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oh my gourd

Quiz: How much do you know about pumpkins?

Orange you glad there’s less than two weeks to go until Halloween?
10.01pm, 20 Oct 2024
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THERE’S LESS THAN two weeks to go until Halloween, and some of you may have already carved a pumpkin ahead of All Hallows’ Eve. 

So we thought we’d pick your brains with a quiz about the spooky squash.

Can you get a gourd score, or is your knowledge a bit patchy?

To start with, is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
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Fruit
Vegetable
The word pumpkin comes from the Greek word 'peopon'. What does it mean?
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Sweet potato
Globular gourd

Large melon
Spooky squash
True or false - the word 'pumpkin' first appeared in the fairy tale Cinderella in the 17th century.
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True
False
Carving pumpkins has long been associated with Halloween, but which vegetable did the ancient Celts carve to ward off bad spirits?
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Carrot
Onion

Turnip
Potato
The Guinness World Record for heaviest pumpkin is held by Travis Gienger from the US, but how much did it weigh? (not pictured here)
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990 kg
1,246 kg

1,873 kg
2,540 kg
Which of these is not the name of a variety of pumpkin?
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Golden Cauldron
Jack Be Little

Sweet Sugar Pie
Warty Goblin
What was the name of the first single released by The Smashing Pumpkins in 1990?
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1979
Tonight, Tonight

Today
I Am One
In what year was It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown released?
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1959
1966

1975
1984
Starbucks developed the Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2003. Which of these ingredients would you not find in the autumnal beverage?
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Cardamom
Nutmeg

Cinnamon
Ginger
Finally, which film did this deadly mask appear in?
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Pumpkinhead
Friday the 13th Part 2

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Trick 'r Treat
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