A fruit with a hard stone around the seed

Which Japanese cherries can sell for very high prices?

Premium sato nishiki or similar varieties

Why shouldn't you eat many apricot kernels?

They contain compounds that release cyanide

Stone Fruits Quiz: Can You Get 8 Out of 10?

Peaches, cherries, mangoes and even olives belong to the same fruit type, the drupe, and this stone fruits quiz explores fruits built around a hard pit. Learn why Georgia is the Peach State, how Japan sells premium cherries, where apricots were first grown and why almonds are related to peaches.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Drupe
What is a drupe?
Georgia
Which state is nicknamed the Peach State?
Origin
Where were peaches first domesticated?
Almond
Which nut is a close relative of the peach?
Olive
Which savory fruit is also a drupe?
Apricot
Which country produces the most apricots?
Cherry
Which Japanese cherries can sell for very high prices?
Prune
What is a prune?
Nectarine
What is a nectarine?
Pits
Why shouldn't you eat many apricot kernels?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is a drupe?
Answer: A fruit with a hard stone around the seed
Peaches and cherries are drupes.
Q2: Which state is nicknamed the Peach State?
Answer: Georgia
California actually grows more.
Q3: Where were peaches first domesticated?
Answer: China
Their Latin name suggests Persia.
Q4: Which nut is a close relative of the peach?
Answer: Almond
We eat the almond's seed.
Q5: Which savory fruit is also a drupe?
Answer: Olive
Its flesh is rich in oil.
Q6: Which country produces the most apricots?
Answer: Turkey
Malatya is famous for them.
Q7: Which Japanese cherries can sell for very high prices?
Answer: Premium sato nishiki or similar varieties
Fruit gifting is common.
Q8: What is a prune?
Answer: A dried plum
Agen in France is famous for them.
Q9: What is a nectarine?
Answer: A smooth-skinned peach
A single gene removes the fuzz.
Q10: Why shouldn't you eat many apricot kernels?
Answer: They contain compounds that release cyanide
Small amounts are used in flavoring.

Stone Fruits Quiz – Fruits With a Heart of Stone

Stone fruits, called drupes, have fleshy outer layers surrounding a hard stone that protects the seed. They include peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, cherries, mangoes and even olives and coconuts.

Peaches were first domesticated in China, despite a Latin name suggesting Persia, and almonds are their close relatives. Turkey produces the most apricots, especially around Malatya, and Georgia is nicknamed the Peach State, though California grows more.

Nectarines are smooth-skinned peaches, prunes are dried plums and premium cherries in Japan can sell for very high prices as gifts. Stone fruit kernels contain compounds that release cyanide, so they should not be eaten in large amounts.

What This Quiz Teaches

Food lovers and gardeners will enjoy these questions.

What a drupe is
Where peaches began
Which nut is related
Which country grows apricots
Why kernels are risky

Did You Know?

Mirabelles are small French plums.
Sour cherries are used in pies.
Lychees are not drupes.
Pluots are plum-apricot hybrids.
Cherry trees bloom before leafing.