Vegetable Garden Quiz

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Instructions: Put your green thumb knowledge to the test! How much do you know about growing and identifying common garden vegetables?

1.
Which vegetable is botanically a fruit and comes in varieties like Roma, Beefsteak, and Cherry?
A
Eggplant
B
Tomato
C
Cucumber
D
Pepper
2.
What popular garden vegetable grows underground and is harvested by digging up the soil?
A
Lettuce
B
Celery
C
Broccoli
D
Carrot
3.
Which vegetable is known as a "cole crop" and forms a tight head of leaves?
A
Swiss Chard
B
Spinach
C
Cabbage
D
Kale
4.
What is the practice of growing plants together that benefit each other called?
A
Intercropping
B
Crop rotation
C
Succession planting
D
Companion planting
5.
Which garden vegetable can be harvested as a "baby" leaf or allowed to form a full head?
A
Radish
B
Beet
C
Lettuce
D
Onion
6.
Zucchini belongs to which plant family?
A
Nightshade family
B
Squash/Gourd family
C
Brassica family
D
Legume family
7.
Which vegetable is famous for being one of the fastest-growing, often ready to harvest in about 25 days?
A
Pumpkin
B
Radish
C
Tomato
D
Corn
8.
What is the term for planting crops in a different spot each year to prevent soil depletion?
A
No-till farming
B
Crop rotation
C
Succession planting
D
Raised bed gardening
9.
Which vegetable plant produces both male and female flowers on the same vine?
A
Cucumber
B
Pea
C
Bean
D
Tomato
10.
Sweet corn is best harvested at what stage for the sweetest flavor?
A
When the stalk dries out
B
When the husks fall off
C
When the silk turns brown
D
When the ears point downward
11.
Which of these vegetables is a member of the allium family?
A
Parsnip
B
Turnip
C
Onion
D
Potato
12.
What vegetable was originally purple before orange varieties were developed in the Netherlands?
A
Beet
B
Carrot
C
Sweet Potato
D
Radish
13.
Which vegetable plant needs a trellis or support structure because it climbs using tendrils?
A
Bush bean
B
Sugar snap pea
C
Bell pepper
D
Eggplant
14.
Asparagus is unique among garden vegetables because it is a what?
A
Annual that reseeds itself
B
Biennial that fruits every two years
C
Tropical plant grown as an annual
D
Perennial that produces for many years
15.
Which vegetable gets its name from the Italian word for "flowering crest of a cabbage"?
A
Brussels sprouts
B
Kohlrabi
C
Cauliflower
D
Broccoli

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