Q 01/05

Until a 1959 rebrand, kiwifruit was sold under a name pairing the word Chinese with which other fruit?

A) Mulberry

B) Strawberry

C) Gooseberry

D) Blackberry

Answer · why

C) Gooseberry

Gooseberry is the flavour early tasters are said to have been reminded of, and the name Chinese gooseberry stuck for decades even though the two plant...

Q 02/05

Raw kiwifruit stops which common setting agent from working, because of an enzyme in the fruit?

A) Agar-agar

B) Gelatine

C) Pectin

D) Cornflour

Answer · why

B) Gelatine

Gelatine stays runny when raw kiwifruit is added, and that is how the enzyme was found: in 1959 a chemist looked into why kiwifruit jellies would not ...

Q 03/05

Which animals are so drawn to the smell of hardy kiwi plants that they dig up the roots?

A) Cats

B) Deer

C) Rabbits

D) Moles

Answer · why

A) Cats

Cats are lured by a catnip-like smell the plant gives off, and they have been known to destroy young hardy kiwis while hunting for its source.

Q 04/05

Why will a single kiwifruit plant grown alone in a garden almost never produce any fruit?

A) Flowers open only at night

B) Bees ignore lone plants

C) Fruit takes two summers

D) Plants are male or female

Answer · why

D) Plants are male or female

Plants are male or female in almost all kiwifruit, so orchards mix the two, with roughly one male for every five to eight fruit-bearing females.

Q 05/05

Which nutrient is green kiwifruit richest in, with 100 grams supplying most or all of a day's recommended value?

A) Vitamin C

B) Vitamin D

C) Vitamin A

D) Vitamin B12

Answer · why

A) Vitamin C

Vitamin C is the kiwifruit's headline nutrient, and gold varieties carry even more of it than green ones, well over a day's value in 100 grams.