Botany II Quiz

Botany II Quiz

9 What are the standard English names for these flowers ? a) Lords and ladies; b) Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon; c) old man's beard; d) eggs and bacon;e) fireweed; f) woodbine; g) poor man's weather-glass; h) three-pretty-faces-under-one-hood; i) bird's eye; j) hard heads.

10 What European scientist knelt down and thanked God on seeing an English flower ? What was the flower ?

11 Name five plants that belong to the deadly nightshade family.

12 What five culinary plants are used in this country for their onion-like flavour ?

13 What plants are attacked by the following pests, etc ? a) wart disease; b) Colorado beetle; c) club root; d) flea beetle; e) root fly; f) blight; g) black fly; h) green fly; i) big bud; j) caterpillars.

14 Yes or no - are there such things as a a) yellow lupin; b) a yellow sweat pea; c) a yellow delphinium; d) a yellow rose; e) a yellow chrysanthemum; f) a yellow Michaelmas daisy; g) a yellow campanula; h) a yellow poppy; i) a yellow iris; j) a yellow scabious ?

15 Which of the following are fruits ? - lychee, mandrill, persimmon, mandarin, tangerine, mandragon, mandragora, litotes, shaddock, egg-plant, plantain, mangonel, durian, cassava, avocat, tomato, rhubarb, mango, manchineel, batata.

16 To what sorts of fruits or vegetables are the following operations performed ? a)hulling; b)topping and tailing; c)stringing; d) shucking; e)husking.

17 Which of the following flowers bloom in spring ? coltsfoot, ragwort, scabious, wild arum, harebell, knapweed, scarlet pimpernel, poppy, moon daisy, ground ivy.

No limits on this one.
Good Luck !

[Sir Chancelot]

12 - Chives, shallots. spring onions.

15 - Fruits - Lychees, Persimmom, Mandarin, Tangarine, Egg Plant, Plantain, Tomato, Mango.

16 - a - strawberrys
b - Beans
c - Beans

A good start by Stormin'

12 - 3 correct so far, 3pts

15 - Of the 20, 12 are fruits. You have named 8 correctly so far, 8pts.

16 - a - strawberrys correct, 1pt
b - Beans correct, 1pt (could have had gooseberries as well)
c - Beans correct, 1pt.

Leaderboard:
[glow=red,2,300]Stormin' 14pts[/glow]

[Hem Cleveland]

12 leek

14 b) yes d) yes h) no? i) yes

15 avocat, rhubarb

16 e) (at a guess) wheat/grain

Hem.

[margo]

13b potato
13f potato
13h roses
13j cabbage and other greens

Hem's answers:
12 leek - correct, 1pt (just one more to get on that one)
14 b) yes incorrect ! Many have tried, but no yellow sweet pea :
www.lathyrus.com/general/trivia.htm
14 d) yes correct, 1pt
14 h) no? incorrect, I have yellow poppies outside my front door.
14 i) yes correct, 1pt
15 avocat, rhubarb 1pt for the avocat, aka avocado pear; but rhubarb is technically a vegetable although it's used as a fruit.
16 e) (at a guess) wheat/grain. Maize more accurately, but that that's the general idea (sorting the wheat from the chaff) so 1pt.

Margo, my sweet, you must have dived in while I was watching Corrie. ;D
13b correct, 1pt
13f correct, 1pt
13h correct, 1pt
13j correct, 1.5pts

Leaderboard:
1 Stormin' 14pts
2 Hem Brewster 5pts
3 Margo 4.5pts

[WolfLord]

9a.Wild Arum
b.Yellow Goatsbeard or Tragopogon pratensis
c.Traveller's Joy or Clematis vitalba
d.Common bird's foot or Lotus corniculatus
f.bindweed or a packet of cigatettes my Grand father used to smoke
g.Scarlet, blue or lilac Pimpernel, depending on the colour of the flowers
i.primrose
11.Belladonna
13a.potatos
c.stocks, allysum and wallflowers
d.cabbage, cauliflower, sprouts, kale, turnip and swede
e.cabbage
g.cherry trees
14a.yes
c.yes
e.yes
f.no
g.yes
j.yes
16d.pea, ears of corn, also clams and oysters

Wolfman's in with a shedload !

9a.correct,1pt
9b.Yellow Goatsbeard -correct, 1pt (English name only asked for)
9c. Clematis - correct, 1pt (wild clematis)
9d. bird's foot - correct (birds foot trefoil) 1pt
9f. honeysuckle actually, but bindweed is very similar though it twirls in the opposite direction. 0.5 plus 0.5 bonus for grandfather's woodbines. ;)
9g.correct, 2pts
9i. not the answer I have, so I'll say incorrect, but will allow a challenge.
11.Belladonna okay, I asked for five out of a possible 13, so will award 0.5pt.
13a.correct, 1pt
13c.stocks, allysum and wallflowers more known to affect cabbages, so just 0.5pt
13d.good answer, 2pts
13e.correct, 1pt
13g.incorrect, there is a well known answer to this. Cherry trees tend to get attacked by ants.
14a.correct, 1pt
14c.correct (though they're very rare, Delphiniums are normally blue) 1pt
14e.correct, 1pt
14f. correct, 1pt
14g.correct, again they do exist, but campanula are normally purple, sometimes blue and sometimes white. 1pt
14j. correct, 1pt
16d. correct, 2.5pts; could have had nuts as well.
Wolfman tally : 20.5pts

Leaderboard:
1 Wolfman 20.5pts
2 Stormin' 14pts
3 Hem Brewster 5pts
4 Margo 4.5pts

[H&J]

10. gorse bush
13. G)Broad bean, I) Black currant

bean said:

10. gorse bush
13. G)Broad bean, I) Black currant

Well done, 10 was a difficult one, so 2pts for the answer gorse.
The scientist was the Swede Linnaeus :
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4cb70adc-5762-11dc-9a3a-0000779fd2ac.html
...more famous in his home country than Sven !
No.13 - both right, another 2pts.

Leaderboard:
1 Wolfman 20.5pts
2 Stormin' 14pts
3 Hem Brewster 5pts
4 Margo 4.5pts
5 H & J 4pts

[H&J]

11. tomatoes, aubergine, chillies, tobacco, potatoes,
12. is it garlic

Good answers.
11) gets you 5pts (could also have had eggplant, mandrake, henbane, cape gooseberry, Chinese lantern, thorn apple or Duke of Argyll's tea tree.)
12) well done, you found the other one, 1pt

Leaderboard:
1 Wolfman 20.5pts
2 Stormin' 14pts
3 H & J 10pts
4 Hem Brewster 5pts
5 Margo 4.5pts

[H&J]

thought Aubergine was an egg plant !!!!

bean said:

thought Aubergine was an egg plant !!!!

So did I, Jill, but my quiz book is sixty years old !
A bonus point I think for pointing that out. ;)

Leaderboard:
1 Wolfman 20.5pts
2 Stormin' 14pts
3 H & J 11pts
4 Hem Brewster 5pts
5 Margo 4.5pts

Another difficult quiz draws to a close. These are the ones that got away :
9e Rose-bay
9h Wild pansy
9i Germander speedwell
9j Knapweed

15 - The other fruits were : shaddock (rather like a grapefruit); durian; manchineel (apple-like though very poisonous) and batata (a type of yam or sweet potato).
The durian - yes - very difficult to describe.....I'll delegate the job to Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

17 Spring bloomers: coltsfoot, wild arum and ground ivy only.

Final table:
1 Wolfman 20.5pts
2 Stormin' 14pts
3 H & J 11pts
4 Hem Brewster 5pts
5 Margo 4.5pts