodine forms purpley-grey crystals. Elemental astatine does not occur naturally, as it is highly radioactive.

Answer: Vervet monkey

The dorsal fur of the vervet monkey varies by species from pale yellow through grey-green brown to dark brown, while the lower portion and the hair ring around the face is a whitish yellow. The face, hands, and feet are hairless and black, although their abdominal skin is bluish. Males have a blue scrotum and red penis. The lemur's name derives from a word meaning ghosts, probably a reference to their large reflective eyes. Tapirs are large browsing mammals, roughly pig-like in shape, with brown-grey-black fur, occasionally with white markings. Tenrecs are a family of mammals found in Madagascar and some parts of Africa, mostly with reddish-brown to grey fur.

Answer: Praseodymium

Praseodymium is a soft silvery metal that develops a green oxide. It was named from the Greek word 'prasos' ('leek-green') and the Latin 'didymium' ('double' or 'twin'). It was originally discovered as one of the two components of the 'element' didymium, shown to be a mixture of praseodymium and neodymium. Praseodymium has salts that are yellow-green, and can be used to give glasses and enamels a yellow color. Praseodymium is also used to color cubic zirconia yellow-green, so as to simulate peridot. Hydrogen means 'water making' - when it reacts with oxygen, it forms water.

It is the lightest element, and is a gas at room temperature. Sodium is a highly reactive metal, commonly encountered through its compounds (such as sodium chloride, or common salt). Ununoctium is the heaviest element believed to have been synthesized to date.

Its name means 118, which is its atomic number.

Answer: All of these are viridian

Viridian is a dark shade of spring green, the color between green and cyan on the color wheel, which is also referred to as Guignet's green after its discoverer. Viridian takes its name from the Latin 'viridis', meaning green. As well as the uses listed, it is the name of a brand of green laser sights; the name of the 2007 album released by the bluegrass music band The Greencards; the name of an Australian three piece alternative rock band; and the color of the BBC Two logo from 1991 to 2001.

Etymological information comes from the Online Etymological Dictionary.