Fruit & Vegetable Quiz No. 2

[Carl]

How well do you know you fruit and vegetables ?

• 1. Marjorie's Seedlings and Early Laxtons are varieties of which fruit ?

• 2. What are "Neeps & Tatties" which are usually served with the Scottish dish Haggis ?

• 3. What is the Russian soup made from Beetroot called ?

• 4. Known as "Lady's fingers" which vegetable is a principal ingredient in Gumbo ?

• 5. What is a cross between an orange and a tangerine ?

• 6. "Prunus Persica" is the scientific name for which fruit ?

• 7. From which vegetable is the Indian dish of Saag made ?

• 8. By what name is an aubergine known in the USA ?

• 9. Which fruit can be a Honeydew or a Cantaloupe ?

• 10. Which two vegetables make up the Indian dish Aloo Gobi ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

2 Turnips and potatoes
3 Borsch

[gail]

1. Plums
9. Melon

[elcarretero]

4 Okra

[gail]

7. Spinach?
8. Eggplant

[elcarretero]

10 Potatoes and cauliflower

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Marjorie's Seedlings and Early Laxtons are varieties of which fruit ? Plums

• 2. What are "Neeps & Tatties" which are usually served with the Scottish dish Haggis ? Potatoes & Swede

• 3. What is the Russian soup made from Beetroot called ? Borscht

• 4. Known as "Lady's fingers" which vegetable is a principal ingredient in Gumbo ? Okra

• 5. What is a cross between an orange and a tangerine ? Clementine

• 6. "Prunus Persica" is the scientific name for which fruit ? Peach

• 7. From which vegetable is the Indian dish of Saag made ? Spinach

• 8. By what name is an aubergine known in the USA ? Eggplant

• 9. Which fruit can be a Honeydew or a Cantaloupe ? Melon

• 10. Which two vegetables make up the Indian dish Aloo Gobi ? Potatoes & Cauliflower