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100

This part of the plant is covered in slime and makes new plants grow 

What is the tomato seed?

100

This recipe uses lots of tomatoes and goes well on pasta and pizza.

What is marinara sauce?

100

Tomatoes are related to peppers, eggplants, and potatoes. What is this plant family called?


A) Brassicas

B) Cucurbits

C) Nightshades 

C) Nightshades

100

The Aztec word for tomato is tomatl. What does it mean?

A) red fruit

B) plump fruit

B) plump fruit


The Spanish colonizers then called the fruit tomate --> tomato 

100

Tomatoes have been grown in space.


True 


Tomatoes were first grown in space in 1984.

200

This part of the tomato is toxic to eat.

What are the leaves and stem? 

200

This way of preserving tomatoes goes great on a cheeseburger and fries.

What is ketchup?

200

Which state grows the most tomatoes in the USA?

A) New Jersey

B) California

C) Arizona 

B) California 

200

Where did tomatoes originally come from? 

a. the mountains of South America 

b. the fields of Italy 

c. the jungles of India 

A. the mountains of South America! Tomatoes are originally from the country of Peru 

200

People originally thought tomatoes were poisonous.


 True 


In the 1800s, European aristocrats ate tomatoes on pewter plates which are high in lead. The acidity from the tomatoes leached the lead into them, causing people to get sick

300

Botanically, is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? 

A fruit, because the seeds are inside.

300

This tomato recipe was invented in 1832 and goes great with a certain sandwich....

What is tomato soup? 

300

This is the average amount of tomatoes eaten by 1 American per year.

What is 23-31 pounds? 

300

What was a nickname of the tomato in the 1500s? 

a. red peach 

b. wolf apple 

c. rose lemon 

b. what is the wolf apple? 

300

The average tomato takes 50 day days to ripen.

False, it takes 20-30 days for a tomato to development a color other than green. 

400

The tiny hairs on tomato stems are actually ___.

What are roots?


400

What dessert used tomato soup in the recipe during the Great Depression? 

a. apple pie

b. chocolate chip cookies

c. spice cake  

c. what is a spice cake?


400

There are over ______ varities of tomatoes


A) 7,000

B) 4,000

C) 10,000

C) over 10,000

400

In what year did the first genetically modified tomato (GMO) hit the market?

A) 1984

B) 1996

C) 2003

A) 1984, it was called Flavr Savr, aka CGN-89564-2. It was discontinued in 1997 as it was too expensive to produce and it wasn't flavorful.

400

Tomatoes are cold-hardy plants.

False, they are tropical.

500

This name is given to the top part of a tomato, which is the strongest and does not get squished easily.

Hint: Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes 

What is the shoulder?

When harvesting tomatoes, farmers stack tomatoes shoulders down as they can bear the most weight without squishing.

500

This French tomato recipe is also the name of a Pixar movie that follows a chef rat.



What is ratatouille? 

500

Tiny Tim, Yellow Pear, and Sungold are all varieties of:

A) Cherry tomato

B) Slicing tomato

C) Paste tomato 

A) Cherry tomato

500

In 1893, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that although tomatoes are botanically a fruit, they will be classified as ____.

What is a vegetable?


Nix v. Heddon (1893) ruled this since there were tariffs on imported fruit.

500

"Tomato Clubs" were formed by women across the American South in the early 1900s to encourage young girls to join agriculture. 

True! This eventually led to 4H clubs