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Treevial Pursuit A N A R T F U L T R E E – T H E M E D T R I V I A G A M E
Gaming the Winter
This easy-to-assemble kit is part of the Spencer Museum’s “Gaming the Winter” series of activities and games. Treevial Pursuit is for 2-4 players.
Object of the Game
Be the first player to reach the heartwood (center) of the board. Get Started
Line up the two pages of the board. Cut out the cards on the dotted lines, shuffle, and place in a stack with the question side facing up.
Optional: Use the blank cards to create your own questions to add to the game.
Prepare your game pieces by either cutting out the leaves below, finding small twigs outdoors, or fashioning them from found materials at home.
Place your game pieces on the bark of the board.
Choose a player to go first. Play alternates or moves clockwise between players with each question.
On Your Turn
A different player selects the top card and reads the question aloud.
If you answer correctly, keep the card and advance on the board. For a novice level game, advance by moving your game piece two rings for each correct answer. For an advanced level game, move your game piece one ring for each correct answer.
If you answer incorrectly, take the card out of the game and set it aside.
Game Over? Get Creative!
Count your cards. Which category did you master?
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When you are done playing Treevial Pursuit, get creative with your board. Add color, transform it into a timeline, or invent a new game of your own.
Gam
e P
iece
s
Treevial Pursuit M A K E Y O U R O W N B A D G E
Treev
ial P
ursui
t
Q:
Which literary character
lived in a Beech tree in the “100 Aker W
ood” with a
broken sign out front that read “Trespassers W
…”?
Q:
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the talking trees play a m
ajor role in defeating Sarum
an. What
were they called?
Q:
What spring celebration
involves dancers decorating a cedar or birch tree or pole w
ith ribbon and flow
ers?
Q:
Q:
True or False: Ther e are m
ore trees in the U
nited States today than there w
ere 100 years ago.
Q:
In what country is the
caber toss among the
traditional competitions?
Q:
How
many layers of m
aple are used to construct a typical skateboard?
Q:
What is the national tree of
the United States?
Q:
Which U
.S. President, noted for his opposition to destructive lum
bering practices and for presiding over the founding of N
ational Park System,
is believed to have banned the use of C
hristmas trees
in the White H
ouse?
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Pictured in this print from
the Spencer Museum
’s collection, w
hat is the oldest know
n living tree species in the w
orld?
A: P
igle
t, fr
om A
.A. M
ilne’
s
W
inni
e-th
e-Po
oh b
ooks
Pig
let e
xpla
ined
to C
hris
toph
er R
obin
that
“t
he ‘W
’ is
shor
t for
Will,
whi
ch is
sho
rt fo
r Tr
espa
sser
s W
illiam
.”
A: E
nts
Take
n fro
m th
e O
ld E
nglis
h w
ord
for ‘
gian
ts,’
they
wer
e co
nsid
ered
the
shep
herd
s of
the
trees
or t
ree-
folk
.
A: M
ay D
ay
Also
kno
wn
as th
e M
ay P
ole
Danc
e, th
e or
igin
s of
this
pag
an p
ract
ice
may
be
trace
d to
ear
ly fi
rst c
entu
ry B
ritai
n an
d re
late
to
ferti
lity
rites
. May
Day
fest
ival
s ar
e co
mm
on
acro
ss E
urop
e an
d ha
ve s
prea
d el
sew
here
as
a re
sult
of c
olon
izatio
n. T
he M
ay P
ole
Danc
e is
a c
erem
onia
l fol
k da
nce
in w
hich
dan
cers
w
eave
a c
ompl
ex p
atte
rn o
f rib
bons
aro
und
a tre
e or
pol
e.
A: B
ristle
cone
Pin
e
Thou
gh it
s pr
ecis
e lo
catio
n re
mai
ns a
sec
ret
to p
rote
ct it
from
van
dalis
m a
nd to
uris
m,
a co
re s
ampl
e fro
m a
n an
cien
t bris
tleco
ne
pine
in th
e In
yo N
atio
nal F
ores
t and
Whi
te
Mou
ntai
ns o
f Cal
iforn
ia d
ated
it a
s 5,
071
year
s ol
d.
Rebe
kah
Rich
mon
d, B
ristle
cone
, 197
6, 1
998.
0555
A: T
rue!
Acco
rdin
g to
the
U.S
. For
est S
ervi
ce,
fore
st a
rea
in th
e U
nite
d St
ates
has
in
crea
sed
slig
htly
sin
ce 1
920,
from
735
m
illion
acr
es to
740
milli
on a
cres
.
