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Fun Fig Facts Trivia Quiz

I love figs! Once you've taken this quiz maybe you'll be a fig fanatic too.

A multiple-choice quiz by aimlu. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
aimlu

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
302,273

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
666

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the Latin name for the common fig? Hint

Ficus benjamina

Ficus macrophylla

Ficus religiosa

Ficus carica

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Question 2 of 10

2. Some people think that fig trees smell like Hint

cat urine

feet

roses

citrus

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Question 3 of 10

3. What spiritual leader had an "ah ha" moment while sitting under a type of Ficus tree? Hint

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohammed

Siddattha Gautama

Jesus

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Question 4 of 10

4. What's a caprifig? Hint

All of these

A fig that only goats will eat.

A hermaphrodite fig with both female and male flowers inside.

A fig that is suitable for a fig wasp to lay her eggs in.

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Question 5 of 10

5. On which continent did figs probably originate? Hint

Europe

Africa

North America

Asia

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Question 6 of 10

6. What plant family is the fig in? Hint

Malvaceae

Moraceae

Urticaceae

Apocynaceae

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Question 7 of 10

7. All fig trees have laticifers. What are laticifers? Hint

Cells that produce latex as a secondary metabolite.

Special wasps that help to pollinate the flowers.

Roots that grow horizontally close the the surface of the soil.

Spikes that help in defense from herbivory.

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Question 8 of 10

8. This Ficus can grow up to a few hectares across using adventitious and aerial roots. It's called the Hint

maple

banyan

cypress

aspen

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Question 9 of 10

9. Figs are rich in some vitamins and minerals. Which one of these is not one of them? Hint

thiamin

calcium

potassium

iron

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Question 10 of 10

10. According to the Bible, Eve ate the forbidden fruit which could have been a fig. What did Adam and Eve then do? Hint

Burned the tree down.

Climbed the tree to look at the sunset.

Used fig leaves to cover their "private" parts.

Caught the serpent and ate it too.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the Latin name for the common fig?

Answer: Ficus carica

There are over 800 species of figs.

2. Some people think that fig trees smell like

Answer: cat urine

This smell helps to attract fig eating bats and birds.

3. What spiritual leader had an "ah ha" moment while sitting under a type of Ficus tree?

Answer: Siddattha Gautama

A Ficus called a Bodhi or Bo tree that is a fourth generation descendant of the one Buddha meditated under over 2000 years ago resides in India to this day.

4. What's a caprifig?

Answer: All of these

The figs suitable for human consumption only have viable female flowers inside them so when the wasp goes in to lay eggs and doesn't find the right conditions the flowers are then pollinated.

5. On which continent did figs probably originate?

Answer: Asia

Birds as well as the silk road probably helped the migration of this widespread genus.

6. What plant family is the fig in?

Answer: Moraceae

The Urticaceae or nettle family is quite closely related to the mulberry or fig family. The Apocynaceae family has a milky sap like the fig family.

7. All fig trees have laticifers. What are laticifers?

Answer: Cells that produce latex as a secondary metabolite.

The Indian rubber tree, Ficus elastica, is not the same as the one used for making rubber for commercial purposes, this is the para-rubber tree or Hevea brasiliensis and is in the family Euphorbiaceae.

8. This Ficus can grow up to a few hectares across using adventitious and aerial roots. It's called the

Answer: banyan

Ficus benghalensis...The trees that grew into and around the ancient Angkor Wat ruins are banyans. Strangler is another common name.

9. Figs are rich in some vitamins and minerals. Which one of these is not one of them?

Answer: thiamin

Plus, all those seeds provide fiber and some protein!

10. According to the Bible, Eve ate the forbidden fruit which could have been a fig. What did Adam and Eve then do?

Answer: Used fig leaves to cover their "private" parts.

"And they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day." Genesis 3:7

Source: Author aimlu

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