An Alphabet Full of Vegetables Quiz

Answer: Asparagus

Asparagus is also known as sparrowgrass. It does not grow in Florida. Ninety percent of asparagus is grown in California, New Jersey, Washington, and Massachusetts. Asparagus is a perennial plant. The sulfur in the asparagus gives urine a bad smell.

Answer: Bamboo

The bamboo plant has two points. What is shown above ground is known as the culm while what is underneath the soil is known as the rhizome. There are seven hundred types of bamboo, however, only two types are known in the U.S. and those two types are inedible.

Answer: Corn

Corn will not grow properly without an abundance of water. The state of Florida grew over seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of corn in the seventies. It is considered as a grain as well.

Answer: Dandelion

Dandelion is a perennial plant native to Europe and also a cool seasonal vegetable. Dandelion seeds can be sown in all seasons but Summer.

Answer: Eggplant

The eggplant shares its family with the tomato. The eggplant is a large purple vegetable that grows on a vine. It is on the list of world's healthiest foods.

Answer: Garbanzo

The garbanzo bean is an annual plant that grows mainly in California. The bean comes in a pod.

Answer: Horseradish

Horseradish is a perennial plant but grown as an annual. The roots have a sharp taste due to an oil inside of them. To grow horseradish, the roots of an existing plant should be cut and planted.

Answer: Kale

Kale is an annual plant that came from Europe in the seventeenth century. Once kale is planted it takes three months to grow to maturity.

Answer: Lettuce

Egyptians grew lettuce and turned it from a weed into a popular food used mainly for its leaves. Lettuce is an annual plant that Beatrix Potter said had soporific qualities.

Answer: Onion

The onion can be grown from a seed or a cutting grown the year before. The Bible refers to onions as being around thousands of years ago in Egypt. When an onion is cut, it releases a gas that is irritating to the eye.

Answer: Potato

The potato is a perennial plant from the nightshade family. On average, a person consumed seventy-three pounds of potatoes per year in the first ten years of the twenty-first century. China is the world's largest potato producing country.

Answer: Radish

Radishes are so small they can grow to full size within three days. The seeds are planted with other seeds because the radish leaves attract pests that would have destroyed other vegetables, but instead attack the radish leaves. Oaxaca, Mexico celebrates Night of the Radishes on December twenty-third with carvings of figurines made out of radishes.

Answer: Squash

The squash is known as the one of the three sisters grown by Native American women. Summer squash is harvested while still immature and winter squash is harvested in its maturity.

Answer: Tomato

The tomato is part of the nightshade family and originated in Mexico. The tomato comes in many different sized from the tomberrie (5 mm) to the beef steak (10 cm).

Answer: Yam

The yam is a perennial plant with heart shaped leaves. When harvested, yams can weigh up to sixty pounds. The yam is commonly referred to as a sweet potato even though they are not related.