A: S
cotla
nd
A ca
ber i
s a
tape
red
log,
typi
cally
m
easu
ring
18 fe
et a
nd w
eigh
ing
betw
een
100–
150
poun
ds. T
he c
aber
toss
is a
n an
nual
eve
nt in
Sco
tland
’s H
ighl
and
Gam
es in
whi
ch th
e co
mpe
titor
toss
es
the
cabe
r int
o th
e ai
r so
that
it tu
rns
end
over
end
with
the
goal
of l
andi
ng in
the
12 o
’clo
ck p
ositi
on.
A: S
even
Mos
t ska
tebo
ards
in th
e U
nite
s St
ates
are
cr
eate
d fro
m m
aple
woo
d fro
m th
e G
reat
La
kes
regi
on, w
here
the
cold
clim
ate
prod
uces
den
ser w
ood,
giv
ing
the
boar
d its
ch
arac
teris
tic “p
op.”
The
stre
ngth
of a
boa
rd
com
es fr
om a
ltern
atin
g th
e w
ood
grai
n in
ea
ch la
yer.
A: O
ak
Desi
gnat
ed a
s Am
eric
a’s
Nat
iona
l Tre
e in
20
04, t
here
are
mor
e th
an 6
0 sp
ecie
s of
oa
k in
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, m
akin
g it
the
mos
t w
ides
prea
d Am
eric
an h
ardw
ood
tree.
A: T
heod
ore
Roo
seve
lt
Alth
ough
the
fam
ily d
id n
ot p
ut u
p a
tree
durin
g hi
s pr
esid
ency
, the
“ban
” is
a m
yth.
Th
e cu
stom
of a
Chr
istm
as tr
ee in
one
’s ho
me
is a
rela
tivel
y m
oder
n on
e. T
he
pres
iden
t’s s
on d
id, h
owev
er, s
urpr
ise
the
fam
ily w
ith a
sm
all d
ecor
ated
tree
hid
den
in
his
clos
et.
Q:
True or false: The G
hent Altarpiece, a 13-panel oil-on-w
ood m
asterpiece by Jan van Eyck, w
as stolen by Nazis
and has yet to be recovered.
Q:
Carved by First N
ations of the Pacific N
orthwest,
totem poles com
mem
orate ancestry, people, or events through sym
bolic and stylized hum
an, animal, and
supernatural forms. N
ame
two com
monly carved
animals.
Q:
In the Potawatom
i language, the term
tugw
abe’nene exem
plifies the interconnectedness of hum
ans and nature. Tugw
abe means tree.
What does nene m
ean?
Q:
How
many species of trees
are known w
orldwide –
approximately 60,000,
38,000, or 15,000?
Q:
Where are the tallest
trees in the world found?
Q:
The court of KU’s Allen
Fieldhouse and most
other indoor basketball courts is constructed from
what type of
wood?
Q:
What is the term
for an outdoor w
alkway m
ade of w
ood?
Q:
In 1947, ethnographer Thor H
eyerdahl departed from Peru
in a raft hoping to reach the South Sea islands in order to dem
onstrate how ancient
societies came into contact
with one another. N
amed
Kon Tiki, from w
hat type of lightw
eight wood w
as his raft constructed?
Q:
The wooden w
arship USS
Constitution becam
e famous
after a battle during the War
of 1812, when cannon shots
from an English w
arship bounced off her sides. U
nable to penetrate her live oak fram
e, the sailors dubbed her _________?
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A: F
alse
In 1
945,
the
alta
rpie
ce, a
long
with
man
y ot
her s
tole
n ar
twor
ks, w
as d
isco
vere
d by
th
e M
onum
ents
Men
in a
sal
t min
e. It
was
re
turn
ed to
St.
Bavo
’s C
athe
dral
in B
elgi
um
and
has
been
saf
e th
ere
ever
sin
ce.
A: E
agle
, Rav
en, T
hund
erbi
rd, B
ear,
Bea
ver,
Wol
f, K
iller
Wha
le, a
nd F
rog
Tote
m p
ole
imag
ery
repr
esen
ts k
insh
ip
and
depi
cts
fam
ily c
rest
s an
d cl
an
mem
bers
hip.
Pol
e ca
rver
s ty
pica
lly u
se re
d ce
dar,
whi
ch n
atur
ally
repe
ls m
oist
ure
and
is p
est r
esis
tant
. His
toric
ally,
they
use
d a
varie
ty o
f car
ving
tool
s in
clud
ing
ston
e, s
hell,
bo
ne, a
nd b
eave
r tee
th.
