Rose Trivia II (medium)

These questions were designed as a fun program for your local rose society. Choose two or more teams with 3 or more members and award 10 points for each correct answer. If one side fails to answer the question, then the other side can "steal" the points by correctly answering the question. The team with the most points wins.

1) What part of the rose contains pollen?

1. Pistils
2. Anthers
3. Corolla
4. Stigma

2) A rose patent is good for how many years?

1. 1
2. 10
3. 17
4. 20

3) How many times in the United States can a rose patent be issued for the same rose?

1. 1 time
2. 2 times
3. 3 times
4. 4 times

4) The ARS recognizes which rose as the first Hybrid Tea?

1. La France
2. Mme Marie Curie
3. Mrs. Herbert Hoover
4. Gold Medal

5) What was the first Polyantha to win the All America Rose Selection (AARS) Award?

1. Lullaby
2. Mothersday
3. Pinkie
4. White Pet

6) Which hybridizer is known for his "hand painted roses"?

1. Tom Carruth
2. Mathis Tantau
3. Wilheim Kordes
4. Sam McGredy

7) Not all roses are fragrant. Why?

1. Fragrance is a recessive gene and not all prodigy are fragrant
2. Because you crossed two non-fragrant roses
3. Too much inbreeding
4. Genetic mutations

8) All Species roses were found in what region of the world?

1. Tropic of Capricorn
2. The Equator
3. Southern Hemisphere
4. Northern Hemisphere

9) The rose Peace was originally known by what name, which is still being used in France today?

1. Peace
2. Love
3. Gloria Dei
4. Grand'mere Jenny

10) Which of the following roses only has 4 petals?

1. Rosa stellata mirifica
2. Rosa gallica
3. Rosa acicularis
4. Rosa sericea pteracantha

11) What rose is considered the first Portland?

1. Duchess of Portland
2. Rose du Roi
3. Rose de Rescht
4. Comte de Chambord

12) The majority of Species roses came from what continent?

1. North America
2. Africa
3. Asia
4. Australia

13) We cannot get a true blue rose because roses lack which of the following pigments?

1. Carotenoids
2. Anthocyanins
3. Chlorophyll
4. Delphinidin

14) Rose seeds form in what part of the bloom?

1. Calyx
2. Stamens
3. Anthers
4. Pistils

15) When listing the parentage of a rose, such as Love x Peace, which is the seed parent?

1. The first name
2. The second name
3. Neither one
4. No rule on ranking

16) What rose did Teddy Roosevelt often wear in his lapel?

1. Mrs. B. R. Cant
2. Perles des Jardins
3. Duchesse de Brabant
4. Madame Hardy

17) Which rose is mentioned in the Bible?

1. Apothecarys Rose
2. Rosa Gallica
3. Rosa Mundi
4. Rose of Sharon, which is not a rose

18) After turning back the Crusaders, Saladin would not enter the Mosque of Omar until what?

1. The floor was covered with roses
2. The building was washed with rose water
3. The air was perfumed with rose attar
4. Bouquets of roses were placed inside

19) Who is the youngest hybridizer to win an AARS Award?

1. Jack Christensen
2. Tom Carruth
3. Walter Lammerts
4. Dennis Bridges

20) What is the disease, common in the central United States, that causes the foliage to look like ‘Witches Broom'?

1. Blackspot
2. Downy Mildew
3. Rose Rosette
4. Mosaic Virus