General Agriculture Trivia
Question: Which crop failure caused a famine in Ireland between 1846 and 1851?
Answer: Potato
Question: Which of these is a major crop of both India and China?
Answer: Tea
Question: Which farm animal is an omnivore?
Answer: Pig
Question: Which of these is a dark gray slug which is a serious crop pest?
Answer: Budapest slug
Question: Who invented the seed drill in 1701?
Answer: Jethro Tull
Question: What kind of animal does bacon come from?
Answer: Pig
Question: If your soil has a pH of 4, what color are your hydrangea flowers most likely to be?
Answer: Blue
Question: What machine does a farmer use first in the year?
Answer: Plough
Question: Which of these pigs is bred for both its bacon and its pork?
Answer: Hampshire
Question: What effect does adding 'lime' have on soil?
Answer: Neutralizes acid
Question: If cattle have been 'polled', what has happened to them?
Answer: Horns removed
Question: How was the agricultural blight of the 1930s in the USA known?
Answer: Dust Bowl
Question: What aid to farmers did William Murchland invent in 1889?
Answer: Milking Machine
Question: How many times a day are cows milked?
Answer: Two
Question: What month does the sheep shearing season begin?
Answer: June
Orchard & Crop Production Trivia
Question: What is grown in an orchard?
Answer: Fruit trees
Question: Which of these wild flowers is particularly beneficial for farmers in restoring nitrogen content to the soil?
Answer: Clover
Question: The failure of which crop caused Ireland's Great Famine in the 19th century?
Answer: Potato
Question: The Irish Famine was a result of the failure of which crop?
Answer: Potato
Question: Which of these is a dark grey slug which is a serious crop pest?
Answer: Budapest slug
Question: Which cereal crop is the main staple of the Chinese diet?
Answer: Rice
Question: Since the 1950s, how much has world crop production increased by?
Answer: x3
Crop Cultivation Trivia
Question: Which vegetable can be broad or butter amongst other varieties?
Answer: Bean
Question: What is the world's most cultivated plant?
Answer: Wheat
Question: Which of these common flowers is grown as a crop to produce cooking oil?
Answer: Sunflower
Question: Which of these is a cereal crop?
Answer: Corn
Question: Paddy fields are synonymous with the cultivation of which crop?
Answer: Rice
Miscellaneous Farming Trivia
Question: The ancient Mesopotamians linked their farming activities to the movements of which planet?
Answer: Venus
Question: Which of these is a farm-hand?
Answer: Spalpeen
Question: Which animals do dairy farmers keep?
Answer: Cattle
Question: Which of these farm animals' young is called a kid?
Answer: Goat
Question: Which of these sheep is bred for both its wool and its meat?
Answer: Lonk
Question: Which English agriculturist is best known for his invention of the seed drill in 1701?
Answer: Jethro Tull
Question: What is silage used for?
Answer: Cattle Feed
Question: Which of these is NOT a root vegetable?
Answer: Shallot
Question: Which of these European countries is NOT a major producer of wine?
Answer: Austria
Question: What is the bright yellow crop you see in the countryside during May?
Answer: Rapeseed
Question: What is the blue crop you see in the countryside during May?
Answer: Linseed
