Vitamin C
What two primary colors are mixed together to make orange?
Yellow and red
On which continent did oranges originate, traveling to Europe via Portuguese traders?
Asia.
Who sings the 1950 hit song “Orange Colored Sky”?
Nat King Cole
Orange foods tend to be high in carotenoids, which are good for reducing what ailment?
Inflammation (swelling).
What fairy tale notably features a pumpkin transformed into a carriage?
Cinderella
Before the 16th century, what was the English word for orange?
Yellow-red (or geoluhread)
In the 1700s, the invention of what type of indoor heated growing structure increased orange cultivation?
Greenhouses.
What orange vegetable has been rumored to be connected to William of Orange?
A Carrot
A Led Zeppelin song from the 1970s is named for what orange-hued fruit?
Tangerine
What is the common name of the orange-hued mammal with the scientific name Vulpes vulpes?
Red Fox
Which of the following gems is not orange:
amber, onyx, or carnelian?
Onyx
Orange is considered an important color in the works of what artistic movement, led by Claude Monet?
Impressionism. His painting Impression, Sunrise features an orange sun and spawned the movement.
In what area of the world did pumpkins originate?
Central America
What is the term for the white part inside an orange peel?
Pith
Which of these football teams has orange as one of its official colors:
The Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, or New Orleans Saints?
The Chicago Bears.
The House of Orange is the royal family of what country?
The Netherlands.
Orange is a popular color for what kind of safety devices, often worn when boating?
Life jackets (or life preservers or PFDs).
Which U.S. state grows the most pumpkins annually?
Illinois
How do you say orange in Spanish?
Naranja.
Which of these butterfly species features the color orange:
brimstone, monarch, or speckled wood?
Monarch
Whose experiments with light and optics defined orange as one of the seven colors of the visible spectrum?
Sir Isaac Newton
Which country has a flag featuring stripes of (in order) green, white, and orange?
Ireland
Orange pigment was once used in what pseudoscience, focused on the goal of making gold?
Alchemy
What orange-and-white striped fish is known for its relationship with sea anemones?
Clown Fish
What country originated the tradition of a jack-o’-lantern?
Ireland