- Under a pile of mattresses, only a princess can feel me, what am I? - What part of a stick of celery do we eat? - I am both a vegetable and a problem for a plumber, what amI? The game's purpose is to introduce children to the world of vegetables by way of an amusing environment and quiz. The themes covered are varied, ranging from cookery to botany, and the game is equally suited to use by teachers in the classroom or for playing at home. An unusual way of acquainting or reacquainting young and old alike with vegetables! For more educational games and kits : http://www.fondation-louisbonduelle.org/france/en/know-your-vegetables/educational-kits/1.html

2. Rules of the game
Number of players:
Between 2 and 4 individuals, or many more, in teams.
How to play
Each player puts his playing piece on the “start” square then rolls the die. The player with the
highest number starts.
The first player rolls the die, then moves forward as many squares as number on the die. The player
discovers the theme of his question:
- Bell pepper: Cookery and sensorial,
- Broccoli: Botany,
- Corn: What am I?
- Peas: Do you know…
The person to the player’s left picks a card, asks him to choose the difficulty level, and reads the
question.
Each card has two questions on it: The first one (in green) is easy, suitable for children below the age
of eight; the second one (in red) is difficult.
If the player answers correctly, he moves forward one square, if the question was easy, or two
squares if the question was difficult (red). Otherwise, it is the turn of the person to the player’s right.
The first player to reach the “Finish” square is the winner.
Note - When a player lands on a square featuring one or more letters of the alphabet, he must name
a vegetable that begins with the letter(s) represented. If he is successful, the person to his right must
name another vegetable, and so on. The first player to make a mistake or not give an answer misses
his turn.

3. Instructions for use
Congratulations! You have just downloaded a super game!
Before starting, please follow these instructions:
1. Print the whole file.
2. Cut out all the cards and put them into piles for each theme: Cooking/sensorial, botany, what
am I?, do you know.
3. Cut out the figurines which you will use as playing pieces.
4. Find a die.
5. Play!
Good to know:
The “easy” questions are designed for children under eight. This game is suitable for older players,
but they are advised to use the “difficult” cards and to adapt the rules so as to move forward only
one square for each correct answer.
Figurines
Charlie, the broccoli Charlotte, the carrot
Grant, the Eggplant Nick, the turnip

4. What colour ar e c arrots? What colour ar e zucchinis? What colour ar e eggpl ants?
Orange Green Purple
Is the avocado a leaf, root, Is the bel l pepper a l eaf , root, Is the c arrot a leaf, root, stalk,
stalk, or fruit vegetable? stalk, or fruit vegetable? or fruit vegetabl e?
Fruit Fruit Root
What colour ar e tomatoes? What colour ar e butter beans? Name a colour of a bell pepper
Red Yellow/white Green, yellow, or red
Is the turnip a l eaf , root , stal k, Is fen nel a leaf, root, stalk, or Is asparagus a leaf, root, stalk,
or fruit vegetabl e? fruit vegetable? or fruit vegetabl e?
Root Stalk Stalk
I am a tomato, do I grow in the I am corn , do I grow in the air, I am a zuc chini, do I grow in the
air, on the ground, or on the ground, or und erground? air, on the ground, or
underground? In the air underground?
In the air On the ground
Is spin ach a l eaf , root , stal k, or
Is lettuc e a l eaf , root , stal k, or fruit vegetable? I am a radish, in what s eason can
fruit vegetable? Leaf I be harvested?
Leaf Spring - summer

5. I am a cabbage, do I gr ow in the I am a carrot , do I grow in the I am a l eek, do I grow in the air,
air, on the ground, or air, on the ground, or on the ground, or und erground?
underground? underground? Underground
On the ground Underground
Find the odd on e out: Cuc umber,
I am a broccol i, in what s eason I am a French b ean , in what bell pepper, turnip.
can I be harvested? season can I be harv ested? Turnip (only root vegetable)
Summer - autumn Summer - autumn
What are “c arrot tops ”? Find the odd on e out: R adish,
The leaves turnip, pea.
Pea (only green vegetable)
Find the odd on e out: C arrot,
salsify avoc ado. Do avoc adoes grow on a tree or
salsify (only root vegetable) on the ground?
They grow on an avocado pear tree.

