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Are You Feeling a Little Fruity? Quiz


You say you are feeling a little fruity? Well, now here is your chance to explore everything from cherries to kiwis! Good luck and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by JuniorTheJaws. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
190,162
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
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Difficult
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Question 1 of 10
1. Cherries graced the tables of Chinese nobleman and Roman conquerors. This zippy little fruit was brought over to the new world (America) sometime during the 1600s. The cherry ranges in taste from sweet to tart. Over 650 millions pounds of sweet and tart variety cherries are grown and harvested each year in the United States, but do you know where the National Cherry Festival is held each year? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The coconut is a member of the palm family (Arecaceae) and is named such because the fruit comes from the coconut palm. While the coconut does not really contain "nuts", it is a dry fruit known as fibrous drupe. The inner part of the coconut is filled with "coconut water" and is high in potassium, chloride, and calcium. Now that you know a bit more about the coconut, can you tell me which of the following is home to the oldest coconut palm tree fossil? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The medlar resembles an apple, but is approximately two or three centimeters in diameter. Medlars are extremely hard when ripe, and it is best to wait at least a week or two after harvesting to eat this tiny fruit. The medlar was a popular fruit during Roman and Medieval times. Now can you tell me in which year the medlar tree was brought to Greece? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The word pawpaw is a derivative of the Spanish word papaya. While both pawpaw and papaya trees look similar their fruit does not taste the same. The pawpaw has a taste combination of a banana and a mango, while the papaya tastes similar to a cantaloupe. But which country uses the name pawpaw for the papaya fruit? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The kiwifruit tastes like a combination of a strawberry, banana, and a pineapple. The kiwifruit's history can be traced back to China where it was originally called the wild gooseberry. In 1959, New Zealand began producing wild gooseberries commercially and during that same year gave it the new name of kiwi. The kiwi is named for which of the following? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. At first glance the quince looks like a pear, but upon inspecting it further one will notice the mottled skin, the lumpy appearance and if you dare to cut into it, you will soon find out how sour it really is. So why was the quince grown you ask? Well, it is one of the best fruits used for making marmalades, jams, and jellies. Columella, an ancient naturalist gave three "referring" names to the quince. Which of the following is not a name that Columella used? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The scientific name of the apricot is prunus armeniaca. However,even though its scientific name reflects the name Armenia, the stone fruit does not originate there. The apricot's history can be traced back to Northeastern China close to the Russian border. According to the "cots" history it did not touch down in Armenia for about three-thousand years! The apricot was brought to Europe about 70 BC. The English considered the "cot" an aphrodisiac. To the Chinese the fruit is a symbol for ____________. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. While the banana in actuality is an herb, it is listed in the "Fruit and Vegetable Blue Book" as a fruit because it is harvested from trees and grows in stems or hands as the industry refers to them. A single stem of bananas can weigh as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), and is usually carried on the shoulders. The sections sold in supermarkets or at road side stands are part of the original stem of bananas. However, the skin of this delicious fruit came into question during the 1960s and 1980s. Legend has it that the banana skin is a hallucinogenic when smoked. In 1967, a student newspaper called the Berkeley Barb published a story regarding the banana skin's "freaky" qualities, but which singer did the Berkeley Barb get the story from? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The star fruit, or paopu as it is known in China, has a sweet, mild, sub-acid taste. It is best to eat the star fruit fresh as its pulp does not store well. When you cut the fruit in slices it looks as its name suggests like a star, and is great to eat fresh or for salad decorations. But what about the seeds? Hmm...well with some fruit you can eat the seeds and others you cannot. What can be made from the star fruit's seeds? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The miracle fruit is native to West Africa. The tree cannot be grown in the USA except in one place, Southern Florida, where the climate is similar to that of the tree's homeland. The fruit that grows on the tree is small like a berry and is almost tasteless, with one amazing effect. Which of the following will happen if you eat the miracle fruit? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Cherries graced the tables of Chinese nobleman and Roman conquerors. This zippy little fruit was brought over to the new world (America) sometime during the 1600s. The cherry ranges in taste from sweet to tart. Over 650 millions pounds of sweet and tart variety cherries are grown and harvested each year in the United States, but do you know where the National Cherry Festival is held each year?

Answer: Traverse City, Michigan

Cherries were brought to the new world sometime during the 1600s by French colonists. They planted pits in groves near the Saint Lawrence River, reaching as far down as the Great Lakes.

Peter Dougherty, a Presbyterian missionary living in Traverse City, Michigan, planted the first cherry tree orchard during the mid 1800s. He is credited with starting the first tart orchard. The first commercially grown orchard started mass producing tart cherries in 1847.

