Famous trees in nature and fiction Quiz
Here's one that may appeal especially to Terry š. Below are clues that relate to fairly well-known trees or things associated with trees. How many can you guess? One guess per clue. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow Iāll post the names of the top entries.
1. Type of tree whose leaf appears on the Canadian flag
2. Tree which Harry Potter and Ron Weasley crash into with a car
3. Forbidden fruit grew on this tree in the Garden of Eden
4. In the summer of 1666, Isaac Newton reportedly saw this type of fruit fall
from what became known as "the gravity tree"
5. Robin Hood is said to have taken shelter inside the hollow trunk of this type of tree
6. Race of tree-like beings in "The Lord of the Rings"
7. In a well-known myth, a 6-year-old George Washington took a hatchet to this type of tree and later confessed, "I canāt tell a lie. I did cut itā¦"
8. This tree appeared in both the title and the cover photo of a 1987 album by U2
9. These trees grow in Madagascar and have been nicknamed the ātree of lifeā
10. Tree-like being in "Guardians of the Galaxy"
11. Popular spice made from a type of tree bark. Europeans of the Middle Ages had no idea that it came from Sri Lanka.
12. At least 3/4 of this type of tree have been lost in Europe and the Americas since 1930 due to a "Dutch" disease
13. Japanese word for a small tree grown to mimic the shape of a larger tree
14. Person who gained enlightenment sitting under the Bodhi tree
15. When Noah released a dove from the ark, it came back with a branch of this tree
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow Iāll post the names of the top entries.
1. Type of tree whose leaf appears on the Canadian flag
2. Tree which Harry Potter and Ron Weasley crash into with a car
3. Forbidden fruit grew on this tree in the Garden of Eden
4. In the summer of 1666, Isaac Newton reportedly saw this type of fruit fall
from what became known as "the gravity tree"
5. Robin Hood is said to have taken shelter inside the hollow trunk of this type of tree
6. Race of tree-like beings in "The Lord of the Rings"
7. In a well-known myth, a 6-year-old George Washington took a hatchet to this type of tree and later confessed, "I canāt tell a lie. I did cut itā¦"
8. This tree appeared in both the title and the cover photo of a 1987 album by U2
9. These trees grow in Madagascar and have been nicknamed the ātree of lifeā
10. Tree-like being in "Guardians of the Galaxy"
11. Popular spice made from a type of tree bark. Europeans of the Middle Ages had no idea that it came from Sri Lanka.
12. At least 3/4 of this type of tree have been lost in Europe and the Americas since 1930 due to a "Dutch" disease
13. Japanese word for a small tree grown to mimic the shape of a larger tree
14. Person who gained enlightenment sitting under the Bodhi tree
15. When Noah released a dove from the ark, it came back with a branch of this tree