A: M
an
Toge
ther
, the
phr
ase
trans
late
s to
‘M
an in
the
tree,
’ ref
errin
g to
the
unde
rsta
ndin
g th
at th
e tre
e is
aliv
e an
d ha
s a
spiri
t.
A: 6
0,06
5
In 2
017,
sci
entis
ts fr
om th
e U
nite
d Ki
ngdo
m’s
Bota
nic
Gar
dens
Con
serv
atio
n In
tern
atio
nal c
reat
ed th
e fir
st
com
preh
ensi
ve a
nd s
earc
habl
e da
taba
se o
f th
e w
orld
’s kn
own
trees
, Glo
balTr
eeSe
arch
.
A: C
alifo
rnia
In n
orth
ern
Cal
iforn
ia, t
he S
equo
ia
sem
prev
irens
, com
mon
ly k
now
n as
the
redw
oods
, can
soa
r to
300
feet
. One
re
dwoo
d, m
easu
red
in 2
006,
sto
od a
t 37
9 fe
et.
A: M
aple
Map
le is
priz
ed fo
r its
flex
ibilit
y, du
rabi
lity,
and
high
sho
ck re
sist
ance
, m
akin
g it
a sa
fer s
urfa
ce fo
r pla
yers
and
en
surin
g a
cons
iste
nt b
all b
ounc
e. It
is
also
ligh
t in
colo
r, pr
ovid
ing
cont
rast
for
the
ball
and
brig
hten
ing
the
aren
a.
A: B
oard
wal
k
The
mod
ern
use
of b
oard
wal
ks in
our
N
atio
nal a
nd S
tate
Par
ks a
nd F
ores
ts a
llow
vi
sito
rs to
exp
lore
nat
ural
are
as o
ther
wis
e no
t acc
essi
ble,
suc
h as
mar
shla
nds
and
coas
tal w
ater
way
s.
A: B
alsa
Woo
d
The
mai
n bo
dy o
f the
raft
was
com
pose
d of
ni
ne b
alsa
tree
trun
ks u
p to
45
ft lo
ng a
nd 2
ft
in d
iam
eter
, and
lash
ed to
geth
er. T
he K
on
Tiki
car
ried
6 m
en a
nd 1
par
rot o
n its
jo
urne
y.
A: O
ld Ir
onsi
des
The
USS
Con
stitu
tion
is th
e ol
dest
co
mm
issi
oned
war
ship
in th
e w
orld
stil
l afl
oat.
Toda
y, th
e sh
ip is
ber
thed
in B
osto
n an
d is
kno
wn
as “A
mer
ica’
s Sh
ip o
f Sta
te.”
Q:
Traditional Chinese
calligraphy paper, called xuan, is m
ade of two
natural materials: tree bark
and ________?
Q:
The Spencer’s sculpture H
anging in the Balance by W
endell C
astle is made
of bronze and w
ood. Which
part is wood: the
chair or pillow?
Q:
Which Dutch artist
painted at least 15 paintings of olive trees, m
ostly from an asylum
in Saint-Rém
y in the south of France in 1889?
Q:
The growth rings of a tree
can tell us two things about
its life. Nam
e one.
Q:
The dwarf w
illow is
considered the world’s
smallest tree at less than
2 1/2 inches high. Where
is it most w
idely found, G
reenland or Southern Italy?
Q:
True or False: W
ood-chopping was
just recently recognized as an offi
cial sport in Australia.
Q:
To make a w
ooden tennis racket or an archery bow, the w
ood must be bent into
the shape desired. What
is the name of the process
used for bending wood?
Q:
In 1666, Isaac New
ton observed an apple fall from
a tree in his garden, causing him
to ponder the forces at play and leading to the developm
ent of what theory?
Q:
What kind of “tree” is grow
n on farm
s in every state in the U
nited States?
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A: R
ice
Stra
w
Xuan
pap
er is
ver
y th
in a
nd o
ften
refe
rred
to a
s ‘ri
ce p
aper
,’ w
hich
is a
mis
nom
er a
s it
also
incl
udes
bar
k fro
m th
e Ta
ra W
ing-
Cel
tis
(Blu
e Sa
ndal
woo
d) tr
ee. X
uan
is c
onsi
dere
d on
e of
Chi
na’s
“Fou
r Tre
asur
es o
f the
Stu
dy”
asso
ciat
ed w
ith C
hine
se c
allig
raph
y an
d pa
intin
g, a
long
with
inks
ticks
, ink
ston
es, a
nd
brus
hes.
A: T
he P
illow
It is
a tr
ompe
l’oe
il or
“tric
k of
the
eye”
re
flect
ing
the
artis
t’s m
aste
rful c
arvi
ng s
kills
. It
is m
ade
of J
elut
ong
woo
d fo
und
mai
nly
in M
alay
sia.
