Quiztime Flowers Quiz
1. Which garden flower comes in varieties called damask, tea and climbing?
Rose
2. What name is given to the Japanese art of flower arranging?
Ikebana
3. What is the male reproductive organ of a flower called?
A Stamen
4. What is Australia’s national flower?
Wattle
5. Which Mexican plant is called the Flower of the Holy Night?
Poinsettia
6. Vanilla comes from a variety of which flower?
Orchid
7. What colour are the flowers of St Johns Wort?
Yellow
8. In which month of the year is the Chelsea Flower Show held?
May
9. Which country’s national symbol is a Lotus flower?
India
10. Which organ in a flower produces pollen?
The Stigma
- Which part of the flower contains the pollen?
The Anther
11. Which flower is used as the Imperial Crest of Japan?
The Chrysanthemum
12. Capers are pickled flower seeds of what plant?
Nasturtium
13. What flowers name translates from the Greek as Water Vessel?
Hydrangea
14. What is the national flower of Mexico?
Dahlia
15. Myosotis is the Latin name for what blue flower?
Forget me Not
16. To which flower family does garlic belong?
Lily
17. In the making of beer, do the brewers use the male or the female flowers of the hop plant?
Female
18. What is the national flower of Austria?
Edelweiss
19. The name of which flower is from the French for “lion’s tooth”?
Dandelion
20. What is the common name of the flower Bellis Perennis?
Daisy
21. Tulips usually flower in which season?
Spring
22. What is the national flower of Spain?
Carnation
23. Calypso,Cattleya and Pogonia are all types of which flower?
Orchid
24. Veronica is the cultivated name for which wild flower?
Speedwell (Blue flowers)
25. Which shrub produces the flowers commonly known as ‘may blossom’?
Hawthorn
26. Which spring flower is sometimes known as the Lent Lily?
Daffodil
27. What flower is the symbol of secrecy?
Rose
28. Which two flowers are associated with artist Vincent Van Gogh?
Irises & Sunflowers
29. Which flower takes its name from the Turkish word for turban?
Tulip
30. What is the common name for the evergreen plant with white or purplish winter-blooming flowers, Hellebores Niger?
Christmas rose
31. From which flower do we obtain morphine?
Poppy
32. What colour are the flowers of the Lily of the Valley?
White
33. Which flower is noted for its large black spotted red or orange flowers?
Tiger Lily
34. What colour are the flowers of wild garlic?
White
35. Which flower is also known as the sword lily?
Gladioli
36. What colour are the flowers of the shrub forsythia?
Yellow
37. From which flowering plant is the heart drug Digitalis obtained?
Foxglove
38. Bachelor’s buttons are a variety of which yellow wild flower?
Buttercups
39. What collective name is given to plants that flower once in two years?
Biennial
40. Which singer has an entire garden of flowers tattooed on her bum?
Cher
Tiebreaker - How many flowering plants grow in Antarctica?
Two