During 1847, Henderson Lewelling planted the first sweet cherry orchard in western Oregon with cherry pits that he purchased from Iowa. Lewelling had them hauled to Oregon in an ox cart. One of Henderson's workmen was a small Chinese man named Bing. Bing loved to eat the sweet delectable cherries, that Henderson decided to name the variety of cherry after him.

Traverse City Michigan is called the "Cherry Capitol of the World", and holds the National Cherry Festival every year in the same orchard grove that Dougherty started during the 1800s. At the Cherry Festival you will find cherry eating contests, cooking contests in which the main ingredient is cherries, and there is also a parade in which Traverse City names the Cherry Queen for that year.
2. The coconut is a member of the palm family (Arecaceae) and is named such because the fruit comes from the coconut palm. While the coconut does not really contain "nuts", it is a dry fruit known as fibrous drupe. The inner part of the coconut is filled with "coconut water" and is high in potassium, chloride, and calcium. Now that you know a bit more about the coconut, can you tell me which of the following is home to the oldest coconut palm tree fossil?

Answer: Rajasthan, India

Coconut tree fossils found in New Zealand have been credited with being fifteen million years old. While in Rajasthan, India, the place where the oldest coconut tree fossil was found is said to be eighteen million years old.

Contrary to popular belief coconut water is not coconut milk. Coconut milk is made by grating the coconut and mixing it with hot water, which extracts the oil and makes the coconut flakes thick, rich, and creamy giving it the consistency of milk. Coconut water sits in the center part of the coconut and is high in potassium, chloride and on occasion has been used as an intravenous hydration fluid.
3. The medlar resembles an apple, but is approximately two or three centimeters in diameter. Medlars are extremely hard when ripe, and it is best to wait at least a week or two after harvesting to eat this tiny fruit. The medlar was a popular fruit during Roman and Medieval times. Now can you tell me in which year the medlar tree was brought to Greece?

Answer: 700 BC

The medlar was imported to Germany by the Romans and brought to Greece in 700 BC, and was once considered a delicacy because even back then it was a treat to have, as only those people in important positions were able to afford the medlar.

The medlar tree is rarely cultivated in modern times. In the fruit industry, it costs a small fortune to have this fruit shipped in from Greece.
4. The word pawpaw is a derivative of the Spanish word papaya. While both pawpaw and papaya trees look similar their fruit does not taste the same. The pawpaw has a taste combination of a banana and a mango, while the papaya tastes similar to a cantaloupe. But which country uses the name pawpaw for the papaya fruit?

Answer: Australia

The pawpaw was first noted in the history annals in a 1541 report by explorer Hernando de Soto. He noted that while on his expedition in the Mississippi River region he noticed Native Americans eating an odd type of fruit, the likes of which he could not fathom. Upon closer inspection he thought the fruit resembled a papaya and gave the new fruit the nickname of pawpaw. Hernando found that when he bit into the fruit it tasted much sweeter than the papaya.

The pawpaw tree has never been cultivated because the leaves need cross pollination of two separate plants for the fruit to grow. The flowers themselves have such a putrid smell as that of rotting meat that is a wonder the fruit is as sweet as it is.

Australians are famous for their crazy slang, but oh how we love those accents, eh? While the pawpaw and papaya are two entirely different fruits, in the land down under the Aussies refer to papayas as pawpaws. Think we should tell them that they are not the same?
5. The kiwifruit tastes like a combination of a strawberry, banana, and a pineapple. The kiwifruit's history can be traced back to China where it was originally called the wild gooseberry. In 1959, New Zealand began producing wild gooseberries commercially and during that same year gave it the new name of kiwi. The kiwi is named for which of the following?

Answer: Bird

New Zealand started to produce wild gooseberries commercially in 1959, and decided that the dull brown, hairy looking fruit needed a new name, so they named it for the Kiwi bird. It is believed that the reason the New Zealanders named it after the Kiwi bird was because it resembled the shape of the bird's eggs.

Some fun facts about the Kiwi bird are:

It cannot fly, burrows in the ground, and is largely nocturnal.
It has one of the largest egg-to-body weight ratios of any bird. The mature egg averages 20% of the female's body weight (compared to 2% for an ostrich). Eggs take up to 80 days to hatch.
The female is bigger than the male. In the North Island, the male brown kiwi does most of the egg incubating.
It is the only known bird to have external nostrils at the end of its bill and one of the few to have a highly developed sense of smell. A kiwi literally sniffs out its food. It uses its bill also to smell danger.
It has loose, hair-like feathers, and long whiskers.
Kiwi live in pairs and mate for life (sometimes as long as 30 years).
It eats mostly earthworms, spiders, forest invertebrates, and fallen fruits but has been known to eat freshwater crayfish, frogs, and eels.
It is extremely territorial and will fight to protect its "patch" (as much as 40 hectares) by calling or chasing the intruder and will fight using its razor-sharp claws.