Arti
sts
valu
e je
luto
ng fo
r bei
ng
easy
to c
arve
in fi
ne d
etai
l and
for i
ts lu
ster
.
Wen
dell
Cas
tle, H
angi
ng in
the
Bala
nce,
200
2, 2
003.
0016
A: V
ince
nt v
an G
ogh
Van
Gog
h liv
ed w
ith m
enta
l illn
ess
and
volu
ntar
ily e
nter
ed a
n as
ylum
whe
re
the
surro
undi
ng la
ndsc
ape
gave
him
in
spira
tion.
In a
lette
r to
his
brot
her,
he
desc
ribes
one
of h
is o
live
tree
pain
tings
as
the
dayt
ime
coun
terp
art t
o hi
s m
ost
fam
ous
wor
k, T
he S
tarry
Nig
ht.
A: A
ge a
nd W
eath
er C
ondi
tions
Each
ring
repr
esen
ts o
ne y
ear.
Tree
ring
s ty
pica
lly g
row
wid
er in
war
m, w
et y
ears
and
na
rrow
er in
col
d, d
ry y
ears
.
A: G
reen
land
Know
n as
an
arct
ic o
r sub
-arc
tic w
oody
pl
ant,
the
dwar
f willo
w h
as a
dapt
ed to
its
hars
h cl
imat
e by
sta
ying
sm
all a
nd lo
w
to th
e gr
ound
.
A: F
alse
The
spor
t of w
ood
chop
ping
has
bee
n po
pula
r in
Aust
ralia
sin
ce 1
870.
A: S
team
ing
Also
kno
wn
as s
team
ben
ding
, thi
s pr
oces
s us
es h
eat a
nd m
oist
ure
to s
ofte
n w
ood
fiber
s an
d m
ake
them
plia
ble.
It h
as b
een
used
for c
entu
ries
for m
akin
g in
stru
men
ts
such
as
viol
ins
and
guita
rs, t
he h
ulls
of
boat
s, fu
rnitu
re, a
nd o
ther
spo
rts e
quip
men
t.
A: G
ravi
ty
Acco
rdin
g to
myt
h, th
e ap
ple
fell
on
New
ton’
s he
ad. H
owev
er, h
e ac
tual
ly
wat
ched
it fa
ll fro
m a
few
feet
aw
ay. T
his
prom
pted
him
to s
pecu
late
on
the
“dra
win
g po
wer
of m
atte
r” c
once
ntra
ted
at th
e ea
rth’s
cent
er. D
espi
te a
des
truct
ive
1820
sto
rm,
New
ton’
s ap
ple
tree
rem
aine
d ro
oted
and
re
-gre
w. It
stil
l sta
nds
toda
y in
Lin
coln
shire
, En
glan
d.
A: T
he C
hris
tmas
Tre
e
Chr
istm
as tr
ees
are
mos
t com
mon
ly F
rase
r Fi
r, N
oble
Fir,
Dou
glas
Fir,
Bal
sam
Fir,
and
Sc
otch
Pin
e.
Q:
What is the nam
e of the furry orange creature w
ho “speaks for the trees” in Dr. Seuss’s 1971 environm
ental-themed
book of the same nam
e?
Q:
Q:
In the Harry Potter
series, what w
as the nam
e of the magical
tree at Hogw
arts that becam
e violent when
people got too close?
Q:
What happens to m
any trees w
hen the weather
turns cooler and daytime
becomes shorter?
Q:
What type of tree does
not lose its leaves in the w
inter, deciduous or coniferous?
Q:
Black cherry is a favored w
ood of choice for the paddles or oars for w
hat w
ater sport?
Q:
True or False: Tree clim
bing is considered a sport.
Q:
Each year monarch
butterflies migrate betw
een the eastern U
nited States and C
anada to the Oyam
el fir forests located in w
hat country?
Q:
The United States has
how m
any protected areas know
n as National Forests:
52, 97, or 154?
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What is the term
for the relief printing technique used to create this iconic w
ork in the Spencer M
useum’s collection?
A: T
he L
orax
Acco
rdin
g to
rese
arch
ers
at D
r. Se
uss’s
alm
a m
ater
, Dar
tmou
th C
olle
ge, D
r. Se
uss
penn
ed
the
Lora
x in
197
0 w
hile
vis
iting
Mou
nt
Keny
a, ta
king
insp
iratio
n fro
m o
bser
vatio
ns
of w
hist
ling
thor
n ac
acia
for h
is tr
ufful
a tre
es
and
the
pata
s m
onke
y fo
r the
Lor
ax.
