| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Type of tree whose leaf appears on the Canadian flag | Maple | 99%
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| In the summer of 1666, Isaac Newton reportedly saw this type of fruit fall from what became known as "the gravity tree" | Apple | 96%
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| Japanese loanword for a small tree grown to mimic the shape of a larger tree | Bonsai | 77%
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| Tree which Harry Potter and Ron Weasley crash into with a car | Whomping {Willow} | 76%
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| When Noah released a dove from the ark, it came back with a branch of this tree | Olive | 75%
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| World's oldest type of tree | Bristlecone {pine} | 72%
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| Person who gained enlightenment sitting under the Bodhi tree | Buddha | 71%
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| Robin Hood is said to have taken shelter inside the hollow trunk of this massive tree | Major {Oak} | 71%
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| Tree-like being in "Guardians of the Galaxy" | Groot | 67%
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| In a well-known myth, a 6-year-old George Washington took a hatchet to this type of tree and later confessed, "I can’t tell a lie. I did cut it…" | Cherry | 60%
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| Popular spice made from a type of tree bark. Europeans of the Middle Ages had no idea that it came from Sri Lanka. | Cinnamon | 56%
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| Race of tree-like beings in "The Lord of the Rings" | Ents | 55%
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| At least 3/4 of this type of tree have been lost in Europe and the Americas since 1930 due to a "Dutch" disease | Elm | 51%
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| This tree appeared in both the title and the cover photo of a 1987 album by U2 | The {Joshua} Tree | 50%
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| Forbidden fruit grew on this tree in the Garden of Eden | Tree of the {knowledge} of good and evil | 47%
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| This tree was the subject of a well-known book by Shel Silverstein | The {Giving} Tree | 43%
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| This Giant Sequoia is the world’s largest tree, measured by volume | {General} Sherman | 42%
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| These trees grow in both Madagascar and the fictional planet of "The Little Prince" | Baobab | 39%
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| Name of the oldest known individual of that species, germinated c. 2833 BC (hint: a Bible character) | Methuselah | 29%
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| In Norse mythology, this tree connects the nine worlds | Yggdrasil | 28%
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