Q 01/05

Which kind of room at Longwood Gardens, set behind a Green Wall, was voted America's best in 2014?

A) Ballroom

B) Gift shop

C) Restroom

D) Dining room

Answer · why

C) Restroom

The Restroom behind Longwood's fern-covered Green Wall won the America's Best Restroom contest in 2014. With 47,000 plants, it was the largest green w...

Q 02/05

Longwood Gardens grows the titan arum, famous for a rare bloom that smells like what?

A) Rotting flesh

B) Freshly cut grass

C) Sour milk

D) Burnt sugar

Answer · why

A) Rotting flesh

Rotting flesh is the scent the titan arum uses to lure its pollinators, which is why it is also called the corpse flower. Each bloom lasts only a day ...

Q 03/05

What did Pierre du Pont install in the basement of his Longwood house to delight his nieces and nephews?

A) A swimming pool

B) A bowling alley

C) A shooting gallery

D) A puppet theatre

Answer · why

B) A bowling alley

A bowling alley went into the basement, lit from above by a glass-bottomed fish pond at ground level that doubled as a skylight.

Q 04/05

Longwood Gardens lies just outside which Pennsylvania borough, nicknamed the Mushroom Capital of the World?

A) West Chester

B) Doylestown

C) East Stroudsburg

D) Kennett Square

Answer · why

D) Kennett Square

Kennett Square earned the nickname because farms in its region grow about half of America's mushroom crop. The borough celebrates with a Mushroom Fest...

Q 05/05

Along with water, what can the rebuilt Main Fountain Garden at Longwood Gardens shoot from its wellheads?

A) Flames

B) Confetti

C) Bubbles

D) Glitter

Answer · why

A) Flames

Flames fed by propane lines rise from the same wellheads as the water. The trick was added when the 1931 fountains were rebuilt and reopened in 2017.