1. In which French region is apple -growing  widespread?

    Normandy
    Aquitain
    Provence

2.

What liquor can you get from apples?

    Cider
    Grappa
    Wine

3. What's the name of the typical French dessert made of apples?


    Tart Dupont
    Tarte Pasteur
    Tarte Tatin

4.

What type of apple did Newton use in his experiment?

    “Queen of England”
     “Flower of the earth”
     “Flower of Kent”

5. Which question did Newton ask himself after watching an apple descending from a tree?

    Why should an apple  always fall vertically to the ground?
    Why do apples fall to the ground?
    Do apples fall because they are ripe?

6.

'An apple a day' . How many resources does it deprive the world of?

    A lot
    None
    Some

7. What damage do we cause when we eat an apple?

    Damage to our growth
    Damage to the environment
    Damage to economy

8. What is a  melariano?

    An inhabitant of a new extrasolar planet recently discovered
    Someone who only eats apples
    Someone who often goes to Melandia, an amusement park near Bergamo

9. A queen from a fairy tale by Calvino gives birth to:

    A blond girl
    A pretty apple
    A tasty peach

10. In which Cantica  does Dante make reference to apples?

    Hell
    Purgatory
    Paradise

11. What does the saying  ab ovo usque ad mala mean?

    Pay attention to what you do
    Do something from start to finish 
    Make a good nice cake

12.

What was a pomarium?

    A tool used to pick apples
    A perfume with the fragrance of  apples
    A room to store apples 

13. What did the ancient Romans do with apple seeds?

    A delicate perfume
    Pretty necklaces
    Curative ointments

14. What  does the  word  Avalon mean?

    Island of rabbits
    Island of apples
    Waste land

15. Why did  Wilhem Tell have to shoot an apple off  his son's head?

    Because he hadn't bowed to a hat
    Because he had offended a priest
    Because he was a criminal

16.

How many types of apples are known and eaten all over the world?

    More than ten, but fewer than thirty
    More than one hundred but fewer than five hundred
    More than one thousand

17. Can you get clean energy from apples?

    No, you can't
    Yes, because they contain natural gas
    Yes, you can get  electricity from them as they are acidic

18. What apples come from Valtellina?

    Melinda
    Annurca
    Red, Golden, Gala

19.

What is the diameter of an apple?

    65 mm
    52 mm
    50 mm

20. When is an apple ready to be picked?

    When you can easily pick the stalk off from the branch
    When an apple has bright colours
    When it has a certain diameter

21. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, that's because: (More answers are possible)

    It helps not ot get fat
    It contrasts ageing
    It prevents cardiovascular diseases

22. If everyone in the world had the same habits as the average European citizen, how many  Planets Earth would we need?

    2,6
    1,8
    4,2

23.

How much of what nature offers have men consumed over the last thirty - five years,?

    One-fifth
    One-third
    One-eighth

24.

Which Italian football team is named after a mythological character who was obliged to get married against her will because she had picked up some apples on her way?

    Atalanta
    Juventus
    Sampdoria

25.

A recent film tells the unhappy story of a famous English mathematician who was obsessed with the fairy tale of Biancaneve and committed suicide eating an apple he had poisoned using cyranide. Who are we talking about?

    Laurent Lafforgue
    Richard Feynman
    Alan Turing

26. The genome of an apple has

    30,000 genes
    12,000 genes   
    57,000 genes

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