Gardening: Quiz

Dec 19 2009 by Chris Mellor, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

SO you thought that I would let you sit idle over the Christmas and New Year holiday did you?

Wrong – all you have to do is to complete the quiz below and send it in to the usual address for a chance to win a fabulous book prize.

Find out the missing words for each question and then find the two hidden words from the first letter of each answer – see, it’s easy, isn’t it? The numbers in brackets are the number of letters in each of the missing words.

1. The seeds of Myristica ……...... produce the nutmeg spice for Christmas puddings and cakes (8).

2. Ilex …...…….., our native holly (10).

3. Two ………. doves on the second day of Christmas (6).

4. ………………….. is an alternative name for Amaryllis (11).

5. ………………… pulcherrima is the Sunday name for Poinsettia (9).

6. Juglans ………….. produces our Christmas walnuts (5).

7. Picea abies is the traditional …..…… tree (9).

8. ……… ……. helix twins nicely with holly (6).

9. Erithacus ……………….. is our Christmas card robin (8).

10. Frankincense and Myrrh are both classified as …………………… (7).

11. Quercus ……………produces the cork for that bottle of wine on Christmas day (5).

12. …………………… is one of the sparkly things we traditionally use for decorating our Christmas trees (6).

13. ……………… uses the seeds of Prunus dulcis as one of its main ingredients (8).

14. Viscum ............. , the parasitic mistletoe (5).

15. ………………….. is more commonly known as the Christmas Cactus (13).

Post your answers with your name, address and telephone number (including dialling code) to: Graham’s Christmas 2009 Gardening Quiz, Features Office, Huddersfield Daily Examiner, PO Box A26, Queen Street South, Huddersfield, HD1 3DU.

Remember that entries will only be accepted up to January 9th and the winner will be announced on January 23rd – the book prize to be collected from the Examiner office at the above address after that date.