6. Name a vegetabl e that c an b e Is the cuc umber and soft or Is the gher kin and soft or
eaten raw and that is crunchy crunchy vegetabl e? crunchy vegetabl e?
Radish, cucumber, carrot, bell pepper. Crunchy Crunchy
What is the vegetable that is What is the vegetable that is What is the vegetable that is
mostly found in mouss aka? mostly found in falaf els? mostly found in zaalouk?
Eggplant (Greece) Chick peas or broad beans (Middle East) Eggplant (Morocco)
Are raw carrots s oft or cru nchy? Are cooked red beetroots s oft or Are cooked zucchinis s oft or
Crunchy crunchy? crunchy?
Soft Soft
By pl ungin g it into hot wat er, the
radish goes completel y r ed. True To make an avocado ripen f aster, What is the vegetable that is
or False it should be put: in a fru it basket found most in hummus?
False, but it works when you plunge it with apples or banan as, in the Chick pea
into water with lemon juice!
refrigerat ed vegetabl e drawer, in
the breadbox
In a fruit basket with apples or bananas
What is the most bitter t asting What is the most bitter t asting What is the most bitter t asting
vegetabl e: Fren ch bean, chicory, vegetabl e: Peas, curly endive, or vegetabl e: Lentils , gr een pepper,
or corn? carrots? or artichoke?
Chicory Curley endive Green pepper
What is the vegetable that is What is the shape of a “jul ien ne” How c an you keep the fl esh of an
found most in “Florentine” dishes? vegetabl e? avocado from turning bl ack?
Spinach Thin sticks By sprinkling lemon juice over it.

7. What is the sweetest tasting What is the sweetest tasting What is the sweetest tasting
vegetabl e: Lettuce, corn , or vegetabl e: Red b eetroot, spin ach, vegetabl e: Chicory, broccol i, or
zucchini? or cucumber? carrots?
Corn Red beetroot Carrots
It is better to peel c arrots than What is a “jac ket potato”? True or f alse: The colour of an
to scrub them. True or Fals e? A potato baked with its skin avocado’s skin t ells you if it is
False, they should rather be scrubbed to ripe
preserve vi tamins, which are mainly False. Whatever the colour of its skin,
hidden under their skin! when it is ripe it should be slightly soft
What taste does f enn el hav e? Name three adjectives that Name three adjectives that
Aniseed describe the tomato (shape, describe the c aulif lower (shape,
texture, tast e) texture, tast e)
What vegetable can you put in
the cooking water with rice to Avocado can be en joyed as a Which veget able is us ed in
make it pink? dessert. True or F alse? tzatziki?
Red beetroot True! In exotic countries, they are eaten Cucumber (Greek)
with sugar, lemon or cream.

8. At what time of year do we How man y portions of fruit and How l ong can an aubergin e be
decorate hous es with pumpkins? vegetabl es is it advised to eat kept in the refrigerator? On e
Halloween per day? day, one week or two weeks
Five One week
Who was the king of Fr ance who
liked v eget ables the most? True or f alse: The avocado was True or f alse: In the middle
Louis XIV eaten as long ago as 8000 years ages , the c arrot was one of the
ago b y the Azt ecs and the M aya most expensive vegetables?
civilisations in Mexico False, it was inexpensive and one of the
True most commonly eaten vegetables
True or f alse: It is advised to True or f alse: Only rabbits eat True or f alse: Spin ach is the
eat fiv e portions of fruit and carrot tops food that contains the most iron.
vegetabl es per day to lose weight False: we also eat them in soup! .
False, it is to grow up properly and be in False, meat contains the most iron
good health throughout your life The swede is: a strawberry-
flavoured s weet, a root vegetabl e True or f alse: The Phar aoh Khufu
True or f alse: The zucchini closely rel ated to the turnip, a rewarded his best warriors by
originat ed in the South of France leaf y vegetabl e c losel y r elated to giving them a bunch of l eeks .
in the 12th century spinach? It’s t rue!
False The zucchini originated in Italy A root vegetable, closely related to the
turnip
True or f alse: zucchini flowers Is it better to choos e an What country is the biggest
are inedible artichoke with l eav es that or producer of turnips?
FALSE loose and open or tight and The United Kingdom
compact?
True or f alse: Garlic can hel p to Tight and compact. Just like a flower, an True or f alse: Lentils contain
reduce chol esterol when eaten artichoke is likely to be too ripe when its more f ibre than zucchin is
regularl y bracts are open. True, they are the dried vegetable that
TRUE contains the most fibre!
True or f alse: there is more
vitamin C in cabbage than in
carrots
TRUE

