Orange (fruit) - Quiz
A) French missionaries B) British explorers C) Spanish travellers D) Portuguese merchants
A) His fourth voyage B) His second voyage C) His third voyage D) His first voyage
A) 1493 B) 1607 C) 1565 D) 1540
A) Archibald Menzies B) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés C) William Wolfskill D) Christopher Columbus
A) British settlers B) Spanish missionaries C) Franciscans D) Mexican farmers
A) Franciscans B) Botanists C) Spanish missionaries D) Dutch traders
A) Botanist B) Navigator C) Interpreter D) Captain
A) Mexico B) South Africa C) Brazil D) Spain
A) Political revolution B) A prolonged drought C) Arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly D) A severe winter frost
A) Around 1872 B) Around 1565 C) Around 1890 D) Around 1804
A) By grafting the sweet orange on to sour orange rootstocks B) By importing mature trees from California C) By planting seeds directly in sandy soil D) By using greenhouse cuttings
A) Around 1739 B) Around 1804 C) Around 1769 D) Around 1707
A) It rotted too quickly B) It lacked vitamin C C) It was too small and sweet D) It was thick-skinned and sour
A) Los Angeles B) St Augustine C) Mission San Gabriel D) San Diego
A) About 2 million trees on one hundred acres B) About 400 trees on six acres C) About 90,000 trees on fifty acres D) About 4.5 million trees
A) The completion of major railroads in 1877 B) Secularisation in 1835 C) The establishment of the Citrus Experiment Station in 1907 D) The California gold rush in 1849
A) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés B) William Wolfskill C) Luther C. Tibbets D) Jean-Louis Vignes
A) William Wolfskill B) Eliza Tibbets C) Archibald Menzies D) Jean-Louis Vignes
A) The creation of Sunkist Growers Inc. B) The California gold rush C) The opening of the Panama Canal D) The introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly
A) Vitamin A B) Vitamin C C) Vitamin B12 D) Vitamin D
A) Los Angeles County B) Riverside County C) San Diego County D) Orange County
A) 1885 B) 1876 C) 1873 D) 1841
A) Jean-Louis Vignes and William Wolfskill B) Luther C. Tibbets and Eliza Tibbets C) Archibald Menzies and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés D) Farmers from New Orleans
A) Small and acidic B) Thick-skinned and sour C) Summer-ripening and seedy D) Sweet and seedless
A) 1876 B) 1862 C) 1873 D) 1885
A) In summer and fall B) In spring and summer C) In winter and spring D) Only in winter
A) Union Pacific B) Southern Pacific C) Central Pacific D) Santa Fe
A) Panama Railway B) Southern Pacific C) Santa Fe D) Northern Pacific
A) Horse-drawn insulated carts B) Ventilated boxcars C) Air-conditioned trucks D) Refrigerated steamships
A) 90,000 B) 2 million C) 4.5 million D) 400
A) 4.5 million B) 2 million C) 10 million D) 90,000
A) 4.5 million B) 2 million C) 90,000 D) 1 million
A) Introduction of ladybugs only B) Crop rotation and burning C) Spraying and fumigation D) Hand-picking pests daily
A) Covering every tree with canvas B) Building glass greenhouses over trees C) Heaters and later wind machines D) Underground heating pipes
A) 1905 B) 1907 C) 1980 D) 1890
A) Riverside Citrus Union B) U.S. Department of Agriculture C) California Fruit Growers Exchange D) Vancouver Expedition Society
A) Navel Citrus Corporation B) Valencia Orange Growers C) Mission Agricultural Co. D) Sunkist Growers Inc.
