10 QUESTIONS
TIMER: 60 SECONDS PER QUESTION
True or false: All types of peppers are fruits.
True! Many people are aware that bell peppers are fruit, but actually all types of peppers, including the spiciest varieties, are fruits, not vegetables.
True! Many people are aware that bell peppers are fruit, but actually all types of peppers, including the spiciest varieties, are fruits, not vegetables.
Are peas fruit?
This one’s tricky. Peas are actually seeds. Pea pods, however, are fruits.
This one’s tricky. Peas are actually seeds. Pea pods, however, are fruits.
What type of fruit is eggplant?
Eggplants are a berry. Berries must not contain a central pit and grow from one flower with a single ovary, meaning eggplant is classified as a berry based on how it grows.
Eggplants are a berry. Berries must not contain a central pit and grow from one flower with a single ovary, meaning eggplant is classified as a berry based on how it grows.
True or false: Olives are a stone fruit.
It’s no coincidence you can use a cherry pitter to remove pits from olives, too. Like peaches, plums, nectarines and cherries, those briny olives are actually stone fruits.
It’s no coincidence you can use a cherry pitter to remove pits from olives, too. Like peaches, plums, nectarines and cherries, those briny olives are actually stone fruits.
Which of the following is a fruit?
Carrots are a vegetable while pumpkins are a fruit. This is easy to note, as pumpkins are full of seeds and grow from a flowering vine.
Carrots are a vegetable while pumpkins are a fruit. This is easy to note, as pumpkins are full of seeds and grow from a flowering vine.
What is corn?
Corn is grown like a grain, used similarly to vegetables, but technically classified as a fruit. Corn kernels are seeds.
Corn is grown like a grain, used similarly to vegetables, but technically classified as a fruit. Corn kernels are seeds.
True or False: Avocado is a stone fruit.
This is another tricky one. Yes, avocado has a giant seed in the center that may make it seem like a stone fruit, but they are actually considered a berry with just one seed.
This is another tricky one. Yes, avocado has a giant seed in the center that may make it seem like a stone fruit, but they are actually considered a berry with just one seed.
Is artichoke a fruit?
Artichokes flower, which might make them seem like a fruit, but they bear no seeds and are not yet pollinated at the time of consumption. Artichokes are considered thistles.
Artichokes flower, which might make them seem like a fruit, but they bear no seeds and are not yet pollinated at the time of consumption. Artichokes are considered thistles.
Which of these is NOT a fruit?
Pickles are made from cucumbers, which are a fruit. Onions are classified as a vegetable, because although part of the onion plant does flower and have seeds, it’s not the onion part that we consume.
Pickles are made from cucumbers, which are a fruit. Onions are classified as a vegetable, because although part of the onion plant does flower and have seeds, it’s not the onion part that we consume.
True or False: Tomatoes are legally considered vegetables in the U.S.
Botanically, they're fruit. But in 1893, the Supreme Court ruled them as veggies based on how they're prepared in Nix v. Hedden, a case about produce trade tariffs.
Botanically, they're fruit. But in 1893, the Supreme Court ruled them as veggies based on how they're prepared in Nix v. Hedden, a case about produce trade tariffs.
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