9. True or f alse: The chestnut is a Find in the room an object of the Find in the room an object of the
vegetabl e color of a cucumb er color of a tomato
TRUE
True or f alse: the tomato h as What country is the biggest
True or f alse: It is in Italy that been c ultivated in Fr ance sinc e producer of red b eetroot?
broccoli is the most popular the 16th century Italy
TRUE False, it is only since the 18th century,
and it wasn’t commonly eaten until after
the first world war
Find in the room an object of the Find in the room an object of the Find in the room an object of the
color of a carrot color of a broccoli color of an eggpl ant
True or f alse: On average, the True or f alse: When eaten fresh, True or f alse: Franc e is a small
French eat over 9kg of c arrots a caulifl ower cont ains as mu ch producer of French b eans
per year vitamin C as an oran ge False. 60% of French beans produced in
TRUE TRUE Europe comes from France!
Find in the room an object of the
color of a garden pea
Frozen v eget ables hav e as many,
if not more, vitamins as fr esh
vegetabl es bought at the
supermarket. True or Fals e?
True, because as long as they wait to be
consumed, whether on supermarket
shelves or in your refrigerator,
vegetables gradually lose their vitamins,
whereas frozen vegetables never lose
theirs!

10. Spell the word “carrot” Spell the word “beetroot ” Spell the word “leek”
I am vegetabl e with a stone, in I am orange, but my flesh is I am a small marrow. Who am I?
America they call me “poor man’s yellow, I have a sweet taste, and Zucchini
butter”, what am I? I am not a carrot. Who am I?
The avocado Squash
Spell the word “tomato” Spell the word “cucumb er”, Spell the word “zucchin i”,
backwards backwards
I am used in sal ads, but also to
feed animals or to produce s ugar ; I am the major ingr edient in They call me Romaine, Cos, or
who am I? borstch, the famous red s oup Iceberg, what am I?
Sugar beet eaten in Eastern Europe. Who am The lettuce
I?
Beetroot
Spell the word “cel ery”, I am orange and I am a rabbit’s Round or long, pink or bl ack, I am
backwards favourite food, what am I? a root v eget able that is eaten
The carrot raw, what am I?
They call me Charlotte, King The radish
Edward, or Maris Piper, what am I can be a climb er or a d warf,
I? what am I? I am on e of the f irst vegetables
The potato The French bean to be cooked by man . I am a
little rou nd legume, yel low, green
or red; who am I?
Lentil

11. I seem bigger onc e I have been I am Popeye’s f avourite food and Under a pil e of mattresses, only
eaten , what am I? one of the lightest vegetabl es, a real princess can feel my
The artichoke what am I? presenc e, what am I?
Spinach The pea
I look l ike a carrot , but I am
white. I am often used to add I look l ike a turnip, except that I I am a mini gr een cabbage, I am
flavour to pot-au-f eu dishes am n ot white and purpl e, but most popu lar in E ngland (3,5 kg
(boiled beef with vegetables) . white and green . Who am I? consumed/year/ inhab); who am I?
Who am I? Swede Brussels sprout
Parsnip
I will make you cry if you tr y to I chase vampires away; who am I am long, thin and green ; who
undress me, what am I? I? am I?
The onion Garlic French beans
Several hundred years ago, my My pod is l ong and thin , gr een or Sliced into rounds, I c an be
long green l eaves , which protect yellow, and it contains between equal ly tasty in a vin aigr ette and
my ears, were used to stuff four and twelv e small seeds. Who useful on your eyes to make r ings
mattresses, and my yellow seeds am I? disappear. Who am I?
were used to make neckl aces. French bean or yellow French bean Cucumber
Who am I?
Corn
I am littl e, green and I can rol l I am gr een and crunchy I am I am sometime used to describ e a
around in your pl ate; who am I? usually soaked in vinegar and I boxer’s ears, what am I?
Pea have a pun gent flavour; who am The cauliflower
I?
I can be cal led French, ru nner or Gherkin I look l ike a chilli pepper, I c an
kidney; who am I? be green, red, oran ge or yell ow;
Beans Welsh warriors us ed to wear me who am I?
as a distinguishin g mark; who am Sweet pepper
I?
Leek

12. I stain ev erything that touches I am long and tal l, my foot is I am littl e, round, red, sweet and
me red/ purple, what am I? white and tender whil e my head is sour. Peopl e like to eat me as an
Red beetroot green . Who am I? appetizer ; who am I?
Leek Cherry tomato
Closely rel ated to squash, peopl e
like to eat my f lesh and my Once heated and burst people like An anc estor of cau liflower , I am
seeds; who am I? to eat me with s alt or sugar at green and v ery popular in Italian
Pumpkin (flesh: soup or tarts; seeds: the movies or as an appetizer ; food. Who am I?
roasted to be enjoyed as a snack) who am I? Broccoli
Corn (popcorn)
I am a pale green b ean , ov al-
shaped, f lat and small. Who am
I?
Flageolet bean
Peopl e gather me on the ground,
in the woods durin g autumn; who
am I?
Mushroom