Tu bishvat
Group
Names
Fun Facts
Trees
Nonsense
100

What do we celebrate during tu bishvat

"New year of the trees"-- used to be a harvest holiday but now we celebrate the new year of the trees


100

Fish

School


100

Flamingo's feathers are actually white, why do they become pink?

All the shrimp and algae they eat

100

What gas do trees absorb from the atmosphere and what gas do trees produce that lets us breathe

Carbon dioxide and Oxygen 

100

What was the name of the first super sonic commercial passenger jet in the world 

The Concord


200

When is tu bishvat celebrated in the Jewish Calendar

the 15th day of Shevat

200

Wolves

Pack


200

Why do Giraffes have a purple tongue? 

They have a high density of Melanin in their tongues


200

We call these trees "evergreen trees" 

Pine tree


200

Name the ingredients for chocolate cake

all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, eggs, salt, milk

300
Name 3 of the traditional foods we eat on Tu bishvat

Dates, Figs, Almonds, raisins, carob, grapes, pomegranates, etc... lots of fruit and nuts native to Israel

 

300

Dolphins

Pod


300

How many hearts does an octopus have?

3

300

We make syrup out of the sap of this tree

Maple Trees


300

How many worms can live in 1 square mile on earth

32,000

400

How many fruits are we traditionally supposed to eat on Tubishvat

7

400

Flamingos

Flamboyance


400
The only bird that can fly backwards

Hummingbirds


400

How to trees increase the water quality of an area

by filtering and slowing down rain water 

400

Name the two closest living relative to the T-Rex

Chicken and Ostrich 

500

Tu bishvat is 1 of how many "New Years" in Judaism (double points if you can name each one)

4 total: 

1) Tubishvat

2) Rosh Hashana

3) The first of Nisan

4) The first of Elul

500

Crows

Murder


500

How many noses to slugs have?

4

500

What is the name of the first true prehistoric tree

Wattieza

500

How many years can a Greenland Shark live

up top 500 years