A) Arizona B) Hawaii C) Florida D) Texas
A) Second voyage B) Third voyage C) Fourth voyage D) First voyage
A) 1872 B) 1707 C) 1565 D) 1493
A) South America, Mexico, and Florida B) Hawaii, California, and Arizona C) Spain, England, and France D) Canada, Alaska, and Oregon
A) Hispaniola B) San Diego C) Hawaii D) Arizona
A) San Diego, California B) St Augustine, Florida C) Riverside, California D) Los Angeles, California
A) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés B) Luther C. Tibbets C) Christopher Columbus D) Archibald Menzies
A) Mediterranean fruit fly B) Citrus rust mite C) Aphids D) Locust swarm
A) Late 1900s B) Late 1700s C) Mid 1800s D) Early 1900s
A) San Diego B) New Orleans C) South Africa D) Brazil
A) Sour orange rootstocks B) Navel orange rootstocks C) Lemon rootstocks D) Wild lime rootstocks
A) San Francisco B) Sacramento C) Alta California D) Baja California
A) 1835 B) 1769 C) 1739 D) 1804
A) Ten acres B) Fifty acres C) Two acres D) Six acres
A) 1835 B) 1841 C) 1804 D) 1862
A) 1873 B) 1804 C) 1834 D) 1841
A) 1873 B) 1841 C) 1862 D) 1834
A) One-third B) Three-quarters C) One-half D) Two-thirds
A) 1835 B) 1890 C) 1849 D) 1873
A) Malaria B) Rickets C) Beriberi D) Scurvy
A) $50 B) $10,000 C) $1,000 D) $100
A) California Fruit Growers Exchange B) University of California C) U.S. Department of Agriculture D) Spanish Mission Board
A) Riverside B) St Augustine C) San Diego D) Los Angeles
A) The thick-skinned sour orange B) The summer-ripening Valencia orange C) The sweet, seedless navel orange D) The Mediterranean fruit fly-resistant orange
A) Baja orange B) Navel orange C) Sour orange D) Valencia orange
A) 1885 B) 1877 C) 1905 D) 1873
A) 1877 B) 1876 C) 1907 D) 1885
A) Caused a massive decline in orange prices B) Triggered a planting frenzy by opening national markets C) Forced farmers to switch to growing lemons D) Ended the need for irrigation
A) University of California B) Stanford University C) U.S. Department of Agriculture D) California Fruit Growers Exchange
A) Standardise and market it B) Protect it from Mediterranean fruit flies C) Breed the Valencia orange D) Invent frost protection heaters
A) The American continent B) The European continent C) The African continent D) The Asian continent
A) William Wolfskill in 1841 B) Subsequent expeditions in the mid-1500s C) Christopher Columbus in 1493 D) Archibald Menzies in 1792
A) Mid-1700s B) Mid-1800s C) Mid-1900s D) Mid-1500s
A) French B) Spanish C) British D) Portuguese
A) Planted them immediately in San Diego B) Grafted them onto sour orange rootstocks C) Raised seedlings on board and gave them to Hawaiian chiefs D) Sent them by railroad to New Orleans
A) 1873 B) 1804 C) 1769 D) 1792
A) With Midwestern farmers in Orange County B) With William Wolfskill's private orchard C) With Spanish missionaries planting at Baja California and Alta California missions D) With Archibald Menzies' expedition
A) Florida explorers B) Midwestern farmers C) European botanists D) Hawaiian chiefs
A) Mexico B) Spain C) South Africa D) Brazil
A) Bryophytes B) Gymnosperms C) Ferns D) Angiosperms
A) Yes, almost entirely B) Never C) Only in the wild D) No, they are sterile
A) The hybrid pomelo B) The trifoliate orange C) The bitter orange D) The mandarin orange
A) 58% B) 50% C) 42% D) 25%
A) 42% B) 75% C) 58% D) 50%
A) Yes, they are identical B) Bitter oranges came first C) Bitter oranges are mutated sweet oranges D) No, bitter oranges arose independently
A) Ambersweet B) Grapefruit C) Clementine D) Citrange
A) Pomelos and grapefruits B) Lemons and limes C) Mandarin oranges or tangerines D) Trifoliate oranges
A) Citrus × sinensis B) Citrus reticulata C) Citrus maxima D) Citrus aurantium
A) Solanaceae B) Lamiaceae C) Rosaceae D) Rutaceae
A) 314 BC B) 17th century C) Song dynasty D) 2024
A) 10% B) 23% C) 50% D) 67%
A) Henri Matisse B) Vincent van Gogh C) Jan van Eyck D) John Sloan
A) Vincent van Gogh B) Zhao Lingrang C) Jan van Eyck D) Henri Matisse
A) 4 cm B) 15 m C) 10 m D) 33 ft
A) Smooth margins B) Serrated margins C) Lobed margins D) Crenulate margins
A) Vesicle B) Albedo C) Hesperidium D) Carpel
A) White B) Bright orange C) Green D) Yellow-orange
A) Non-climacteric B) Neither C) Climacteric D) Both climacteric and non-climacteric
A) Hesperidium B) Pepo C) Drupe D) Pome
A) Portuguese merchants B) Louis XIV C) Italian merchants D) The Moors
A) 15th century B) 17th century C) 10th century D) 9th century
A) Advanced grafting techniques B) Complex irrigation techniques C) Greenhouse heating systems D) Terraced farming methods
A) Late 15th century B) 10th century C) 9th century D) 17th century |
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