strawberry
Most cultivated strawberries ripen red. This topic is part of Fruit within Food & Drink. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
strawberry trivia questions
Strawberries are usually what color when ripe?
Answer: Red
Bonus fact: Most cultivated strawberries ripen red.
The tiny seed-like structures on the outside of a strawberry are actually what?
Answer: Fruits
Bonus fact: Each achene is a tiny dry fruit containing a seed.
Why is a strawberry called an aggregate accessory fruit?
Answer: Its flesh develops largely from the flower receptacle
Bonus fact: The juicy red part is enlarged receptacle tissue.
Why is a strawberry not a true botanical berry?
Answer: Its fleshy part comes largely from receptacle tissue
Bonus fact: The tiny structures on the outside are the actual fruits.
What traditional food is famously associated with Wimbledon spectators?
Answer: Strawberries and cream
Bonus fact: Strawberries and cream have been served at Wimbledon for generations.
Who wrote "The Castle of Otranto"?
Answer: Horace Walpole
Bonus fact: Walpole was also associated with the Gothic Revival through his elaborate home, Strawberry Hill.