Flowers Questions and Answers – Quiz – General Knowledge

1) What name is given to the pollen-producing reproductive organ
of a flower composed of an anther and filament? Stamen

 

2) Which blue flower of the genus Veronica is also the name of the
ship which was to accompany the Mayflower with the Pilgrim Fathers? Speedwell

 

3) Old Man’s Beard and Traveller’s Joy are names for a variety of
which flower? Clematis

 

4) Which flower was once more costly than gold and has bulbs which
can replace onions in some recipes? Tulips

 

5) Which popular Christmas plant with red flowers gets its common
name from the first American Minister to Mexico? Pointsettia

 

6)The fleur-de-lis is what type of flower? Lily

 

7) Which daisy like flower, the national flower of Mexico, gets
its name from an 18th century Swedish Botanist? Dahlia

 

8) Which flower according to legend bloomed everywhere that lord
Buddha walked; these days its seeds can be eaten raw and its stamens dried to
produce fragrant teas? Lotus

 

9) Where is the London venue for the largest flower show in the
world (it’s held in early July by the Royal Horticultural Society)? Hampton Court Palace

 

10) Which small flower, usually with 5 blue or purple petals, is
associated with freemasonry and has the scientific name Myosotis? Forget-me-nots

 

11) Which flower is often called the ‘winter rose’ or ‘Christmas
rose’? Hellebore

 

12) Which flower is sometimes called the sword lily? Gladiolus

 

13) he anniversary of which prime ministers death is commemorated
in the U.K. as Primrose Day? Benjamin
Disraeli

 

14) The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is held in which month of the
year? And what is the show’s fromal name?  May.
It’s formal name is the Great Spring Show.

 

15) What is the common name for any of the plants that fall into
the genus Narcissus? Daffodils

 

16) What flower did the Victorians call a gilliflower? Carnation

 

17) Saffron comes from which type of flower? Crocus

 

18) Which family of flowering plants, with between 22,000 and
26,000 species, include the variety Lady’s Slipper? Orchids

 

19) What name is given to the Japanese art of flower arranging? Ikebana

 

20) Lathyrus odoratus is a flowering plant used in early
experiments in genetics, by what name is this flower better known? Sweet pea

 

21) What is the more common name for Helianthus? Sunflower

 

22) Azaleas are flowering shrubs in which genus? Rhododendron

 

23) The largest horticultural campaign in the U.K. is called ‘RHS
Britain in …’ what? Bloom

 

24) What does the term perennial mean? A plant that lives for more than 2 years (accept lives for a long time)

 

25) Which flower inspired the William Wordsworth poem ‘I Wandered
Lonely as a Cloud’? Daffodils

 

26) Which poisonous, sweetly scented woodland flowering plant with
bell-shape florets dangling from a thin stem has the scientific name
Convallaria majalis? Lily of the Valley

 

27 ) Dianthus barbatus gets its common name from a story about
young lovers separated by the sea; how do we better know this flower? Sweet William

 

 

 

 

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