All information about the Kiwi bird can be found at:

http://www.mtbruce.doc.govt.nz/kiwi.htm
6. At first glance the quince looks like a pear, but upon inspecting it further one will notice the mottled skin, the lumpy appearance and if you dare to cut into it, you will soon find out how sour it really is. So why was the quince grown you ask? Well, it is one of the best fruits used for making marmalades, jams, and jellies. Columella, an ancient naturalist gave three "referring" names to the quince. Which of the following is not a name that Columella used?

Answer: Sweet Apple

The first mention of the quince appears in Greek writings dating back to 600 BC, it was used during wedding ceremonies.

The quince is known for its sour taste and is mainly used in Middle Eastern countries such as Turkey, Iraq, and Iran as an accompaniment for fatty meats. The quince is usually made into a sauce, much like applesauce, and is used to dip meats into while eating.
7. The scientific name of the apricot is prunus armeniaca. However,even though its scientific name reflects the name Armenia, the stone fruit does not originate there. The apricot's history can be traced back to Northeastern China close to the Russian border. According to the "cots" history it did not touch down in Armenia for about three-thousand years! The apricot was brought to Europe about 70 BC. The English considered the "cot" an aphrodisiac. To the Chinese the fruit is a symbol for ____________.

Answer: Cowardice

The Chinese believe that the apricot represents cowardice, and anyone who eats the fruit when they are a child will grow to have the traits of a coward.

In 502 AD in England the apricot's oil was used to treat ulcers and some types of tumors, it was believed that the "cot" contained healing powers. Not entirely sure how true that is, but it has been recorded in the medicinal uses for apricots.

In central Asia and in the Mediterranean area, the apricot is considered too sweet to eat, that only oil is made from the "cot".
8. While the banana in actuality is an herb, it is listed in the "Fruit and Vegetable Blue Book" as a fruit because it is harvested from trees and grows in stems or hands as the industry refers to them. A single stem of bananas can weigh as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), and is usually carried on the shoulders. The sections sold in supermarkets or at road side stands are part of the original stem of bananas. However, the skin of this delicious fruit came into question during the 1960s and 1980s. Legend has it that the banana skin is a hallucinogenic when smoked. In 1967, a student newspaper called the Berkeley Barb published a story regarding the banana skin's "freaky" qualities, but which singer did the Berkeley Barb get the story from?

Answer: Country Joe

In the 1960s, rock and roll folk singer Country Joe told the Berkeley Barb that he and his friends used to "freak out" on crushed banana peels. He told them that the feeling was so earth-shaking that they started to see things that they could not possibly have seen. Because of that one article, students all over Berkeley began stocking up on bananas to see if Country Joe was telling the truth. One student found out that the only thing that happened was that it made you feel really ill and not "freaky" at all.

In the 1980s, satiric punk group Dead Milkmen recorded a song about the Country Joe article in the Berkeley Barb, and it caused so much ruckus that the FDA investigated and found that Country Joe made up the story about banana peels.
9. The star fruit, or paopu as it is known in China, has a sweet, mild, sub-acid taste. It is best to eat the star fruit fresh as its pulp does not store well. When you cut the fruit in slices it looks as its name suggests like a star, and is great to eat fresh or for salad decorations. But what about the seeds? Hmm...well with some fruit you can eat the seeds and others you cannot. What can be made from the star fruit's seeds?

Answer: Insecticide

The seeds of this fruit are highly toxic and are used to make insecticide. The Chinese have been using the star fruit seeds for centuries as a way to keep pests from bothering fruit trees and other fruit and produce plants. Star fruit insecticide is also used in the Midwestern United States by farmers to protect their crops from pest invasion.
10. The miracle fruit is native to West Africa. The tree cannot be grown in the USA except in one place, Southern Florida, where the climate is similar to that of the tree's homeland. The fruit that grows on the tree is small like a berry and is almost tasteless, with one amazing effect. Which of the following will happen if you eat the miracle fruit?

Answer: Foods that you eat afterwards will taste sweet

The miracle fruit has an interesting feature in that it is virtually tasteless and acts as a natural sweetener; any bitter or sour foods you eat after you eat the miracle fruit will taste very sweet...but only for an hour or two. Hundreds of berries grow on the plant all year long.

The plant is used in West African homes as a decoration.

The miracle fruit is being investigated by the USDA as a natural food sweetener.

All information contained in this quiz can be found at:

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-fruit
"The Blue Book: A Guide to Fruits and Vegetables From Around the World"

Also information was given by the Philadelphia Regional Produce Terminal, the Eastern seaboards largest supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables to the Eastern United States.
Source: Author JuniorTheJaws

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