Allotments 4 All

(As promised a while ago)

Ok, here you go, 100 questions. Hope you do well, most if not all answers can be found of the web. I will not be 100% strict except in the case of a tie break. My decision is final! (Oh the power!!!!!!)

You have until midnight on Friday 31st of December to come up with your answers. The best way is to submit your answers via a private message to me. I will then collate all the answers and mark over the first few days of the new year. I will then post back here a list of the answers and league table of participants.

Please do not list your answers on the board before this date as they could be used by others to help them.

Have fun and best of luck to everyone!

Oh and the judges decision, mine, is final! ;-)

Jerry

Any questions about the questions feel free to ask.

<B>Questions</B>

1.   What is a brown turkey?
2.   What comes from a Quercus Suber?
3.   What does bifurcate mean?
4.   What tree is London famous for?
5.   What island is famous for it’s garlic?
6.   What plant do Gold Finches love?
7.   What tree do you often find in a graveyard, common and latin name?
8.   What colour is the rose “Angela Rippon”?
9.   What are Reflexed, Pompom, Single and Incurved all types of?
10.   List 6 types of mulch, ½ point for any over 6 answers.
11.   In what year did Capability Brown take responsibility for Hampton Court?
12.   What is the latin name for Carrot Fly?
13.   What is the county flower for Sussex?
14.   Who created Sissinghurst Gardens?
15.   Where is “Kew in the Country” located?
16.   Is Bordeaux Solution classed as organic?
17.   Who, or what, is Müller-Thurgau?
18.   What plant would you grown in a greenhouse to deter white fly?
19.   What native plant has the botanical name Digitalis purpurea?
20.   What tool is named after a lowland European country?
21.   What herb would you use to relieve a headache?
22.   What word describes ground dug but not used for a year?
23.   What spice do we harvest from the crocus?
24.   What are Red Pear, Lily of the Valley and Purple Calabash all varieties of?
25.    What is a “Turk’s Turban”?
26.    What two vegetables are linked by the word “Kelevedon”?
27.   What is a “Mouli”?
28.   Name three vegetables that are/can be forced?
29.   What colour did carrots start out as?
30.    Name the original Blue Peter gardener?
31.   Complete:  Lost Gardens of ?????
32.   Which plant would you like to find if you had sunburn?
33.   List 2 or more types of  seeds you would chit before planting?
34.    What is a “Purple Pershore”
35.   List 4 or more types of mower
36.   Ericaceous compost suits lime hating plants, true or false?
37.   What does N-P-K stand for?
38.   What in general terms is harder, ground or air frost?
39.   Type of red clay for pots?
40.   Which small village won the 2004 Britain in Bloom competition?
41.   What fruit has varieties named along the lines of  “Beurre de ??????”
42.   Captain Mainwaring’s potato?
43.   What is a biennial?
44.   Most vegetables grow best on neutral soil. True or false?
45.   Which of the following flowers changes colour from blue to pink according to the amount of acid in the soil - Roses, hydrangea, daisies, marigolds
46.   What does wallflower mean?
47.    Tomato leaves that are thin and purple is a good a sign that the plants are lacking Potassium. True or false?
48.   Pine needle mulch lowers the ph level of soil while peat moss raises the ph level. True or false?
49.   What disease do cucumber beetles spread?
50.   Which herb is most often grown and used for fragrance and is an ingredient of the classic Herbs de Provence.
51.   The purple cone flower produces what beneficial herb extract?
52.    What herbs leaves taste and smell like cucumber?
53.   What orchid family shares its name with a famous wealthy family
54.   Who invented the first greenhouse?
55.   What firm produced the first garden catalogue with prices?
56.   Who invented the wheelbarrow?
57.   What colour is the rose Sexy Rexy?
58.   What national Radio Station has it’s own allotment?
59.   A besom broom is traditionally made from the twigs of which tree?
60.   To the nearest million, how many bacteria are in 1gram of healthy soil?"
61.   What is the art of creating shapes from plants such as privet or box called?
62.    What is the common name for Acanthus?
63.   What grass comes from the treeless Argentinean Plains?
64.   What plant has the deepest recorded root depth?
65.   What is the slowest growing Tree ever recorded and how tall is it?
66.   Where would you find the largest collection of fruit trees in the world?
67.   What plant produces the largest seed?
68.   What plant produces the smallest seed?
69.   Asylums (ang)
70.   Plate (Ang)
71.   Tylecodon (Ang)
72.   What process causes plants to grow towards the sun?
73.   What sweet fungus often spells the end of trees and shrubs over a number of years?
74.   What plant/shrub is often one of the first to flower in spring with striking yellow flowers of bare stems but is rather plain looking for the rest of summer?
75.   Who is the current host of BBC Radio’s Gardeners Question Time?
76.   How hot can a compost heap get? (to within 5 degrees Celsius)
77.    List 6 methods of plant propagation
78.   What does HDRA stand for?
79.   Which herb is said to only grow well in gardens where a woman rules the house?
80.   Iberian White is a variety of what?
81.   What is Spraing?
82.   What part of Hellebores is poisonous if eaten?
83.   The Torbay palm is not a true palm, it is in fact a lily. True/False
84.   Who is the author of the “Expert” range of gardening books?
85.   What tree am I? I can grow to over 70 feet tall but my most common size is under 20 feet, my bark is grey and smooth, my leaves a classic shape that colour autumn, my fruit is loved by pigeons and is a word more commonly associated with boats.
86.   What bulb flowers in late summer/autumn but looks like a spring crocus?
87.   What bulb caused massive bankruptcies in Holland in the 1630’s?
88.   What plant gives us vanilla?
89.   Who said, "a cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education"?
90.   What Vegetable family does coriander belong to?


