Trees in Movies
This Marvel character is a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and is capable of regenerating and growing limbs rapidly, despite limited communication skills.
Who is Groot?
This children's book, written by Shel Silverstein, tells the story of a selfless tree that gives everything it has to a boy throughout his life.
What is "The Giving Tree"?
This day is the official national observance of Arbor Day each year (answer within 1 week)
What is the Last Friday in April?
Aspen
Utah, USA
Isaac Newton was inspired to write about the Universal Law of Gravity by watching fruit from this tree fall.
What is the Apple tree?
This tree, found on the grounds of Hogwarts Schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry, is known for its violent and aggressive nature, attacking anyone who approaches it.
What is the Whomping Willow?
In A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories, this is the name of the enchanting forest setting where Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and their friends have their adventures.
A) 1901
B) 1872
C) 1949
D) 1854
B) 1872
Olive
Jerusalem, Israel
This myth about George Washington details that he received a hatchet on his 6th birthday and proceeded to cut down this tree, which his father loved. When asked by his father, George confessed his actions, teaching the importance of honesty.
What is the Cherry Tree?
Grandmother Willow, the loving and wise tree in Disney's animated Pocahontas, is located in which US State?
What is Virginia?
In the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus Christ curses this type of tree for not bearing any fruit shortly before He is betrayed and crucified.
What is the Fig tree?
This State was the very first State to celebrate Arbor Day.
A) Nebraska
B) Virginia
C) Maine
D) California
A) Nebraska
Banyan
India
What is the Magna Carta?
What is the name of the ancient Ent character in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, known for his wise but slow manner of speech, who leads the Ents in a war against Saruman?
What is Tree Beard?
In Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax", this is the fictional name of the species of trees that were being cut down to create "Thneeds" in an allegory for modern-day environmentalism.
What is the "Truffula Tree"?
During the very first Arbor Day, this was the number of tree(s) planted in a single day.
A) 1 tree
B) 100 trees
C) 10,000 trees
D) 1 million trees
D) 1 million trees!
Dragon's Blood
Socotra, Yemen
The Buddha was famously rumored to have sat under this tree when he received Enlightenment in India.
What is the Bodhi tree?
In the movie "Avatar", what is the name of the sacred tree worshipped by the Na'vi people and threatened by human mining on Pandora?
In Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", this type of tree was the tree with a knothole filled with various small gifts for Jem and Scout, symbolizing friendship and kindness in a time of prejudice.
What is the Oak tree?
This year was when Arbory Day was made to be a nationally observed holiday. (answer within 10 years)
What is 1970?
Rainbow Eucalyptus
Papa New Guinea (also Indonesia)
This tree served as a source of hope and happiness for Anne Frank, who wrote about it several times while watching it from a window in the attic in which she hid from the Nazis for several years.
What is the chestnut tree?