When are red poppies worn in the UK and Commonwealth?

Around Remembrance Day, November 11

Why did poppies grow on World War I battlefields?

Disturbed soil let dormant seeds sprout

Poppies Quiz: Can You Get 8 Out of 10?

Red poppies bloomed across the battlefields of Flanders in World War I, inspiring John McCrae's poem and a lasting symbol of remembrance, and this poppies quiz starts there. Explore the opium poppy's long history, California's golden state flower and the poppies painted by Claude Monet and Georgia O'Keeffe.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

McCrae
Who wrote In Flanders Fields?
Remembrance
When are red poppies worn in the UK and Commonwealth?
Battlefields
Why did poppies grow on World War I battlefields?
Opium
Which poppy is the source of opium?
California
What is California's state flower?
Seeds
Which poppy seeds are used in baking?
Tower
What filled the moat of the Tower of London in 2014?
Monet
Which painter created Poppy Field near Argenteuil?
Night
What does the California poppy do at night?
Himalayan
What color is the famous Himalayan poppy?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote In Flanders Fields?
Answer: John McCrae
He was a Canadian doctor.
Q2: When are red poppies worn in the UK and Commonwealth?
Answer: Around Remembrance Day, November 11
It marks the end of World War I.
Q3: Why did poppies grow on World War I battlefields?
Answer: Disturbed soil let dormant seeds sprout
Seeds can wait years to germinate.
Q4: Which poppy is the source of opium?
Answer: Papaver somniferum
Morphine and codeine come from it.
Q5: What is California's state flower?
Answer: California poppy
It is golden orange.
Q6: Which poppy seeds are used in baking?
Answer: Seeds of the opium poppy
They contain little opiate.
Q7: What filled the moat of the Tower of London in 2014?
Answer: 888,246 ceramic poppies
Each honored a fallen British or colonial soldier.
Q8: Which painter created Poppy Field near Argenteuil?
Answer: Claude Monet
He painted it in 1873.
Q9: What does the California poppy do at night?
Answer: Closes its petals
It also closes on cloudy days.
Q10: What color is the famous Himalayan poppy?
Answer: Blue
It is hard to grow.

Poppies Quiz – Flowers of Memory and Medicine

Poppies are flowering plants of the poppy family, with delicate papery petals in red, orange, yellow, white and even blue. They grow in fields, gardens and mountains across Europe, Asia and North America.

The red corn poppy became a symbol of remembrance after World War I, when it bloomed on the churned-up battlefields of Flanders and inspired John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields. Millions wear paper poppies each November.

The opium poppy has a long, complex history, providing medicines like morphine as well as illegal drugs. California poppies light up hillsides in spring, and artists from Claude Monet to Georgia O'Keeffe painted poppies.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans and gardeners will enjoy these questions.

Who wrote In Flanders Fields
Why poppies grew on battlefields
Which poppy gives opium
What California's flower is
Which artists painted poppies

Did You Know?

Poppy seeds can survive for decades in soil.
Iceland poppies grow in cold places.
Purple poppies honor animals in war.
White poppies symbolize peace.
Oriental poppies have huge blooms.