These quizzes about three different vegetables offer a chance to learn about their botany, history and geography, with questions that become increasingly difficult. As a bonus, you'll find an expression or anecdote about each one. For more educational games and kits : http://www.fondation-louisbonduelle.org/france/en/know-your-vegetables/educational-kits/1.html

1. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• What is the name and colour of this
vegetable?
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2. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• Is this carrot...?
a) An inflorescent vegetable
b) A root vegetable
c) A leaf vegetable
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3. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• In what seasons can carrots be grown?
a) Autumn
b) Spring
c) Summer
d) Winter
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4. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• Which vegetable produces this plant?
a) Carrot
b) Potato
c) Artichoke
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5. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• Where did the first carrots come from?
– South America
– Asia Minor
c
– China b
a
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6. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• In the time of the Romans, what colour
was the carrot?
a) White
b) Orange
c) Violet
d) Green
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7. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• Who made the carrot orange in the
17th century?
– The French
– The Italians
– The Dutch
– The Germans
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8. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• Do carrots help keep us regular?
a) Yes
b) No
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9. Learn about vegetables with Louis
• It is said that carrots:
a) improve our eyesight
b) give you a pink bottom
c) make people violent
d) make people obese
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10. Answers
1. It is a carrot and it is orange
2. It is a root vegetable as carrots grow in the earth
and it is the root that we eat
3. Carrots can be grown all year round
4. It's a carrot. The seeds from its flowers will produce
new carrots
5. The carrot originally came from Asia Minor. Some
people say that it in fact came from Afghanistan
6. The carrot was a whitish colour and had a tough skin
and a stringy centre.
7. It was the Dutch. They gave the carrot the name:
'Long Orange'. This carrot spread throughout the
whole of Europe and the United States in the 18th
century
8. It helps keep us regular thanks to the fibres which
regulate our intestinal transit
9. Carrots improve a person's eyesight if his or her
body is lacking Vitamin A
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