Here are the answers to much awaited Summer Quiz Festival Quiz #2 – Summer Fruits
1. Which two summer fruits make her summer wine in this iconic song by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood?
Answer: Strawberries & Cherries
2. This summer delicacy is called as Tadgola in Marathi and Hindi, Nungu in Tamil. It acts as a coolant and famous in the coastal regions of India. How is this called in English?
Answer: Ice Apple
3. Identify the fruit defined by the Oxford English Dictionary
Answer: Currant
4. One of the most toxic dyes used in watermelon is Erythrosine. This is a pink dye and is mostly used in food coloring. The FSSAI has a detailed video on how to detect this adulterant in watermelon. What is the easy method /test prescribed by FSSAI to find out whether a watermelon is artificially ripened ?
Answer: Swipe with a cotton ball
5. This exclusive apricot variety named is matchless in sweetness and colorful with white kernel. This GI tagged fruit is associated with which place?
Answer: Ladakh
6. The annual Mango Mela and Jackfruit Fest organized by the Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation usually happens at what location in Bengaluru?
Answer: Lalbagh Botanical Gardens
7. The famous Raw Papaya Salad is a crunchy refreshing and spicy light meal and is famous in what cuisine?
Answer: Thai cuisine
8. This fruit is increasingly becoming a crucial source of income for tribal communities and several women in Telangana? The pulp of this fruit is in high demand, particularly in ice creams. As a result, farmers in Rangareddy and other districts in Telangana are showing a growing interest in cultivating this fruit. Which fruit?
Answer: Custard apple
9. Eating this fruit has been associated to hypoglycemic encephalopathy and deaths in some Indian, Bangladeshi, and Vietnamese kids. The fruits and seeds contain the toxins hypoglycin A and methylene cyclopropyl-glycin, which impede glucose production and can result in acute hypoglycemia. These poisons are more prevalent in unripe fruits, and their effects appear to be exacerbated in malnourished kids or when ingested after a fast. Which fruit?
Answer: Lychee
10. X Grapes received its GI Tag in 2010. These grapes, available in various colors like green, black, red, and purple, hold a unique distinction. X is the only region globally where harvesting takes place from February to April, allowing its grapes to command a premium position in the global marketplace. ID the place
Answer: Nashik
11. The plum blossom is the national flower of which country?
Answer: China
12. These fruits have pockets of air inside them that allow the berries to float in water. Because of this, most of them are harvested by flooding the bogs and marshes where they grow, which causes the berries to float and be easily scooped up? Which fruit?
Answer: Cranberry
13. Mukkani Payasam, famous in Tamil Nadu is a unique blend made of which three favourite fruits with ghee and thick coconut milk?
Answer: Banana, mango, jackfruit
14. Which summer fruit has been blanked out from this scientific breakthrough?
Answer: Jamun
15. This chutney is a staple in Bengali cuisine and is prepared by boiling fresh sliced green papaya in water with sugar and lemon juice. Dried fruits like raisins and cashews may also be added later. How is this chutney commonly known due to its appearance?
Answer: plastic chutney
Hope you enjoyed the quiz! The results will be shared for each quiz will be shared in this blog within a couple of days of the quiz. The winners of each quiz will get an e certificate while the grand top 5 winners of the cumulative festival will get merchandise and goodies from X Quiz It!
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