Houseplants Quiz

Try out this Houseplants quiz to test your knowledge. Houseplants trivia traces the long appeal of growing plants indoors, from ornamental ferns in the 19th century to today’s popular succulents, monsteras, and pothos.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Thomas Hoy, honored by Hoya, worked as gardener for whom?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which poinsettia namesake was also the first U.S. minister to Mexico?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Before his name landed on gardenias, Alexander Garden was specifically described as what kind of naturalist?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Leonhart Fuchs fits which description best?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Hoya points back to Thomas Hoy, whose job was gardener to which noble title?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
What region of the Atlantic world is tied to Alexander Garden's work?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
When you hear that Fuchsia honors Fuchs, what era should come to mind?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which statement about Poinsett is accurate?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
Garden's biography includes which birthplace clue?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Pick the correct capsule for Leonhart Fuchs.?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
What kind of plant is lucky bamboo actually, rather than a true bamboo?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
Mother-in-law's tongue is another common name for which houseplant?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
The common name corn plant refers to which plant?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Dumb cane is the everyday name for what plant?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Asplenium nidus is better known in homes by what common name?

Thomas Hoy, honored by Hoya, worked as gardener for whom?

Which poinsettia namesake was also the first U.S. minister to Mexico?

Before his name landed on gardenias, Alexander Garden was specifically described as what kind of naturalist?

Leonhart Fuchs fits which description best?

Hoya points back to Thomas Hoy, whose job was gardener to which noble title?

What region of the Atlantic world is tied to Alexander Garden's work?

When you hear that Fuchsia honors Fuchs, what era should come to mind?

Which statement about Poinsett is accurate?

Garden's biography includes which birthplace clue?

Pick the correct capsule for Leonhart Fuchs.?

What kind of plant is lucky bamboo actually, rather than a true bamboo?

Mother-in-law's tongue is another common name for which houseplant?

The common name corn plant refers to which plant?

Dumb cane is the everyday name for what plant?

Asplenium nidus is better known in homes by what common name?