And Finally!

<B>Plant ID</B>

All these plants are found in my garden and I have taken the pictures between Spring and now this year. Supply either the common or latin name, though I am unsure about some of the specific varieties. Either copy and paste the links below into the address bar of your browser or click on the links direct. The geocities site can be a bit flaky so if they come back with an error message leave it an hour or so and all should be well.

1.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_1.jpg

2.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_2.jpg

3.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_3.jpg

4.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_4.jpg

5.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_5.jpg

6.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_6.jpg

7.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_7.jpg

8.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_8.jpg

9.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_9.jpg

10.   http://www.geocities.com/sanders_carr/quiz_10.jpg

Wow Im impressed. ;D  Who's been a busy guy then. 

WOW a real quiz....

will do what i always do and submit my answers now, although jerry sez don't  ;).. so anyone like me who grows stuff but doesnt know the names of stuff or the processes involved, but just digs sows and reaps.. here's me answers.. can copy them if u wish cus I dont care about plagarisng  :-* :-* :-* :-*
Answers 1- 90 (excluding question 88) FISH

Answer to question 88  the walls ice cream plant (now owned by unilever, just in case its a trick question like  :-*

Ciaran/Ozzy

:-* :-* :-* :-*

ooooh! looking forward to this, thanks for your hard work!

Fascinating. Done the first 89, but see the pictures we cannot. Timed out each occasion. Brilliant idea though. Really enjoyed looking up and checking he answers and learnt a lot of new stuff too. Thanks!

Quote from: Palustris on December 23, 2004, 21:10:02
Fascinating. Done the first 89, but see the pictures we cannot. Timed out each occasion. Brilliant idea though. Really enjoyed looking up and checking he answers and learnt a lot of new stuff too. Thanks!

Praise indeed.

The pictures will come back. The more people who look means the bandwidth limit per day is met quicker.

If it prooves a major problem we can discount the last 10 questions.

Jerry

Hope everyone has a great Christmas.

The answers have started to come in, very high standard so far!

Keep them coming!

Jerry

Fantastic piece of work Sanders.
Difficult questions for sure.
Good luck everyone.

WOW this is a real challenge :-\  Having to guess at some of them but having a go ...... well done Jerry, great job :)

Getting there....!

Quote from: kenkew on December 28, 2004, 20:43:40
Getting there....!

Aren't we all!

:D

Keep going!

Jerry

Jerry, I have a day off on Thursday so will give it my best shot then.   ;D

Phew, all done and dusted.  Hope you received it Saunders as the first time I sent it the darn thing said I had timed out!  There I was, 1.30am still typing up the answers, but it was great fun and interesting, and meant I dusted off some books that I haven't looked at for a while.  Great fun, can't wait for the results!  :D

are we allowed to "cheat" and look up the answers in books, internet, friends etc?

Quote from: Jesseveve on December 29, 2004, 13:05:13
are we allowed to "cheat" and look up the answers in books, internet, friends etc?

Of course, I would not expect anyone to know everything on the list, some answers are a bit obscure!!!

To date I have recieved 5 sets of answers, and they are a very good standard!

Jerry

Impressed..Jerry... Will 'have a go'.

Thanks Jerry, was GREAT FUN! :D :D
finished till 90.
Why is it I can not see the pictures???

Quote from: Lady Cosmos on December 30, 2004, 20:47:52
Thanks Jerry, was GREAT FUN! :D :D
finished till 90.
Why is it I can not see the pictures???

This is down to the bandwidth allowance at Yahoo. Check back later and you should be able to see them. The more hits on the site the quicker the bandwidth is used up.

I must try a new way.

Jerry

Good one, Jerry - a lot of work went into it;  thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'll have to try try again to see if I can get the piccies, though  :-(

All best - Gavin

Great Quiz Jerry - Well Done, one or two really got me stumped. Any chance of a bit longer to do it? Havent had much time, you see.

thanks