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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Pumpkin Trivia Contest

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With all the haunted mansions and ghostly images I’ve been spinning for you in the past few posts, today, let’s have some old fashioned fun with the pumpkin. See how many of these questions you get right. There might be a prize in the pumpkin patch for the person that scores 100%. Good Luck!!

1. What is a pumpkin? Fruit or vegetable?

2. How many continents grow the pumpkin?

3. Which continents do not grow the pumpkin?

4. What is the pumpkin capital of the world?

5. What is the claim to fame of this capital?

6. Where did the carving of the pumpkin originate?

7. What other vegetable is or has been carve if a pumpkin is not available?

8. What do the Native American Indians use the pumpkin for?

9. What other colors of pumpkins are grown?

10. How much did the largest pumpkin weigh?
11. Can you eat the flower of the pumpkin?

12. What vitamins are in pumpkin seeds?

13. What do you get if you scoop out a pumpkin, fill it with milk and bake it?

14. What gives the pumpkin the orange color?

This contest will run for the remainder of October. Winner TBA November 1st
Prize? Why, a pumpkin candle, of course!

5 comments:

Emma Lai said...

Fun interview ladies! Skhye, I have a medieval wenches outfit...purchased back in the day when I had a job outside my house and no baby.

Judy said...

What do we do with the answers? Do we post them here or to an email address?

SiNn said...

since it doenst say where to post im gonan take teh chance and post here


1. What is a pumpkin? Fruit or vegetable? Fruit

2. How many continents grow the pumpkin? 6 of the 7

3. Which continents do not grow the pumpkin? Antarctica


4. What is the pumpkin capital of the world? Morton, Illinois


5. What is the claim to fame of this capital? 90% of the pumpkin puree for pumpkin pies and its anual pumpkin festival

6. Where did the carving of the pumpkin originate? Ireland

7. What other vegetable is or has been carve if a pumpkin is not available? turnips or gourds , squash


8. What do the Native American Indians use the pumpkin for?food ,medicine to make ,and mats

9. What other colors of pumpkins are grown?orange ,white, blue, red, tan

10. How much did the largest pumpkin weigh?1,340 pounds

11. Can you eat the flower of the pumpkin? yes

12. What vitamins are in pumpkin seeds?iron, B vitamins, vitamin E,zinc


13. What do you get if you scoop out a pumpkin, fill it with milk and bake it? the original pumpkin pie crust

14. What gives the pumpkin the orange color?its the sun ripening the fruit

Sharon Donovan said...

Sorry, ladies! A friend of mine has passed away after a sudden accident and I am behind in tending to my contest. As of now, you are all entered. Future entries, please send answers to:
sharonad@comcast.net
with pumpkin trivia contest in subject line
Again, sorry for the confusion!
Good luck!

Sharon

SiNn said...

im so sorry to hear about your friend your in my thoughts and prayers