Trivia

1. Name the vegetable with three times as much vitamin C as an orange and twice as much iron as spinach.



2. Which of these food products has the highest percentage of vitamin C?: a) orange b) pear or c) banana



3. Which pair of states has farmers that grow almost half the produce in the entire country?: a) California and Arizona; b) Texas and Louisiana; or c) West Virginia and Kentucky?



4. What vegetable is never sold frozen, canned or cooked? It is only sold fresh.



5. What vegetable did Thomas Jefferson and others introduce into our nation?



6. Residents of what country lead the world in the eating of corn?



7. What vegetable's name means "the large pearl"?: a) cauliflower b) onion or c) mushroom



8. True or False: A cucumber is usually over 90 percent water, and its healing and cooling properties are good for the skin.



9. Which vegetables have been cultivated for more than 9,000 years?: a) Squash and pumpkins; b) corn and turnips; or c) parsnips and tomatoes



10. Name the first ready-made food sold commercially.

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