Botany I Quiz

Any budding Alan Titchmarshes out there ?
Here's a botanical quiz :

1 What seven varieties of brassica are commonly grown in English vegetable gardens ?

2 To what fruits or vegetables are the following names given? - a)Majestic; b)James Grieve; c)Conference; d)Lloyd George; e)Aisla Craig; f)Black Hamburgh; g)Victoria; h)Morello; i)Winnigstadt; j)Gradus.

3 Which of the following trees are native to England? - oak, ash, elm, apple, cherry, hazel, sycamore, horse-chestnut, willow, beech.

4 Arrange the following in the order of their flowering: - dog rose; elder; hawthorn; blackthorn; honeysuckle.

5 Which of the following garden plants were grown in England before 1600 ? - wallflower, nasturtium, laburnum, tomato, dahlia, jasmine, pot marigold, gladiolus, lilac, tulip.

6 What poisons are obtained from the plants a)monkshood, b)foxglove, c)deadly nightshade, d)poppy and e)tobacco-plant ?

7 What are the names given to the fruits of the following: a)blackthorn, b)may, c)wild rose,d)beech (not just nuts) e)bramble, f)oak, g)ash, h)pine, i)larch, j)vine ?

8 Name the flower in each group which is wrongly placed, and give the reason:-
a)Chrysanthemum, dahlia, lupin, Michaelmas daisy, helianthus.
b)Delphinium, lupin, marigold, peony, phlox.
c) Gladiolus, daffodil, hyacinth, snowdrop, tulip.
d) Chrysanthemum, dahlia, Michaelmas daisy, marguerite, peony.
e)Gladiolus, lily, narcissus, phlox, crocus.

1pt per question or part-question answered. No limits apply.

Good Luck !

[Sir Chancelot]

1 - Cabbage, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Calabrese, Mustard ?
2 - c - Pear, g - Plum, h - cherry

stormin said:

1 - Cabbage, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Calabrese, Mustard ?
2 - c - Pear, g - Plum, h - cherry

Stormin' the sole punter so far.
1- Can allow one point each for the first five, but I don't think mustard can be included. But a bonus point for being familiar with the term brassica. Others would have been : Kale, Savoy, Turnips and Swedes and Kohl-Rabi. A "margo bonus" for broccoli, which tommo gets with every meal. ;D

2- All three correct, and a "tommo's mum" bonus for pear, as each weekend tommo returns from visiting her with a boxful (Williams variety) from the tree in her front garden.

Leader:
[glow=red,2,300]Stormin' 11pts[/glow]

I am not a flora and fauna sort of person but a couple of answers come to mind
8. b)Marigold - it's a glove
c) Hyacinth - charactor in a cr*p sitcom
e) Phlox - the Doctor in Star Trek - Enterprise

You're better than you think Regg3y !

8b Marigold is correct choice but wrong reason (1.5 inc.humerous bonus) It is the only annual (=bedding plant) of those named.
8c Hyacinth incorrect (0.5 humour bonus)
8e Phlox is correct but wrong reason (1.5 inc.humerous bonus) It has a root, all the others have either a bulb or a corm.

Leaderboard:
1. Stormin' 11pts
2. Regg3y 3.5pts

[scooner]

3. Oak, Ash and Beech are all ancient woodland indicators so i guess those are, Hazel was often planted with the afore mentioned to make 'underwoods' so i reckon hazel is native too.

Sycamore is too invasive to be native and willow and cherry are a pain in the arse, so Oak ash beech and hazel all native the others not.??

A very perceptive answer.
You are correct in that oak, ash, hazel and beech are all native species, so 4pts there.
You are also correct in that cherry and sycamore are not (2pts) and the only one you missed out in is willow - which is English through and through (anyone for cricket ?)
Bonus point for both cherry and sycamore being unruly. Often planted by birds and they grow far too high.
Bonus point also for application for hazel in coppicing, for making fencing as with the use of furze.
9pts to Scooner.