A: W
oodc
ut
Japa
nese
woo
dcut
s fro
m th
e Ed
o pe
riod
(160
0–18
68) l
ike
this
one
invo
lved
car
ving
in
to w
ild m
ount
ain
cher
ry w
ood
usin
g a
draw
ing
glue
d to
the
woo
d bl
ock
as a
gui
de.
Ink
was
app
lied
to th
e bl
ock
and
pape
r m
ade
from
the
inne
r bar
k of
the
mul
berry
tre
e w
as th
en p
lace
d ov
er it
and
rubb
ed to
tra
nsfe
r the
ink.
Eac
h co
lor r
equi
red
its o
wn
bloc
k.
A: W
hom
ping
Will
ow
By p
ress
ing
a sm
all k
not a
t the
bas
e of
its
trun
k, th
e tre
e co
uld
be im
mob
ilized
.
A: L
eave
s C
hang
e C
olor
Autu
mn
leav
es’ c
olor
s ar
e de
term
ined
by
the
inhe
rent
pig
men
ts a
nd a
mou
nts
of s
ugar
ac
cum
ulat
ing
in th
e le
aves
. Wea
ther
and
ra
infa
ll al
so im
pact
col
or fr
om y
ear t
o ye
ar.
A: C
onife
rous
Also
kno
wn
as e
verg
reen
tree
s, w
hich
in
clud
e pi
ne a
nd c
edar
. The
y st
ay g
reen
an
d do
not
she
d th
eir l
eave
s in
win
ter.
A: C
anoe
ing
Blac
k ch
erry
is k
now
n fo
r its
ligh
t wei
ght,
dura
bilit
y, an
d re
sist
ance
to s
plitt
ing.
A: T
rue
Tree
clim
bing
com
petit
ions
sim
ulat
e w
orki
ng
cond
ition
s of
arb
oris
ts in
the
field
. Eve
nts
test
a c
ompe
titor
’s sp
eed
and
skill
for
man
euve
ring
in a
tree
whi
le p
erfo
rmin
g w
ork-
rela
ted
tree-
care
task
s in
a ti
mel
y m
anne
r.
A: M
exic
o
At a
n el
evat
ion
of 7
,800
to 1
1,80
0 fe
et, t
he
mou
ntai
n hi
llsid
es p
rovi
de a
n id
eal w
inte
r m
icro
clim
ate
for t
he b
utte
rflie
s. M
onar
chs
are
the
only
but
terfl
y to
mak
e a
two-
way
an
nual
mig
ratio
n, li
ke b
irds.
Def
ores
tatio
n an
d cl
imat
e ch
ange
are
the
grea
test
thre
ats
to th
e M
onar
ch.
A: 1
54
Ther
e ar
e 15
4 de
sign
ated
nat
iona
l for
ests
in
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es, c
over
ing
over
188
m
illion
acr
es a
cros
s 41
of t
he 5
0 st
ates
. Th
at’s
mor
e th
an th
ree
times
the
size
of
Kans
as!
Kats
ushi
ka H
okus
ai, 神奈川沖波裏
Kan
agaw
a ok
i nam
i ura
(T
he G
reat
Wav
e off
Kan
agaw
a), c
irca
1829
–183
3, 0
000.
1027
Q:
Q:
What is the nam
e of the European dessert consisting of chocolate sponge cake layered and topped w
ith whipped
cream, cherries, and
kirschwasser, a G
erman
spirit distilled from sour
cherries?
Q:
What is the title of the
1939 song written in
protest of American
racism and lynching and
most fam
ously performed
and recorded by jazz legend Billie H
oliday?
Q:
What food com
prises 99%
of a giant panda’s diet?
Q:
Although all trees produce sap, only a few
are tapped and the sap m
ade into syrup. Which
tree is most com
monly
tapped for syrup?
Q:
In 1934, baseball’s Am
erican League and N
ational League agreed to a standardized ball. W
hat material has been
at the center of MLB
baseballs since then?
Q:
The oldest known
surfboard—m
ade of w
ood—resides in a
museum
in which U
.S. city?
Q:
What is the state tree of
Kansas?
Q:
Which sm
all South Am
erican country is the w
orld’s most densely
forested?
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The woodw
ind section of an orchestra includes nine instrum
ents. Nam
e three.
A: P
icco
lo, F
lute
, Obo
e, E
nglis
h H
orn,
C
larie
nt, E
-flat
Cla
rinet
, Bas
s
Cla
rinet
, Bas
son,
and
Con
trab
asso
on.
