Rose Quiz for Adults
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1. Where did roses first begin to be grown?
In ancient Rome
2. A variety of rose was named after which famous French comic actor? They are very beautiful traditional roses of a delicate orange hue.
Louis de Funes
3. What is a stemmed rose?
A grafted rose bush, a cuttings of a varietal rose are grafted onto a rose hip.
4. What is the name of the traditional heraldic emblem of England and Hampshire?
Tudor Rose
5. What is the name of the war for the English throne between the two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty, the Lancasters and the Yorks.
War of the Scarlet and White Rose
6. What is the name of Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1986 movie based on Umberto Eco's novel of the same name?
"The Name of the Rose"
7. In the work of which French aviator writer, one of the characters was Rose, whose prototype was his wife? What is the name of this story?
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, "The Little Prince".
8. What is the name of a famous mystical work by Russian poet and writer Daniil Andreev?
"Rose of Peace"
9. What is the name of Andersen's fairy tale about roses?
The Snail and the Rosebush
10. What is another name for a Chinese rose?
Hibiscus
11. Which rose variety is the progenitor of most modern garden roses?
Gallic rose
12. What is a wind rose?
A meteorological diagram that characterizes the wind patterns in a particular area.