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Quiz about My TUcents on the TULIP
Quiz about My TUcents on the TULIP

My TU-cents on the TULIP. Trivia Quiz


Being from Pella, IA, we have an annual Tulip Festival our town is very proud of. Here are 10 questions relating to the tulip.

A multiple-choice quiz by spaudrey. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
spaudrey
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
310,954
Updated
Nov 26 23
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. Tulips, genus "Tulipa", come from the plant family "Liliaceae". Which of these flowers are included in this family? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Tulips originate from what part of the world? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The number of leaves on a tulip is always: Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The tulip flowers are generally produced from what? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is the #1 tulip producing country in the world? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Tulips always have one flower per stem.


Question 7 of 10
7. A virus in tulips was one of many reasons for the 17th Century phenomenon known as Tulipomania, a period where tulip bulb prices rose exorbitantly only to collapse soon after. the virus shares its name with a common art technique. What kind of virus was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Herbert Khaury became an overnight sensation singing "Tiptoe Through the tulips" on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson", as well as a series of other entertainment shows. What was his professional name? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "The Black Tulip", a novel that tells the story of a Dutch community's competition to produce the first black tulip, was written in 1850 by: Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Much like some disease awareness groups have adopted ribbon placement to increase awareness, one group uses the tulip as their object of awareness. Which disease? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Tulips, genus "Tulipa", come from the plant family "Liliaceae". Which of these flowers are included in this family?

Answer: Daffodils

Classifications originally included some vegetables, but with new, more modern classification systems en vogue now, the Liliaceae genus is limited to lilies and tulips, among a small handful of other lesser-known varieties.
2. Tulips originate from what part of the world?

Answer: South Central Asia (Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan)

Historians generally believe that the Turks were the ones who sent the tulip on with Western European explorers, sometime in the 1500's. But evidence predominantly suggests the tulip originated in this southern region of Asia.
3. The number of leaves on a tulip is always:

Answer: A Whole Number

With so many species of tulip, there is no fixed number of leaves. Some species have up to twelve leaves. But it is safe to say that tulips cannot grow half leaves. Kind of like you can't dig half a hole. So, it will always be a whole number of leaves.
4. The tulip flowers are generally produced from what?

Answer: Bulbs

Bulbs are formed on the flower where the seeds would normally form. These tiny baby bulbs are called bulbils. If they fall off, it will take some time, but the bulbils mature and grow new plants.
5. What is the #1 tulip producing country in the world?

Answer: The Netherlands

This isn't even close. The Netherlands, or Holland, produces 3 billion tulip bulbs every year. Many of the tulip festivals in the United States import all their tulip bulbs from The Netherlands every year. Pella's Tulip Festival brags about their 300,000 tulips in full bloom every year, but a predominant number did not come from the U.S. They are from Holland.
6. Tulips always have one flower per stem.

Answer: False

Typically they have only one. But some species have two, and some have up to four flowers on one stem.
7. A virus in tulips was one of many reasons for the 17th Century phenomenon known as Tulipomania, a period where tulip bulb prices rose exorbitantly only to collapse soon after. the virus shares its name with a common art technique. What kind of virus was it?

Answer: Mosaic

The Mosaic virus, when first infesting tulips, created strikingly beautiful color patterns on the tulip, which made them seem rare. People who could afford them threw ridiculous amounts of money toward a single bulb. The problem caused is that with the virus, the tulip in a matter of years would no longer bloom.

Today the Mosaic virus is all but eradicated. With improvements in genetic engineering, we are able to create the same styles without introducing the flower to its untimely death.
8. Herbert Khaury became an overnight sensation singing "Tiptoe Through the tulips" on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson", as well as a series of other entertainment shows. What was his professional name?

Answer: Tiny Tim

Johnny knew gold when he saw it. While not the most talented performer ever to grace Carson's stage, you just couldn't look away from Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim also got married to "Miss Vicki" on "The Tonight Show", in front of a late-night TV audience of 40 million people, numbers 30% larger than the 2009 finale of "American Idol".
9. "The Black Tulip", a novel that tells the story of a Dutch community's competition to produce the first black tulip, was written in 1850 by:

Answer: Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre's story tells of a 100,000-guilder prize for the first black tulip. A genetic black tulip is an impossible task.
10. Much like some disease awareness groups have adopted ribbon placement to increase awareness, one group uses the tulip as their object of awareness. Which disease?

Answer: Parkinson's Disease

The tulip is the official symbol of the Parkinson's Disease Foundation. The foundation adopted the tulip as their symbol in 1980. A Dutch horticulturalist named a species of tulip after Dr. James Parkinson in honor of his work on the disease, and so it made sense that tulip would continue to be associated with the disease and the foundation.
Source: Author spaudrey

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