Q 01/05

Which pets leapt in fright at cucumbers placed behind them in a wave of viral videos in 2015?

A) Dogs

B) Rabbits

C) Cats

D) Parrots

Answer · why

C) Cats

Cats were reacting to an object that had appeared where they did not expect one, behaviourists said, and they urged owners to stop because a startled ...

Q 02/05

The sea cucumber is an animal, not a plant, and belongs to the same group as which sea creature?

A) Starfish

B) Jellyfish

C) Octopus

D) Sea slug

Answer · why

A) Starfish

Starfish and sea cucumbers are both echinoderms, built on a five-part body plan that the sausage-shaped sea cucumber hides by lying on its side.

Q 03/05

Which playwright has Algernon eat every cucumber sandwich meant for Lady Bracknell in an 1895 comedy?

A) George Bernard Shaw

B) Noël Coward

C) J. M. Barrie

D) Oscar Wilde

Answer · why

D) Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde opens The Importance of Being Earnest with the joke, and Algernon then has his manservant claim that the market had no cucumbers that morn...

Q 04/05

Despite its name, the yard-long Armenian cucumber is botanically a variety of which other fruit?

A) Squash

B) Melon

C) Marrow

D) Zucchini

Answer · why

B) Melon

Melon is the true species of the Armenian cucumber, also sold as snake cucumber, which tastes and looks inside much like the real thing.

Q 05/05

In VeggieTales, what is the name of the cucumber who co-hosts with Bob the Tomato?

A) Junior

B) Jimmy

C) Archibald

D) Larry

Answer · why

D) Larry

Larry the Cucumber, introduced in 1993 and voiced by Mike Nawrocki, is Bob's optimistic and whimsical best friend.