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Here is a fun trivia game where you can learn more about produce that is in-season right now. This may be easy for you but sadly I just learned these. Please post your answers.



1. Are eggplants a vegetable or fruit?

2. Cucumbers are made up of over ___% water

3. What are the two main categories that peaches fall into?

4. What is the difference between a scallion and a green onion?

5. Tomatoes are the ____ (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th) most popular vegetable in the U.S? They are classified as a vegetable in the U.S. for trade purposes.

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Answers:

1. Fruit
2. 95%
3. 3. Freestone and Clingstone
4. 4. Scallions are younger with straight white bases while green onions are left in the ground longer to form miniature bulbs.
5. 5. 3rd

Hmm...I'll take a guess even though the answers are posted...I'll check those out later:



1. Are eggplants a vegetable or fruit?

fruit (i think because they're the result of fertilization and can be used to produce offspring)

2. Cucumbers are made up of over ___% water

a lot :P if humans are over 70%, then probably 85-90%?

3. What are the two main categories that peaches fall into?

sweet and sour?

4. What is the difference between a scallion and a green onion?

not sure botanically, but there is a difference when it comes to cooking each

5. Tomatoes are the ____ (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th) most popular vegetable in the U.S? They are classified as a vegetable in the U.S. for trade purposes.

1st? everyone i talk to grows them ;) if i remember correctly, vegetables were staples and the government didn't tax them. but fruits were not staples and had to be taxed.

About the answer to # 4--I thought it was the other way around??? Oh well---the name is not important but how you use them I guess.