Orig
inal
ly, a
ll w
ere
mad
e of
woo
d. T
oday
, th
ey a
re m
ade
of w
ood,
met
al, p
last
ics,
or a
co
mbi
natio
n. T
he S
penc
er M
useu
m h
as 3
71
flute
s fro
m a
roun
d th
e w
orld
, 142
of w
hich
ar
e m
ade
of v
ario
us ty
pes
of w
ood.
A: B
lack
For
est C
ake
The
conf
ectio
n w
as fi
rst m
entio
ned
in w
ritin
g in
193
4. S
urpr
isin
gly,
it is
not
nam
ed fo
r the
Bl
ack
Fore
st m
ount
ains
in G
erm
any.
Inst
ead,
so
me
sour
ces
clai
m it
was
insp
ired
by th
e tra
ditio
nal a
ttire
of w
omen
in th
e re
gion
who
w
ore
a Bo
llenh
ut, a
hat
with
larg
e re
d po
mpo
ms
atop
a w
hite
brim
.
A: S
tran
ge F
ruit
Penn
ed b
y Ab
el M
eero
pol,
a w
hite
, Jew
ish
scho
olte
ache
r, an
d pu
blis
hed
in a
teac
her’s
un
ion
mag
azin
e, it
was
writ
ten
as a
pro
test
po
em to
exp
ose
raci
sm a
nd th
e ly
nchi
ng o
f Af
rican
Am
eric
ans.
Des
pite
risk
s of
re
talia
tion,
Hol
iday
firs
t per
form
ed th
e so
ng
in 1
939
at C
afé
Soci
ety
in G
reen
wic
h Vi
llage
, N
ew Y
ork’
s fir
st in
tegr
ated
nig
htcl
ub.
A: B
ambo
o
A gi
ant p
anda
can
eat
up
to 8
4 lb
s of
ba
mbo
o da
ily. B
ambo
o is
am
ong
the
fast
est
grow
ing
plan
ts w
ith s
ome
spec
ies
grow
ing
up to
36
inch
es a
day
at a
rate
of
1.5
inch
es a
n ho
ur.
A: M
aple
The
suga
r map
le is
by
far t
he fa
vore
d tre
e fo
r cre
atin
g a
swee
t syr
up e
njoy
ed
wor
ldw
ide.
The
pro
cess
of t
appi
ng th
e tre
e oc
curs
ann
ually
. For
ty g
allo
ns o
f sap
yi
elds
one
gal
lon
of s
yrup
.
A: C
ork
Cor
k is
a m
ater
ial h
arve
sted
from
the
bark
tiss
ue o
f the
cor
k oa
k tre
e. T
he
cush
ion
cork
cen
ter o
f a b
aseb
all i
s su
rroun
ded
by th
ree
laye
rs o
f woo
l yar
n,
a co
tton-
poly
este
r lay
er, a
nd a
cow
hide
sk
in w
ith re
d st
itche
s. P
ortu
gal p
rodu
ces
half
the
wor
ld’s
supp
ly o
f cor
k.
A: H
onol
ulu
Papa
he‘
e na
lu, o
r sur
fboa
rds,
orig
inat
ed
in H
awai
‘i hu
ndre
ds o
f yea
rs a
go a
nd w
ere
orig
inal
ly a
ssoc
iate
d w
ith ro
yalty
. Tra
ditio
nal
boar
ds w
ere
craf
ted
from
var
ious
type
s of
w
ood
and
rang
ed in
size
from
a fe
w fe
et to
m
ore
than
16
feet
.
A: C
otto
nwoo
d
Nam
ed fo
r its
fluff
-cov
ered
see
ds, t
he
cotto
nwoo
d w
as d
esig
nate
d as
the
stat
e tre
e by
the
Kans
as L
egis
latu
re in
193
7 an
d du
bbed
the
“pio
neer
tree
of t
he p
rairi
e.”
Sher
iden
Cou
nty
in N
orth
wes
t Kan
sas
is
hom
e to
the
Nat
iona
l and
Sta
te C
ham
pion
C
otto
nwoo
d. It
s ci
rcum
fere
nce
is 3
7.7
feet
, it
is 7
0 fe
et ta
ll, a
nd it
s cr
own
spre
ad is
148
fe
et.
A: S
urin
ame
Roug
hly
the
size
of t
he U
.S. s
tate
of G
eorg
ia
and
dire
ctly
nor
th o
f Bra
zil, S
urin
ame’
s to
tal
land
are
a is
98.
3% fo
rest
.
unkn
own
mak
er fr
om B
ulga
ria, k
aval
(flut
e), l
ate
1800
s–19
98, 2
007.
