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Arboreal Tutorial Trivia Quiz


As the title suggests, this was going to be a quiz about trees, so accept my apologies as I may have branched out.

A multiple-choice quiz by 480154st. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
480154st
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
391,719
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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276
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which tree first found fame in BBC2 show, "Not The Nine O'Clock News" before going on to play big screen characters Johnny English and Mr. Bean? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which 1988 fantasy movie saw Warwick Davis team up with Val Kilmer to protect a newborn child and vanquish an evil queen? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Audrey Hepburn was Oscar nominated for her portrayal of which tree from the Truman Capote novel "Breakfast at Tiffany's"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which Ghanaian football (soccer) team play their home games at Accra Sports Stadium, which was the scene of a tragedy resulting in 127 deaths in 2001? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 2012, which tree carried the Olympic flame through Northumberland, in recognition of his Commonwealth Games 30,000 metres record time which he had set 42 years earlier in Edinburgh? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which punk/new romantic singer had three U.K. top ten hits with "Eighth Day", "D-Days" and "Will You" in the early 1980s before turning her back on pop fame to concentrate on film and theatre work? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which guitar playing tree was a founding member of rock band Uriah Heep in 1969 and was still touring with the band in 2018 at age 70? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which tree was just six years old when she made her film debut in "Purple People Eater" and only 19 years old when she starred as Kevin Spacey's on screen daughter in the movie "American Beauty"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which Ferrari driver became the first UK winner of the Formula One World Driver's Championship in 1958, after which he announced his retirement with immediate effect, and tragically died just three months later in a car accident? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which Northern Irish rock band, at the forefront of the Britpop scene of the 90s, scored UK chart success with "Girl From Mars" and "Goldfinger"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which tree first found fame in BBC2 show, "Not The Nine O'Clock News" before going on to play big screen characters Johnny English and Mr. Bean?

Answer: Rowan Atkinson

The rowan tree, also known as the mountain ash, grows in cooler climates throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Its fruit can be used to make a coffee like drink and is also used to flavour liqueurs and some ales. The surname Rowntree, as in the confectionery company, is a derivative of "rowan tree", although as yet, there are no records of the tree producing chocolate bars.
2. Which 1988 fantasy movie saw Warwick Davis team up with Val Kilmer to protect a newborn child and vanquish an evil queen?

Answer: Willow

Willow is a very versatile tree. Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates wrote about the medicinal qualities of the leaves and bark, which can offer temporary relief from pain in much the same way as Aspirin and because it is such a pliable wood, it has been used in the manufacture of fishing nets, woven baskets and coracle boats.

It is also the wood used for the construction of cricket bats as it is able to absorb the high impact of a cricket ball.
3. Audrey Hepburn was Oscar nominated for her portrayal of which tree from the Truman Capote novel "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?

Answer: Holly Golightly

Holly is often associated with Christmas and is used as a decoration in wreaths, seen on Christmas cards and sung about in the song "The Holly and the Ivy". Christianity is not the only faith associated with holly as the Druids consider it sacred in Wicca; the Holly King is one of the dual aspects of The Horned God, the other being the Oak King.
4. Which Ghanaian football (soccer) team play their home games at Accra Sports Stadium, which was the scene of a tragedy resulting in 127 deaths in 2001?

Answer: Hearts of Oak

Oak, which as the famous quote correctly tells us grow from tiny acorns, is the national tree of U.S.A., England, Wales, France and Jordan as well as many other countries. Its wood is used in the manufacture of barrels for whiskies, wines and sherry and the bark is used in the tanning of leather. Acorns can be used to make a coffee substitute, although there is no evidence that this was drunk at one of the most famous oak trees in U.K., the Major Oak in Nottinghamshire, meeting place of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
5. In 2012, which tree carried the Olympic flame through Northumberland, in recognition of his Commonwealth Games 30,000 metres record time which he had set 42 years earlier in Edinburgh?

Answer: Jim Alder

Alder wood is excellent for making furniture and kitchen cabinets and is also used to smoke seafood including salmon. Fender guitars are also made mainly of alder and have been since 1956 as it is a dense, lightweight wood that gives a balanced tone.
6. Which punk/new romantic singer had three U.K. top ten hits with "Eighth Day", "D-Days" and "Will You" in the early 1980s before turning her back on pop fame to concentrate on film and theatre work?

Answer: Hazel O'Connor

Along with willow, hazel is used to make woven baskets and coracle boats due to its pliability. Hazel trees also give us hazelnuts which apart from being delicious, were believed by ancient Celts to give wisdom and play an important part in the Gaelic legend of Fionn Mac Cumhail or Finn McCool. According to the legend, salmon lived in a pool surrounded by hazel trees and feasted on the nuts that dropped into the pool absorbing the wisdom from the nuts.

When one of the salmon was caught, Fionn Mac Cumhail was told to cook it and whilst doing so a blister formed on the fish. Mac Cumhail used his thumb to burst the blister and then sucked his thumb to cool it, thereby absorbing all of the wisdom from the fish.
7. Which guitar playing tree was a founding member of rock band Uriah Heep in 1969 and was still touring with the band in 2018 at age 70?

Answer: Mick Box

Box trees are small trees which grow in Europe, Africa, Asia and South and Central America and are ideal for decorative hedges. Box is favoured by the wood carving community as it doesn't split or chip easily and is often used to make chessmen or other decorative pieces.

The pipes on Scottish bagpipes were made of boxwood until the 19th century when more exotic woods became freely available such as ebony and African blackwood.
8. Which tree was just six years old when she made her film debut in "Purple People Eater" and only 19 years old when she starred as Kevin Spacey's on screen daughter in the movie "American Beauty"?

Answer: Thora Birch

Birch wood is the wood of choice for longboard skateboards due to its flexibility and light weight and although the Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat was known as "The Spruce Goose", it was actually made almost entirely from birch. A birch rod, which was a bundle of twigs tied together, was used for a corporal punishment known as "birching", in which the bare buttocks of the transgressor were whipped with the bundle. Birching was a judicial penalty on Isle of Man until it was repealed in 1993, although the last birching took place 17 years earlier in 1976.
9. Which Ferrari driver became the first UK winner of the Formula One World Driver's Championship in 1958, after which he announced his retirement with immediate effect, and tragically died just three months later in a car accident?

Answer: Mike Hawthorn

Hawthorns, also known as May trees, are a smaller tree, often used for hedges around agricultural land. The fruit, or haws, can be used to make wine and the young leaves can be used in cooking, often in a salad. Hawthorn wood is very hard and is often used as tool handles and the tree itself is favoured by bonsai growers.
10. Which Northern Irish rock band, at the forefront of the Britpop scene of the 90s, scored UK chart success with "Girl From Mars" and "Goldfinger"?

Answer: Ash

The ash can be found across most of Europe, Asia and North America and its strong elastic properties make it ideal for manufacturing archery bows and baseball bats. Natal Drum, Gretsch and many other drum manufacturers also use ash for making drum shells because of these qualities.
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