The Root of the Matter
This nutrient is famous for being present in potatoes
What is potassium?
In Belgium, this potato dish is traditionally served alongside mussels and is a national culinary staple.
What are fries/frites?
Approximately how many different potato varieties are believed to exist worldwide?
What are more than 4,000 varieties?
This potato character is seen in Toy Story
Who is Mr. Potato Head?
A potato can contain enough starch to be used to make this biodegradable material
What is bioplastic?
Potatoes originated from this continent
What is South America?
This potato dish is made from grated potatoes fried into a crispy cake
What is rösti?
This country is the world's largest consumer of potatoes per person
Belarus (depending on dataset/year)
In The Martian, Mark Watney's ability to grow potatoes depends on using this unusual fertilizer source available on Mars.
What is human waste?
The world's heaviest officially recorded potato weighed more than 4 kilograms—roughly the weight of this small household pet
What is a cat?
This gas is commonly used to prevent potatoes from sprouting during storage
What is ethylene?
This Spanish dish combines fried potatoes with a spicy sauce
What are patatas bravas?
This is the world's largest potato-producing country
What is China?
What is the famous internet phrase that begins with “Boil ’em, mash ’em…”?
What is “Stick ’em in a stew!”?
Potatoes were once believed to be capable of causing this bizarre medical condition because they were associated with disease.
What is leprosy?
This is the part of a potato that is usually eaten
What is a tuber?
This Irish potato dish traditionally combines mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale, butter, and sometimes scallions
What is colcannon?
During the Irish Potato Famine, the crop failure was primarily caused by this disease.
What is late blight?
This famous painting by Vincent van Gogh depicts a family gathered around a meal of potatoes
What is The Potato Eaters?
In the 1990s, scientists inserted a gene from this other organism into potatoes to create a variety resistant to a major pest
What is a bacterium?
This poisonous compound develops in green potatoes
What is solanine?
This traditional Peruvian dish consists of mashed yellow potatoes layered with fillings such as chicken or tuna
What is causa?
This northern European country established a major potato research and breeding program at its agricultural university, helping develop varieties suited to its short growing season
What is Finland?
This famous children's author wrote The Potato People, a novel featuring magical potato-shaped characters
Who is Angela Wright?
What animal famously helped inspire the name “potato bug,” despite not actually being a potato?
The Jerusalem cricket (“potato bug” is a common name for it.)