Garden Jeopardy

Food Groups

100

What food group is the banana part of?

The fruit group

200

What food group is oatmeal found in?

The starch group

300

What food group are you supposed to fill half of your plate with/eat the most of at each meal?

Vegetables

400

What two food groups are beans a part of?

Protein and vegetable 

500

What are the four main food groups

Vegetable, fruit, protein, and starch 

Guess the Veggie

100

I am green, long, and crunchy. I am a main ingredient in the snack 'ants on a log'.

Celery

200

I am orange with a green top and I grow underground.

Carrot

300

I am yellow, I have kernels, and I grow on tall stalks.

Corn

400

I am orange, you sometimes eat my seeds, and I am often carved on Halloween.

Pumpkin

500

I am green, leafy, I'm often found in salads, and I'm made of 96% water.

Lettuce

Guess the Fruit

100

I am round and named after a color.

Orange

200

I grow on vines, I'm green or purple, and when I dry out I become a raisin.

Grape

300

I am large, red on the inside and green on the outside, and often eaten in Summer.

Watermelon

400

I am often thought of as a veggie, but my seeds and the way I grow classify me as a fruit. I am green, and you tried me out of the garden at school. 

Sweet pepper

500

I am exotic, yellow, and named after a shape.

Star fruit

Pollinators

100

This pollinator is one of most common and hard-working pollinators known for being attracted to a wide diversity of plants. It is known for making honey.

The Bee

200

This pollinator is attracted to flowers that smell stinky or smell like rotting fruit or meat.

The fly

300

This pollinator is a fan favorite because of its beautiful wings. It likes colorful flowers and needs a flat top to land on.

The butterfly

400

These pollinators (two answers) are attracted to flowers that are white, give off a sweet smell and bloom at nighttime.

Bats and moths

500

These pollinator bugs like flat, wide-open flowers that have a lot of pollen.

Beetles

Random Facts

100

I am the most popular (most purchased) fruit in the US.

Banana

200

What is the most hated veggie in the US?

Turnip

300

What vegetable is the most commonly grown in US gardens?

Tomatoes

400

True or false: if a plant is a "perennial" it means it will come back the next year without replanting it 

True 

500

What is the Maine State Flower

The White Pine cone 

*Maine is the only state in the US that does not have a real flower as its state flower