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Old World... or New World?

Can you guess whether these plants or animals originally came from the Old World or the New World?
Old World = Africa, Europe, Asia
New World = Americas
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Last updated: June 16, 2021
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First submittedJune 16, 2021
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1. Cocoa
Old World ✓
New World ✓
2. Coffee
Old World ✓
New World ✓
3. Smallpox
Old World ✓
New World ✓
4. Turkey
Old World ✓
New World ✓
5. Banana
Old World ✓
New World ✓
6. Corn
Old World ✓
New World ✓
7. Cow
Old World ✓
New World ✓
8. Chicken
Old World ✓
New World ✓
9. Opium
Old World ✓
New World ✓
10. Vanilla
Old World ✓
New World ✓
11. Tomato
Old World ✓
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12. Apple
Old World ✓
New World ✓
13. Llama
Old World ✓
New World ✓
14. Carrot
Old World ✓
New World ✓
15. Pig
Old World ✓
New World ✓
16. Guinea pig
Old World ✓
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17. Cat
Old World ✓
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18. Horse
Old World ✓
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19. Cannabis
Old World ✓
New World ✓
20. Tobacco
Old World ✓
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21. Rice
Old World ✓
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22. Potato
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23. Chili peppers
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24. Avocado
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32 Comments
ThatOnePunk
+6
Level 68
Jun 16, 2021
Nice quiz! Both fun and challenging.
overtired
+5
Level 85
Jun 16, 2021
Great quiz, as always!

The horse one is debatable. From the wiki page Evolution of the horse for example - "Paleozoologists have been able to piece together a more complete outline of the evolutionary lineage of the modern horse than of any other animal. Much of this evolution took place in North America, where horses originated but became extinct about 10,000 years ago."

Seems that they originated and spread from the New World, went extinct there, and were then reintroduced again from the Old World when the Spanish arrived.

Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Jun 17, 2021
I agree with 'overtired', the horse originated in the Americas and after extinction there was re-introduced back into the 'New World' by the Spanish.
interopia
+8
Level 85
Jun 17, 2021
We should add a caveat that explains we are talking about immediately before the Columbian Exchange and not ancient history.
MaxStickies
+1
Level 79
Jan 11, 2022
Perhaps you could change it to domestic horse or put Equus ferus caballus in brackets?
Dimby
+8
Level 79
Jun 18, 2021
This would also mean that the horse wasn't domesticated in the New World so the answer seems pretty straightforward.
bestanford
+4
Level 71
Jul 15, 2021
It's very clear in the context of the quiz IMO.
ornei
+1
Level 64
Jul 15, 2021
Yeah, I got horse wrong because of this. I don't think it's common sense to assume ~1500 as a starting point.
Cyclonus
+2
Level 81
Jul 19, 2021
I got "horse" correct on this quiz, even though I knew that it originally evolved in the Americas before going extinct there. The way the quiz instructions were worded apparently implied to me that since all horses that exist today are of old world ancestry, that was likely the correct answer.

That said, the wording of the instructions could stand to be clearer. Or, it may make sense to simply change "horse" to some other plant or animal for which there's no potential ambiguity.

JWatson24
+8
Level 71
Jun 18, 2021
Really cool quiz! Definitely challenging. It's really interesting to think that things we now consider major crops of many countries didn't even exist in those countries before the Columbian Exchange (no potatoes in Europe, no chili peppers in Asia, no bananas in Central or South America).
Dimby
+5
Level 79
Jun 18, 2021
It would be great if you could add extra information to each answer to identify where each of these comes from. Where is coffee originally from? I could look it up... but I think it is Ethiopia, so I won't bother. Would be nice to have that little bit of information after submitting your response.
Susantcat
+5
Level 59
Jun 27, 2021
Great quiz! I had to stop myself clicking old world on the Turkey question when I realised you meant the bird, not the country!
BrennoAU
+1
Level 43
Jul 15, 2021
I had the same thought
Loyal
+4
Level 66
Jul 5, 2021
Smallpox is neither an animal nor a plant
JDWI
+2
Level 40
Jul 17, 2021
No, but we can't bash the colonization of America by Europeans if we don't bring it up. If we're politicizing these quizzes, where did Slavery originate?
orange14
+5
Level 60
Jul 19, 2021
That's honestly a really good question that I don't think is answerable. Slavery has long existed in both the new and old worlds, the oldest recorded instances occur in Mesopotamia, where the first civilizations occurred. It should be acknowledged that slavery came with civilization in both lands. It's not something that originated in one or the other as it wasn't bought from one to the other.
Loyal
+1
Level 66
Jul 5, 2021
Was surprised by Bananas being from the Old World. Thought they were from like Mexico or something
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jul 15, 2021
Corn and Turkey could both be old world or new world, depending on what you mean by Corn and Turkey.
TWM03
+2
Level 70
Jul 16, 2021
"Corn" maybe should be replaced by "maize". I'm not sure what you mean about "turkey".
ddddan
+1
Level 80
Sep 26, 2021
The country maybe? :)
CardinalSin
+3
Level 79
Jul 16, 2021
Good quiz. I think your definition of New World is incorrect. It should include Oceania and probably Antarctica as well (not that the latter has many native plants).
Ludovico
+1
Level 70
Jul 16, 2021
All I can think of is what the hell were people eating in Europe all that time.. I always thought of potatoes as the most basic food there
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 72
Dec 14, 2021
Turnips and cabbage that had the be cooked for a whole day.
amgine
+1
Level 66
Jul 17, 2021
Most people don't know where cannabis originated? I guess folks were thrown off by the name "marijuana," which sounds Mayan. On the other hand, "cannabis" sounds very Greek, not to mention Indian hemp / ganja makes it Old World.
Wintogreen
+2
Level 29
Jul 17, 2021
lmfao i thought turkey meant the country so i put old world
SIMULATION
+1
Level 61
Jul 25, 2021
you're not alone
joez
+1
Level 74
Jul 17, 2021
Nice quiz! I got all except Vanilla.
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 72
Dec 14, 2021
Isn't the banana a little questionable? According to Wikipedia it was first cultivated in New Guinea (New World) from which it spread to elsewhere.
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Jan 21, 2022
I believe New Guinea to be Old World not New World.
Conradd23
+2
Level 58
Sep 15, 2022
I feel like "Turkey" wasn't specific enough. It could refer to the bird, or the country, or the bird from the country named Turkish hen which is where the North American bird got its name from...
SupBroDude
+1
Level 46
Apr 4, 2024
the description is talking about plants and animals.
leontodon
+1
Level 70
Feb 17, 2024
Suggestion: rephrase "Corn" as "Maize"
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