Pumpkins

The word pumpkin comes from

• Middle English plump, plompe

• the Greek pepon (πέπων) for "large melon", something round and large

• the Roman Empire Latin plumbum for lead

• Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pluma small soft feather

A pumpkin is a cultivar of

• a squash plant

• a carrot

• a potato

• red pepper

Pumpkins, like other squash, originated in

• England-brought to America by the Pilgrims

• New England and Canada

• Northeastern Mexico and southern United States

• Southeast Asia

The oldest evidence of pumpkin fragments dates to a time

• between 7,000 and 5,500 BC (9000 to 7000 years ago)

• about 2000 years ago

• in the early 1900's

• when rDNA products are made

Pumpkins are a type of botanical

• nut

• vegetable

• berry

• drupe

The color of pumpkins derives from

• Xanthophylls: canthaxanthin, zeaxanthin, lutein

• chlorophyll-b, chlorophyll-c or chlorophyll-d

• melanin, urochrome, flavonoids

• orange carotenoid pigments

Which of the following is NOT the possible color of a pumpkin?

• Orange

• Red

• White

• They can be almost any color even pink

Which continent is unable to produce pumpkins?

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Antarctica

In 2017, world production of pumpkins (including squash and gourds) was

• 27 tonnes

• 50 tonnes

• 1 million tonnes

• 27 million tonnes

95% of the U.S. pumpkins are grown in

• Illinois.

• Michigan

• Florida

• California