Majorelle Garden Quiz: Cacti, Cobalt Blue and Yves Saint Laurent

This Majorelle Garden quiz walks the shady paths of a painter's garden in Marrakech. Play 10 interactive questions on Jacques Majorelle and his famous blue, the cactus collection, bamboo groves and palms, the 1930s studio, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé saving the garden in 1980, the Berber museum and the fashion museum that opened next door.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city is the Majorelle Garden in?
Founder
Who created the garden?
Color
What is the garden's signature color?
Cacti
Which plants form a famous collection there?
Grove
Which tall grass forms shady groves?
Studio
What building stands at the garden's heart?
Buyers
Who bought the garden in 1980?
Museum
What museum is in the studio today?
Fashion
What opened nearby in 2017?
Memorial
Whose ashes were scattered in the garden?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city is the Majorelle Garden in?
Answer: Marrakech
It is in the Gueliz area.
Q2: Who created the garden?
Answer: French painter Jacques Majorelle
He began it in the 1920s.
Q3: What is the garden's signature color?
Answer: A bright cobalt blue
It is called Majorelle blue.
Q4: Which plants form a famous collection there?
Answer: Cacti and succulents
Many come from the Americas.
Q5: Which tall grass forms shady groves?
Answer: Bamboo
It rustles along the paths.
Q6: What building stands at the garden's heart?
Answer: Majorelle's 1930s studio villa
It is painted in the famous blue.
Q7: Who bought the garden in 1980?
Answer: Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé
They saved it from development.
Q8: What museum is in the studio today?
Answer: A museum of Berber arts
It shows Amazigh jewelry and dress.
Q9: What opened nearby in 2017?
Answer: Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech
It holds the designer's works.
Q10: Whose ashes were scattered in the garden?
Answer: Yves Saint Laurent's
A memorial column stands there.

A Painter's Blue Garden in Marrakech

French painter Jacques Majorelle settled in Marrakech and in 1923 began planting a garden. In the 1930s he built a cubist studio villa and painted it in a vivid cobalt blue now called Majorelle blue. He opened the garden to the public in 1947.

The garden holds plants from around the world, with a striking collection of cacti and succulents, groves of bamboo, palms, water lilies and bougainvillea. Paths, pools and fountains create cool shade, and bright yellow pots stand out against the blue walls.

After Majorelle's death the garden was at risk, but in 1980 Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé bought and restored it. Saint Laurent's ashes were scattered there in 2008. The studio now houses a museum of Berber arts, and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech opened nearby in 2017.

What This Quiz Teaches

Garden and design fans will enjoy these questions.

Who planted the garden
Which blue is famous
Which plants grow there
Who saved it
Which museums sit nearby

Did You Know?

Morning visits avoid long lines.
Tickets are booked by time slot.
Birds nest among the palms.
Yellow pots contrast with the blue.
A café sits inside the grounds.