Farming Equipment
The gasoline-powered tractor was invented by John Froelich in 1892 in the village of Clayton in what Midwestern state?
Iowa
What swanky apple cultivar passed the Red Delicious in 2018 to become the most highly produced in the United States?
Gala
80% of sugar produced in the world is from sugarcane, with most of the rest being produced from the "sugar" variety of what root vegetable?
Beets
The term for the method of growing plants in a water-based solution without soil.
Hydroponics.
North America’s geographical center is in this state.
North Dakota
Horrific as it sounds, what common tree-cutting tool was actually invented in the 1700s to make it easier to cut through the pelvic bone during difficult childbirths?
Chainsaw
What culinary fruit of the genus Actinidia, 90% of which is cultivated in New Zealand, is also known in English as the "Chinese gooseberry?"
Kiwi
Which vegetable contains glycoalkaloids and should be avoided when it appears green?
Potato
This technique involves cutting away parts of a plant to improve its shape or productivity.
What is "pruning"?
This state has a larger Amish population than any other state, with 69,255 as of 2015.
Ohio
Although it sounds like something more alarming, what "S" word means to break up the surface of a field to remove weeds with shallow roots?
Scarifier
What crop, that's common to tropical climates is harvested either by the "climbing method" or the "pole method," in which a sharpened pole is used to cut the harvest from trees?
Coconuts
Which vegetable is often dried in the field for a few days to reduce moisture content before long-term storage?
Onions
This ancient Japanese technique involves sculpting trees into artistic shapes.
What is "Bonsai"?
While Chicago might be well known as the official US Windy City...it's actually this state in the heart of tornado alley that holds the title with gusts averaging over 15 mph.
Kansas
What two-word machine invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney separates fibers of a certain plant from its seeds? It also sounds like a cocktail idea that would taste bad.
Cotton Gin
According to 2021 statistics, what crop of the Musa genus is—at 125 million metric tons grown per year—the most popular fruit among global producers?
Banana
Stalks, crowns and florets are all parts of this vegetable.
What is "broccoli" ?
The term for the decomposition process of organic matter to create a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
What is "composting?"
Americans buy more than 500 million of these snacks each year which got their start in the state of Illinois'.
What are "twinkies"?
In 1837, what inventor created the steel plow, which was stronger than the iron plows then in use? His name is still well-known for agricultural equipment.
John Deere
When this fruit is ripe...it can actually bounce.
What are "cranberries?"
Which vegetable had a popular doll named after it?
What is "cabbage"?
What do the letters N-P-K stand for when applying any fertilizer to vegetation?
Ratio between potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen.
One of the greatest threats to American expansion in the midwest were the plains indians. Today, the tribes maintain many separate tribal governments scattered across several reservations, communities, and reserves in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Montana in the United States; and Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan in Canada. What is the tribe called today?
The Sioux tribe.