Strawberry Basics
Strawberries & Cream Around the World
In the Movies
In Literature
Desserts & Treats
100
This red fruit is technically not a true berry.
What is a strawberry?
100
This British tennis tournament is famous for serving strawberries and cream.
What is Wimbledon?
100
This 1987 romance starring Cher includes strawberries in a memorable kitchen scene.
What is Moonstruck?
100
This Beatrix Potter character is famously fond of strawberries and other garden treats.
Who is Peter Rabbit?
100
This layered dessert usually combines strawberries, sponge cake, and whipped cream.
What is strawberry shortcake?
200
Strawberries belong to this plant family, which also includes roses.
What is the rose family?
200
In Mexico, strawberries and cream are commonly called this.
What is fresas con crema?
200
This 2016 musical features an opening number in a Los Angeles traffic jam before moving into a dreamy romance.
What is La La Land?
200
This Shakespeare play includes the line 'Doubt thou the stars are fire...' in a romance often paired with fruit imagery.
What is Hamlet?
200
This frozen dessert combines strawberries with cream and sugar.
What is ice cream?
300
This vitamin is especially abundant in strawberries.
What is vitamin C?
300
This Japanese holiday often features strawberry shortcake as a celebratory dessert.
What is Christmas?
300
This Pixar film follows a rat chef who creates elaborate French desserts.
What is Ratatouille?
300
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, this table-setting favorite nearly replaces strawberries at tea time.
What are tarts?
300
This pastry dessert often features strawberries arranged over custard.
What is a fruit tart?
400
The tiny seed-like structures on a strawberry are actually called these.
What are achenes?
400
This European country is known for Midsummer celebrations with strawberries and cream.
What is Sweden?
400
This Ingmar Bergman film uses wild strawberries as a symbol of memory and lost youth.
What is Wild Strawberries?
400
This Russian author wrote a short story titled 'The Strawberry'.
Who is Anton Chekhov?
400
This Italian dessert means 'cooked cream' and pairs well with strawberries.
What is panna cotta?
500
This U.S. state produces the vast majority of the nation's strawberries.
What is California?
500
This Roman emperor was supposedly allergic to strawberries.
Who is Claudius?
500
This 1990 Julia Roberts film includes a famous shopping montage and a strawberry-related breakfast scene.
What is Pretty Woman?
500
This Marcel Proust work famously explores memory through taste and sensation.
What is In Search of Lost Time?
500
This French dessert of strawberries marinated in syrup is often served chilled.
What is Fraises Romanoff?
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