Fruit Quiz

A little quiz to get you into a fruit frame of mind. Answers in a couple of days. Have fun.

1. Where was the kiwi fruit first grown?

a) New Zealand
b) China
c) Australia
d) Chile

2. Which fruit has the highest oil content? 
a) Peach
b) Avocado
c) Olive
d) Mango

3. What percentage of the watermelon is water?
a) 34
b) 80
c) 66
d) 92

4. The flower of the cherry tree is the national symbol of which country?
a) India
b) Canada
c) China
d) France

5. Apple pips contain:
a) juice
b) Vitamin H
c) sodium
d) Cyanide

6. Every year there are, on average, how many banana-related accidents?
a) 20
b) 300
c) 100
d) 50

7. Chinese Gooseberry is another name for:
a) Cherry
b) Plum
c) Kiwi
d) Lime

8. In the Hindu culture, the leaves of which fruit are hung at weddings to ensure fertility?
a) Mango
b) Papaya
c) Banana
d) Lychee 


9. Papain is a natural digestive aid that is found naturally in:
a) Mango
b) Papaya
c) Banana
d) Lychee 


10. There is a museum in Belgium dedicated to:
a) Chocolate
b) Detective Poirot
c) Strawberries
d) Beer


11. The only fruit to have seeds on the outside is:
a) Pineapple
b) Raspberry
c) Lychee
d) Strawberry


12. Because it has a high quercitin content this fruit may help relieve hayfever.
a) Raspberry
b) Strawberry
c) Melon
d) Grape


13. A loganberry is a cross between a blackberry and a:
a) Blueberry
b) Raspberry
c) Blackcurrant
d) Strawberry


14. According to American research, which fruit is No. 1 when it comes to antioxidants?
a) Blueberry
b) Orange
c) Pear
d) Cherry


15. In January 2009, what was named as the state fruit of Ohio?
a) Blueberry
b) Cranberry
c) Paw paw
d) Apple


16. The fruit of the physalis plant is also known as:
a) Kiwi
b) Fig
c) Olive
d) Cape gooseberry


17. Kumquat is Chinese for:
a) Gold orange
b) Green orange
c) Tangerine
d) Satsuma


18. In Greek mythology, in the stories of Persephone, what is said to be the fruit of the underworld?
a) Grape
b) Pineapple
c) Pomegranate
d) Orange


19. Which of these fruits is not native to North America?
a) Blueberry
b) Apple
c) Cranberry
d) Grape


20. The stones from which fruit were once used in bed-warming pans?
a) Plum
b) Avocado
c) Cherry
d) Peach 


21.Dame Nellie Melba, a famous Australian opera singer, had a fruity dessert named after her; which fruit is used in the making of it?
a) Strawberry
b) Peach
c) Pear
d) Plum

22. What is a nectarine? Is it:
a) A cross between a peach and a plum
b) A cross between an an apple and a peach
c) A type of peach
d) A type of orange

23. There is a fruit juice that can increase the potency of some medication, even causing an overdose. Which fruit juice is this?
a) Apple
b) Orange
c) Grapefruit
d) Pineapple

24. And finally, if you have 4 bananas in one hand and 5 mangoes in the other, what do you have?

How much is a Portion?

This is a little table I've set up to show a selection of common fruit and veg and how much you have to eat to count as one portion in your five portions a day.

Apple / Banana / Pear / Orange	1
Satsumas / Plums	2
Cherries / Grapes	12
Dried Fruit (Raisins / Apricots)	1 Tablespoon
Melon	1 slice (5cm)
Cooked Carrots / Peas or Sweetcorn	3 Tablespoons
Mixed Salad	1 cereal bowl
Cherry Tomatoes	7
Tomato (medium sized)	1
Pepper	half
Onion	1
Sliced Mushrooms	3 handfuls
Glass of 100% Fruit / Vegetable juice	1 glass (150ml)
Celery sticks	3
Courgette	half
Cauliflower florets	8
Broccoli	2
Brussel sprouts	8
Pineapple	12 chunks
Kiwi fruit	2
Avocado	half
Kidney beans	3 Tablespoons
Apricots	3 whole dried
Okra	16
Leek	1

Welcome

Most people know that to keep healthy you should eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

But:
How easy is it to do that?
How big is a portion exactly?
Isn't that going to be boring?
Have you any good ideas how I can do that?
Do you have any good recipes to help me?

Over the next days and weeks I will answer all these questions, and more, and show you exactly how to get your 5 a day, and enjoy it!