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American Rose Society
P. O. Box 30,000
Shreveport, LA 71130-0030

E-mail : ars@ars-hq.org
Phone: 318-938-5402
Fax: 318-938-5405

 
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FUN WITH ROSES

Rose Trivia IV (very 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) Which rose was the "star" in one of Agatha Christie's murder mysteries?

  1. Seven Sisters
  2. Peace
  3. Cecile Brunner
  4. Zephirine Drouhin

2) Which rose was not one of the first winners of the AARS Award?

  1. Flash
  2. The Chief
  3. Apricot Queen
  4. World's Fair

3) Which of the following roses was awarded rose patent #1?

  1. Blaze
  2. New Dawn
  3. Dr. Van Fleet
  4. Excelsa

4) Which rose won the first David Fuerstenberg Award?

  1. Leonard Barron
  2. Vanguard
  3. Doubloons
  4. Eclipse

5) Which author wrote the first book totally dedicated to roses?

  1. Redoute
  2. Salomon Pinhas
  3. Mary Lawrance
  4. William Paul

6) In 1945, what local rose society introduced the rose 'Peace' to the world?

  1. San Diego
  2. Pacific
  3. California
  4. San Fernando

7) The white streak in today's rose petals mainly came from what class of roses?

  1. Chinas
  2. Teas
  3. Polyanthas
  4. Species

8) Roses are considered what kind of flower?

  1. Dioecious
  2. Monoecious
  3. Polygamous
  4. Androecium

9) Rosa stellata mirifica was found on which continent?

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

10) Which of the following roses typically has a square shaped bloom?

  1. Salet
  2. General Washington
  3. Duchess of Montebello
  4. Omar Khayyam

11) What is the state flower of Iowa?

  1. Rosa blanda
  2. Rosa carolina
  3. Rosa arkansana
  4. Rosa virginiana

12) In the original rosary, each time you said a ‘Hail Mary', what is it you are doing?

  1. Giving her a rose for her crown
  2. Saying a rosey prayer
  3. Giving her a rose garden
  4. Making white roses red by her blood

13) Which of the following roses is a member of the class Synstylae?

  1. Rosa laevigata
  2. Rosa laxa
  3. Rosa multiflora
  4. Rosa woodsii

14) What rose class was named because the foliage reminded one of salad burnet?

  1. Gallicanae
  2. Cinnamonae
  3. Platyrhodon
  4. Pimpinellifoliae

15) DNA testing can determine what about a rose's parentage?

  1. The female lineage
  2. The male lineage
  3. Both sides
  4. Neither side

16) If rose leaves and shoots are stunted and purplish spots form underneath near the center of the leaves, what nutrient is the plant lacking?

  1. Boron
  2. Phosphorous
  3. Manganese
  4. Sulfur

17) Applejack is one of the first hardy roses developed by what hybridizer?

  1. Niels Hansen
  2. Isabella Preston
  3. Felicitas Svejda
  4. Griffith Buck

18) Recent DNA studies showed which of the following roses was a major player in the development of early roses?

  1. Rosa gentiliana
  2. Rosa arvensis
  3. Rosa fedtschenkoana
  4. Rosa macrantha

19) Which of the following roses sported the most offspring that were introduced into commerce?

  1. Talisman
  2. Orleans Rose
  3. Don Koster
  4. Ophelia

20) A subscription set of six numbered high-quality rose books featuring plates of Old Garden Roses was planned. However, only two volumes were produced before it was ceased. Who authored these books?

  1. Peter Beales
  2. Ethelyn Keayes
  3. Sitwell, Blunt, & Russell
  4. Wilhelm Muetze & Camillo Schneider

This game was written by Steve Jones. Only he holds the answer key. Contact Steve for the correct answers.

 
 
 
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