Nature & animals
The “Plants and flowers” quiz — Nature & animals. It has 25 questions in five categories: Trees of the World, Carnivorous Plants, Floral Wonders, Defences & Toxins, Living Fossils. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which evergreen conifer native to the Pacific coast of North America is the tallest living tree on Earth?
What is this savannah tree whose swollen trunk can store up to 120,000 litres of water to survive droughts?
Which coastal tidal forests…
In the gameWhich sacred Indian fig…
In the gameWhat is the name…
In the gameWhich carnivorous plant snaps its leaf lobes shut in a fraction of a second when prey touches trigger hairs twice?
What is the name of this tropical carnivorous plant genus that catches prey in hanging fluid-filled pitchers?
Which carnivorous plant catches…
In the gameWhich aquatic carnivorous plant…
In the gameWhat is this North…
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Which precious spice is obtained from these dried, vivid crimson stigmas of the purple autumn crocus?
What is the name of this giant Amazonian water lily whose floating pads can span three metres and hold a child?
Which climbing orchid native…
In the gameWhat is this parasitic…
In the gameWhich Sumatran plant produces…
In the gameWhich chemical compound in chili peppers triggers burning pain receptors in mammals but leaves birds unaffected?
Which highly poisonous plant of the nightshade family did Renaissance women drop into their eyes to dilate their pupils for cosmetic beauty?
Which lethal ribosomal toxin…
In the gameWhich bitter alkaloid extracted…
In the gameWhich poisonous plant of…
In the gameWhich ancient vascular plants never flower, reproducing via microscopic spores in clusters on the underside of fronds?
What is this relict Chinese tree, the sole surviving species of its entire division, known for fan-shaped leaves?
Which palm-like ancient plants…
In the gameWhat is this relict…
In the gameWhich ancient conifer was…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.