Rose Trivia III (hard)

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) Hybrid Polyanthas were the forerunner of what modern rose class?

1. Miniatures
2. Hybrid Teas
3. Climbers
4. Floribundas

2) What rose won the first James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Award?

1. Crimson Glory
2. Tiffany
3. Double Delight
4. Papa Meilland

3) What was the first miniature rose to win both the Award of Excellence and All America Rose Selection (AARS) in the same year?

1. Jean Kenneally
2. Debut
3. New Beginning
4. Child's Play

4) What was the first climber to win the AARS Award?

1. Golden Showers
2. High Noon
3. Joseph's Coat
4. Flash

5) The corolla of a rose is also called what?

1. Hue
2. Sepals
3. Petals
4. Stigma

6) Who coined the term floribunda?

1. Gene Boerner
2. Horace McFarland
3. Svend Poulsen
4. Dr. J. H. Nicolas

7) Approximately what percent of the world's Species roses are found in North America?

1. 1%
2. 5%
3. 15%
4. 35%

8) Which of the following roses cannot receive a plant patent?

1. Rose created by a hybridizer
2. Rose created by an amateur
3. AARS winners
4. Sports

9) In what country were the oldest rose fossils discovered?

1. United States
2. England
3. Italy
4. Ethiopia

10) Rose petals are actually what modified part of the plant?

1. Thorns
2. Canes
3. Leaves
4. Stamens

11) The first known drawing of a rose was discovered circa 2000 BC in what country?

1. Italy
2. Rhodes
3. Greece
4. Crete

12) Most of the rose colors of salmon, orange, and yellow in Hybrid Teas came through what rose?

1. Lady Hillingdon
2. Soleil d'Or
3. Harison's Yellow
4. Soeur Therese

13) Roses have both male and female parts in a bloom. This is also known as what?

1. Asexual
2. Bisexual
3. Aposexual
4. Nanosexual

14) What is the part of the rose that attaches to the anthers (pollen sac) called?

1. Pistil
2. Stigma
3. Stamen
4. Filament

15) Which of the following chromosome counts in a rose would most likely mean the rose will be sterile?

1. 14
2. 21
3. 28
4. 56

16) Which of the following is not considered one of the four oriental ‘stud roses'?

1. Slater's Crimson
2. Park's Yellow Scented Tea Rose
3. Old Blush
4. Rosa banksiae

17) Which rose nursery is credited with the creation of two rose classes?

1. Meilland
2. Guillot
3. Pernet-Ducher
4. Vibert

18) The climbing miniature rose that Ralph Moore used heavily in his early years of hybridizing was not introduced, but was registered under what name?

1. Zee
2. Chick-a-dee
3. Song Bird
4. Little Buckaroo

19) If a new rose leaf is yellow with the veins remaining somewhat green, what nutrient are you lacking?

1. Nitrogen
2. Water
3. Oxygen
4. Iron

20) Crown Gall is caused by what type of organism?

1. Bacteria
2. Mold
3. Fungus
4. Virus