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Do you know your apple facts?!
You can use this simple quiz at orchard events and activities as a self-guided activity or with a
question master. You could print out the fact apples template in the toolkit and hang them
around the orchard. Then send out your participants to hunt for the answers to the questions.
The correct answers could be put into a prize draw or it can just be for fun!
Questions
1. What is the Latin name of the common apple tree?
2. What plant family does the apple tree belong to?
3. What is Britain’s indigenous apple tree variety? (The one which originally comes from here)
4. Is the apple tree evergreen or deciduous?
5. Can you name 5 food and drink related things you could make with apples?
6. Which Greek goddess has an apple for her symbol?
7. What is she goddess of?
8. Find 2 or 3 sayings with apples in them?
9. In folklore and myth what qualities does the apple tree represent?
10. Which city is sometimes called the Big Apple?
Answers
1. Malus domesticus
2. Rosacea (Rose family)
3. Crab apple
4. Deciduous
5. Lots – but including juice, cider, cake, crumble, pie, sauce, vinegar, baked, stewed, toffee
apples, crisps, dried, calvados (apple brandy)
6. Aphrodite
7. Goddess of Love
8. Apple of my eye, apple a day keeps the doctor away, apples and pears – cockney rhyming
slang for stairs. (see Apple Sayings guide in toolkit for more)
9. Lots including love, wisdom, health, immortality
10. New York
The Growing Orchard Communities project aims to support local people to manage healthy orchards for the whole
community to enjoy. It is run by Orchard Link, supported by the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is
funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. © Orchard Link www.orchardlink.org.uk
vghf
Do you know your apple facts?!
You can use this simple quiz at orchard events and activities as a self-guided activity or with a
question master. You could print out the fact apples template in the toolkit and hang them
around the orchard. Then send out your participants to hunt for the answers to the questions.
The correct answers could be put into a prize draw or it can just be for fun!
Questions
1. What is the Latin name of the common apple tree?
2. What plant family does the apple tree belong to?
3. What is Britain’s indigenous apple tree variety? (The one which originally comes from here)
4. Is the apple tree evergreen or deciduous?
5. Can you name 5 food and drink related things you could make with apples?
6. Which Greek goddess has an apple for her symbol?
7. What is she goddess of?
8. Find 2 or 3 sayings with apples in them?
9. In folklore and myth what qualities does the apple tree represent?
10. Which city is sometimes called the Big Apple?
Answers
1. Malus domesticus
2. Rosacea (Rose family)
3. Crab apple
4. Deciduous
5. Lots – but including juice, cider, cake, crumble, pie, sauce, vinegar, baked, stewed, toffee
apples, crisps, dried, calvados (apple brandy)
6. Aphrodite
7. Goddess of Love
8. Apple of my eye, apple a day keeps the doctor away, apples and pears – cockney rhyming
slang for stairs. (see Apple Sayings guide in toolkit for more)
9. Lots including love, wisdom, health, immortality
10. New York
The Growing Orchard Communities project aims to support local people to manage healthy orchards for the whole
community to enjoy. It is run by Orchard Link, supported by the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is
funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. © Orchard Link www.orchardlink.org.uk
