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Quiz: Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts

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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.

    • True
    • False
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    A watermelon is a:

    • berry
    • nut
    • vegetable
    • none of the above
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    Corn is a:

    • vegetable
    • fruit
    • grain
    • none of the above
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    True of false: A walnut is a seed of a stone fruit.

    • True
    • False
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    True or false: Tomatoes and eggplants are closely related and both are fruits.

    • True
    • False
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    True or false: A globe artichoke is a fruit.

    • True
    • False
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    True or false: Strawberries are berries.

    • True
    • False
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    True or false: Sweet potatoes and yams are closely related.

    • True
    • False
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    True or false: Turnips and cauliflower are closely related.

    • True
    • False
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    True or false: Carrots and radishes are closely related.

    • True
    • False

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Written by Rex Trulove

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

    • 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).

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