0694
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Q:
What is the nam
e of the sacred tree grow
ing at a tem
ple in Bodh Gaya, India,
where Siddartha G
autama
is said to have achieved enlightenm
ent and became
the spiritual leader known
as the Buddha?
Q:
In the original Star Wars
trilogy, Tatooine is a desert landscape. H
oth is covered in ice. W
hat are the nam
es of the two
forested settings?
Q:
Which tree w
ith small
fan-shaped leaves is considered a “living fossil” and drops all its leaves at once?
Q:
Which tree is know
n as “a living w
ork of art” for its bright, m
ulticolored bark? (H
int: it is also a m
ember of the sam
e genus as the trees that are the prim
ary diet and habitat of the koala.)
Q:
Of the 62 national parks
operated by the U.S.
National Park Service,
three are located in C
alifornia and named for
iconic trees. Nam
e two
of the three.
Q:
Players of cricket, a popular sport in Britain, use a paddle-like piece of equipm
ent made of English
willow, w
hich is light in weight,
while also tough and shock
resistant. What is this piece of
equipment called?
Q:
Every spring, Washington,
D.C., celebrates the C
herry Blossom
Festival among
the 3,000 cherry trees gifted in 1912 to the People of the U
nited States from
the People of Japan. True or False: The first shipm
ent of trees w
as destroyed.
Q:
Which U
.S. state is home to
the largest concentration of petrified w
ood?
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What is the East Asian art
form pictured in this
example from
the Spencer M
useum’s collection that
uses purified tree sap to build up a glossy surface?
A: A
rizon
a
Petri
fied
Fore
st N
atio
nal P
ark
feat
ures
nea
rly
a do
zen
type
s of
pet
rified
woo
d th
at h
ave
been
iden
tified
, tho
ugh
ther
e ar
e pr
obab
ly
mor
e sp
ecie
s ye
t to
be id
entifi
ed.
A: D
egob
ah a
nd E
ndor
Dego
bah
was
an
elab
orat
e se
t at E
lstre
e St
udio
s in
Eng
land
. Som
e En
dor s
cene
s w
ere
film
ed a
mon
g th
e Re
dwoo
ds o
f C
alifo
rnia
. Tat
ooin
e sc
enes
wer
e fil
med
on
loca
tion
in T
unis
ia a
nd D
eath
Val
ley,
Cal
iforn
ia. H
oth
scen
es w
ere
film
ed in
th
e vi
llage
of F
inse
, Nor
way
and
at a
ne
arby
gla
cier
.
A: G
inko
Gin
ko fo
ssils
from
270
milli
on y
ears
ago
in
dica
te li
ttle
chan
ge o
ver t
ime.
Unl
ike
mos
t de
cidu
ous
trees
that
pre
pare
for w
inte
r by
form
ing
a “s
car”
at t
he e
nd o
f eac
h le
af s
tem
ov
er s
ever
al w
eeks
, gin
ko s
cars
form
all
at
once
. Whe
n it
gets
col
d, th
e le
aves
rain
dow
n in
uni
son.
Sci
entis
ts tr
ack
the
shift
ing
date
of
gink
o le
af d
rops
to le
arn
abou
t clim
ate
chan
ge.
A: R
ainb
ow E
ucal
yptu
s
This
tree
, nat
ive
to th
e Ph
ilippi
nes,
In
done
sia,
and
Pap
ua N
ew G
uine
a,
shed
s its
out
er b
ark
in lo
ng v
ertic
al
strip
s to
reve
al a
gre
en u
nder
laye
r tha
t gr
adua
lly c
hang
es in
to a
n ar
ray
of b
right
co
lors
incl
udin
g bl
ue, o
rang
e, a
nd
mar
oon.
A: J
oshu
a Tr
ee N
atio
nal P
ark,
R
edw
ood
Nat
iona
l Par
k, a
nd
Seq
uoia
Nat
iona
l Par
k
Thou
gh “t
ree”
is in
its
nam
e, th
e Jo
shua
Tre
e is
tech
nica
lly a
mem
ber o
f th
e ag
ave
fam
ily.
A: A
Bat
Sim
ilar t
o Am
eric
an b
aseb
all,
the
batte
r hits
a
ball
and
can
scor
e ru
ns fo
r the
team
. The
ba
t is
flat a
nd h
eld
in a
dow
nwar
d po
sitio
n,
mor
e lik
e a
golf
club
.
