It can be quite interesting to think about the number of edible plants that are misnamed or thought of in ways that they shouldn’t be thought of. Sometimes this is done by implication rather than by people actually saying that a particular type of produce is a fruit when it isn’t, or that it is a vegetable when it isn’t.
In the following quiz, we will look at some of these. The commonality is that all of these are edible and come from plants. Beyond that…well, let’s see how well you do with the quiz.
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True or false: Peanuts aren’t nuts.
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True
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False
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A watermelon is a:
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berry
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nut
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vegetable
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none of the above
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Corn is a:
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vegetable
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fruit
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grain
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none of the above
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True of false: A walnut is a seed of a stone fruit.
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True
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False
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True or false: Tomatoes and eggplants are closely related and both are fruits.
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True
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False
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True or false: A globe artichoke is a fruit.
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True
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False
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True or false: Strawberries are berries.
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True
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False
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True or false: Sweet potatoes and yams are closely related.
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True
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False
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True or false: Turnips and cauliflower are closely related.
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True
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False
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True or false: Carrots and radishes are closely related.
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True
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False
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I goy 8 out of 10.Nice
9 out of 10. This was fun. I learned some stuff I didn’t know about.
That is an excellent score! Good job!
Thanks Rex! How long did it take for you to put this quiz together?
It took about 45 minutes for this one.
i got 8 out of 10 now
That is a very good score. Nicely done!
Great quizz!!! 8/10?
That is a high score! You did well!
I got 6 out of 10 right! Some add my knowledge
Good job! That is a good score.
We have the same score again! 😀
6/10 Fun and educational quiz!
That is a good score. I’m glad you liked the quiz!
got 5 out of 10 right!
Good job! That isn’t a bad score at all.
Great quiz, Rex. I got 9/10 – I thought the artichoke was a fruit. You’d think I’d know, as I grow the things 🙂
LOL You did great. As for artichokes, if you grow them, you know what happens if you wait too long to harvest. They open into the blossom, get pollinated, THEN the fruit forms. Well, sort of. The seeds form, anyway. Still, the fruiting body doesn’t form until after pollination.
You’re quite right of course. I just didn’t think before clicking ?
You got 6 out of 10 right!
Not so bad
hmm … seems like i don’t know what I’m eating
That isn’t a bad score! It isn’t a case of not knowing what you are eating, necessarily, either. :))
6 out of 10. The watermelon berry is new to me.
That surprises a lot of people. A watermelon is a berry but a strawberry isn’t. lol
Good quiz! I only got one wrong. Wasn’t sure about the artichoke…
That was sort of a tricky one. An artichoke isn’t a fruit for the same reason that cauliflower isn’t. They are unopened blossoms, so the fruit or seeds haven’t had the chance to form yet.
Nice I like it very good ok bye
I’m very glad that you liked the quiz.
The walnut info surprised me. Fun quiz!
I’m glad you liked it. Yep, if you look closely at a peach pit and a walnut, they are very similar. That is because both of them are stone fruit seeds.
I never knew that watermelon is considered a berry and I also never knew that strawberry is not a berry. Why is strawberry not a berry?
In a berry, the seeds are contained on the inside of the fruit. In strawberries, the seeds are on the outside of the fruit. :))
I wonder this… if strawberry is not a berry (and apparently neither is a raspberry or a blackberry according to the Internet) why is the word berry in each of them?
Fun quiz…I only got the last 3 wrong. I didn’t know about the ones being closely related or not.
That is a good score. As for the last three, yams and sweet potatoes are from two different families that each came from different continents. Turnips and cauliflowers are both in the brassica family, which also includes broccoli, kohlrabi, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, mustard, radishes, and kale. Carrots are in the parsley family, rather than being a brassica vegetable. The parsley family includes parsnips, celery, anise, caraway, fennel, coriander, dill, and cumin (and of course, parsley).
I was told that Americans frequently refer to sweet potatoes as yams. Was I told right?
Very interesting…that’s great to know! Thank you for sharing the info
Got 7 right, didn’t realize a watermelon is a berry.
You did well. Yep, a watermelon is a berry and a strawberry isn’t. lol
Those are really weird facts but glad I know now.
I got 7 out of 10!!
Good quiz
You did really well on this quiz!
I got 6 out of 10
Your quiz says that strawberries is not a berry.. That is not true is it?
Strawberries are fruits, but they aren’t berries. 🙂 Notice that the seeds are located on the outside of the fruit. That is a distinguishing feature that means that they aren’t berries.
I understand but most people think that it is a type of a fruit berry lol