50 Question Plants Quiz

Round 1: Science and Nature - Flowers

10 questions on the subject of flowers.

With over three hundred species, which group of plants were a series of fifteenth-century English civil wars named after?

Derived from the Ancient Greek "gold" and "flower", which flowers of significant importance in Chinese culture are also known as the favorite flower for the month of November?

Native to tropical regions of South America, Africa and Asia, which genus of plants in the daisy family are the fifth most used cut flower in the world?

Used as a symbol of socialism and the labour movement along with the red rose, Dianthus caryophyllus, is more commonly known as the clove pink, or what else?

What genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family, cultivated for the fragrance of their flowers, are traditionally consumed as tea in China?

With six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona, what is Narcissus, the national flower of Wales also known as?

What usually tall plants that can grow to a height of 300 cm (120 in) or more, bear one or more wide flower heads, with bright yellow florets outside?

What spring-blooming members of the lily family were frequently depicted in Dutch Golden Age paintings, and have become associated with the Netherlands?

Chaucer called it "eye of the day" and it is often considered the archetypal species of its name. What flower may be named because the whole head closes at night and opens in the morning?

One of the two largest families of flowering plants and containing the genus Vanilla planifolia, what are often cultivated for the enjoyment of their flowers?

Round 2: Science and Nature - Medicine

10 questions on the subject of medicine.

Of what annual flowering herb with distinctive leaves, is THC the principal psychoactive constituent?

With bark extracts used since at least 1632, what medication is extracted from the cinchona tree, which is native to Peru?

Used throughout history as a perfume, incense and medicine, what tree gum is used as an antiseptic in mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes?

What large genus of flowering plants in the legume family can be used as a laxative in the form of pods, or herbal tea made from the leaves?

Traditionally used for a variety of medicinal purposes, and a possible candidate for the Soma plant, what medicinal preparation is a banned substance by both the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency?

Which herb, commonly used in stuffing, had a high reputation throughout the Middle Ages, with many sayings referring to its healing properties and value?

What flowering plant, native to areas of Ethiopia contains the alkaloid cathinone, a stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite, and euphoria?

Listed as a noxious weed in more than twenty countries, some studies and research reviews have supported the efficacy of St John's wort as a treatment for what in humans?

What name is given to the dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the Papaver somniferum which also contains the closely related codeine and thebaine?

What genus containing over 550 species of flowering succulent plants are frequently cultivated as ornamental plants and can also be made into types of special soaps or used in other skin care products?

Round 3: Science and Nature - Trees

10 questions on the subject of trees.

What trees have types including Brewer's, Norway, Oriental, Sitka, White, and Siberian?

What trees have types including Northern Red, English, Black, and Water?

What trees have types including California, Green, Blue, European, and Pumpikin?

What trees have types including Koreon, Grand, Red, Nordmann, and Balsam?

What trees have types including Corkscrew, Bebb, Peach-Leaf, and Weeping?

What trees have types including American, European, Japanese, Tri-Colour, and Bronze?

What trees have types including Cherry, Himalayan, Water, Paper Bark, and Japanese White?

What trees have types including Stone, Longleaf, Aleppo, Ponderosa, and Scots?

What trees have types including Paperback, Silver, Norway, Tatarian, and Sugar?

What trees have types including Saucer, Star, Cucumber, and Sweetbay?

Round 4: Fictional / Mythical Plants

10 questions on the subject of mythical or fictional plants.

What was planted around the year 1971 to cover up the opening of a secret passage leading from the Hogwarts grounds to the Shrieking Shack in the village of Hogsmeade?

Tall, mobile, carnivorous plants, created by John Wyndham in a 1951 novel, what word has become a common reference in British English to describe large, invasive or menacing-looking plants?

In Norse cosmology, Yggdrasil is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds. What species/type of tree is it?

Which character first appeared in comics in November 1960 as an extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature that intended to capture humans for experimentation?

With one sold in 2021 for $511,100, what is the single most valuable normally printed card in the game of "Magic: The Gathering" in a standard set?

Recurring creatures in the Final Fantasy series that have appeared as an enemy and summon, what creatures counter most attacks with "1000 Needles"?

In The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn used 'Athelas' to ease the pain of Frodo's wound when he was stabbed at Weathertop. What else does he call it?

Actually a real plant, but used in fiction, what is the name of the screaming plant with oddly shaped and divided roots plant which can superficially resemble a human figure with legs and arms?

What plants with mouths from the Mario series of video games are often depicted as sentient and are also playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?

Spelled similarly to a nickname for the drug MDMA, in the story the Odyssey, Hermes gave what herb to Odysseus to protect him from Circe's wizardry?

Round 5: Food and Drink - Food

10 questions on the subject of food.

What tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice?

What is a flowering plant of the ginger family, the rhizomes of which are used fresh or boiled in water and dried, after which they are ground into a deep orange-yellow powder?

At an altitude of 16,000 ft in south-eastern Tibet they create one of the highest tree-lines on earth, what coniferous trees and shrubs are best known for being the primary flavouring in gin?

With a history of several thousand years of human consumption, known for its pungent flavor as a seasoning or condiment, Allium sativum is better known as what?

The fruit of what tree, one of several species in the genus Prunus (stone fruits), is similar to a small peach and is a traditional dried fruit?

Primarily grown for its fleshy leafstalks, in the UK, the first of the year of what fruit is harvested by candlelight in forcing sheds?

The Scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency of what berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family?

Collected for consumption by mycophagists, of what are several varieties grown commercially - including; whites, crimini, and portobello?

What is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food, with the edible portion of the plant being the flower buds before they come into bloom?

An Asian species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, eaten fresh or dried, and used in jam-making. Adam and Eve clad themselves with the leaves of what plant?

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