Leaderboard:
1. Stormin' 11pts
2. Scooner 9pts
3. Regg3y 3.5pts

[H&J]

6. a. Aconitine b. digitalin c. atropine d. Morphine and coedine e. Nicotine
2. b) Apple d) sppppllllll( i can't spell raspberry) e) tomato f) Grape I) Cabbage j) I'll have a P please Tommo :) .

[H&J]

7. A) Sloe Berry, B) Haws (hawthorn tree), C) Rose hip, E) blackberry, Raspberry, loganberry, F) Acorn, J) Grape

[H&J]

4. blackthorn, Hawthorn, Dog Rose, Elder, Honeysuckle

[H&J]

8. c) Gladiolus because it's a corm(summer) the others are bulbs (spring).
8. d) Peony all the others have a woody stem
7. D) Mast, G) Keys, H) Pine cone, I) Cone,

sorry should have modified 1st post but have mother helping me

Some fabulous answers there, my green-fingered friends ! And so as I don't lose track of what I'm doing I'll have to answer in two parts.

6. a. Aconitine b. digitalin c. atropine d. Morphine and coedine e. Nicotine
a,b,c correct (3pts). (For c you could also have had hyoscyamine, hyoscine or belladonine) For d Opium would have sufficed, but you have given me two opiates, so 1pt for each. e correct (1pt) although I should say that it has gone out of fashion recently and is rarely found these days. ;D Which in itself is worthy of a bonus ! 7pts so far

2. b) Apple d) sppppllllll( i can't spell raspberry) e) tomato f) Grape I) Cabbage j) I'll have a P please Tommo
b correct, 1pt, d the same to you ! 1pt + 1pt for being amusing. ;D
e correct 1pt (could also have had onion) f,i & j all correct 3pts plus 1pt for Blockbusters reference ;). 8pts to be added

7. A) Sloe Berry, B) Haws (hawthorn tree), C) Rose hip, E) blackberry, Raspberry, loganberry, F) Acorn, J) Grape
a,b,c correct, 3pts plus 1pt extra for defining the may tree and 1pt 'tommo's home-made sloe gin' bonus for a). e gets you three points. Although raspberries are grown on canes, the loganberry is formed as a hybrid cross between the blackberry and the raspberry so the canes must be a type of bramble. f and g both correct, 2pts. That's 10 more points to go on.

4. blackthorn, Hawthorn, Dog Rose, Elder, Honeysuckle
Entirely correct, 5 deserved points.

H&J 30 points and still counting !

bean said:

8. c) Gladiolus because it's a corm(summer) the others are bulbs (spring).
8. d) Peony all the others have a woody stem
7. D) Mast, G) Keys, H) Pine cone, I) Cone,

8c correct, 2pts
correct, 2pts, although a more precise definition would be that, unlike the others, the peony is not a member of the compositae (daisy) family.
7. All four correct, 4pts.
Brings your tally up to 38pts.

Leaderboard:
1. H & J 38pts
2. Stormin' 11pts
3. Scooner 9pts
4. Regg3y 3.5pts

[H&J]

2. Mum says Majestic is a Potatoe

Your mum is correct. One more pt to go on.

Leaderboard:
1. H & J 39pts
2. Stormin' 11pts
3. Scooner 9pts
4. Regg3y 3.5pts

A resumee of what's left :
q3 - 2 to find;
q 5 - 7 to find, and possibly a qualified 8th;
q8 - the odd one out and the reason.
(12 pts up for grabs)

Drawing a line under the rather difficult Botany quizzes.
Well done to all who scored so well in them.

The missing answers:
3. Elm and apple were the two remaining. Our familiar horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is a native of the Balkans, and believed to have been introduced to Britain in the 1500s.

5. The answer was, ALL of them - EXCEPT the nasturtium and the dahlia - though the tomato was grown purely as a decorative plant in those times.

8a - The lupin is the odd one out, as it flowers much earlier than all the others.

Final table:
1. H & J 39pts
2. Stormin' 11pts
3. Scooner 9pts
4. Regg3y 3.5pts