Fruit and vegetables quiz
Checked on 11 November 2026
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A potato is which part of the potato plant?
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The answer is An underground stem tuber.
A potato is a tuber, a short, thick underground stem that stores starches and sugars for the plant.
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The tomato plant first came from which continent?
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The answer is South America.
The tomato originated in western South America and only reached Europe after the 1500s.
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Which part of the carrot plant do we usually eat?
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The answer is The root.
The orange carrot we eat is a tapering taproot where the plant stores energy to flower in its second year.
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Where do peanut pods grow and ripen?
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The answer is Underground.
Peanuts are legumes whose seed pods develop and ripen underground, which is unusual among plants.
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The strawberry belongs to which plant family?
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The answer is Rose family.
Strawberries are in the rose family, Rosaceae, along with apples, cherries and plums.
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Which fruit is also known as the alligator pear?
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The answer is Avocado.
The avocado, a fruit of a tropical American evergreen tree, has long been nicknamed the alligator pear for its bumpy green skin.
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Vanilla comes from the seed pods of which kind of plant?
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The answer is An orchid.
Vanilla is a spice made from the pods of climbing orchids, chiefly the flat-leaved vanilla from Mexico and Central America.
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Botanically speaking, what kind of fruit is a banana?
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The answer is A berry.
Botanists class the banana as a berry, grown on a giant herbaceous plant rather than a true tree.
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When we eat a globe artichoke, which part of the plant are we eating?
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The answer is The unopened flower bud.
The artichoke is a kind of thistle, and we eat its flower head before it opens into bloom.
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The sweet potato is not a true potato. Which plant family does it belong to?
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The answer is Morning glory family.
Unlike the potato, which is a nightshade, the sweet potato belongs to the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.