A: T
rue
The
trees
car
ried
nonn
ativ
e in
sect
s,
nem
atod
es, a
nd d
isea
se. T
he D
epar
tmen
t of
Agr
icul
ture
had
to b
urn
them
to p
rote
ct
Amer
ican
spe
cim
ens,
nea
rly c
reat
ing
a di
plom
atic
cris
is. J
apan
ese
lead
ers
and
scie
ntis
ts w
orke
d di
ligen
tly to
ens
ure
a se
cond
don
atio
n w
as p
est-
and
dise
ase-
free.
A: S
urin
ame
Roug
hly
the
size
of t
he U
.S. s
tate
of G
eorg
ia
and
dire
ctly
nor
th o
f Bra
zil, S
urin
ame’
s to
tal
land
are
a is
98.
3% fo
rest
.
A: L
acqu
er
Also
kno
wn
as la
cque
rwar
e, it
was
inve
nted
in
anc
ient
Chi
na w
here
arti
sts
deco
rate
d or
ca
rved
the
surfa
ce. T
he te
chni
que
spre
ad
to J
apan
and
Kor
ea, w
here
dis
tinct
sty
les
and
inno
vatio
ns e
mer
ged
incl
udin
g th
e us
e of
inla
id m
othe
r of p
earl,
and
gol
d an
d si
lver
fo
il an
d po
wde
r. La
cque
r com
es fr
om th
e sa
p of
the
high
ly to
xic
Rhus
ver
nici
flua
tree,
a
rela
tive
of p
oiso
n iv
y.
unknown m
aker from C
hina, box, late 1700s–early 1800s, 1928.1933.a,b
Q:
What is the nam
e of the tree and sw
amp habitat
that protects coastal areas from
erosion and storm
surge from hurricanes and
tsunamis?
Q:
What are the three types of
wood you need to build a
campfire?
Q:
Tree roots are typically underground. W
hat is the nam
e of the tree, native to India and now
comm
on in Florida and H
awai’i, that
sends aerial roots down
from its branches?
Q:
True or False: Trees grow in
Antarctica today.
Q:
Which tree w
ith bulbous brow
n or purple fruit co-evolved w
ith wasps
that pollinate the blossom
s, lay eggs, and die w
ithin the fruit?
Q:
In what country w
as the term
“forest bathing” coined in the 1980s as an antidote to technology burnout and to inspire people to protect the country’s forests?
Q:
The board game Settlers of
Catan includes hexagonal
tiles representing five different “terrains” and the “resources” associated w
ith them. O
ne resource is lum
ber. Nam
e two
of the other four resources.
Q:
With its bottle-shaped trunk
and compact crow
n that resem
bles a root system,
which iconic tree is found
across 32 African nations and is know
n as the “Tree of Life”?
Q:
Known as the “Red Forest,”
the trees within the
exclusion zone of what
1986 event turned red and died?
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A:
Man
grov
e
Con
serv
atio
n of
man
grov
es p
rovi
des
mea
sura
ble
econ
omic
pro
tect
ion
to c
oast
al
com
mun
ities
. Man
grov
e tre
es re
flect
a
num
ber o
f ada
ptat
ions
to th
eir h
arsh
en
viro
nmen
t inc
ludi
ng a
com
plex
sal
t fil
tratio
n sy
stem
and
aer
atin
g “p
rop”
root
s.
Thei
r und
erw
ater
root
s fo
rm a
n in
trica
te
mes
h th
at a
lso
serv
es a
s a
nurs
ery
for y
oung
m
arin
e cr
eatu
res.
A: T
inde
r, K
indl
ing,
and
Fue
l
Tind
er is
the
smal
lest
and
bur
ns th
e fa
stes
t. It
incl
udes
sm
all t
wig
s an
d dr
ied
leav
es.
Kind
ling
shou
ld b
e th
e si
ze o
f you
r fing
ers.
It
trans
fers
the
fire
from
the
tinde
r to
the
fuel
. Lo
gs s
erve
as
fuel
to k
eep
the
fire
goin
g.
A: B
anya
n Tr
ee
Bany
ans
are
know
n as
“stra
ngle
r figs
.” Th
eir s
eeds
land
on
othe
r tre
es a
nd th
e ro
ots
they
sen
d do
wn
even
tual
ly s
mot
her
thei
r hos
t tre
e an
d gr
ow in
to s
tout
root
s th
at re
sem
ble
tree
trunk
s. T
he la
rges
t si
ngle
livi
ng b
anya
n is
in In
dia
and
cove
rs 4
.7 a
cres
.
A: F
alse
Toda
y, on
ly tw
o flo
wer
ing
plan
ts g
row
ther
e:
Anta
rctic
hai
r gra
ss a
nd p
earlw
ort.
Anta
rctic
a w
as o
nce
part
of a
sup
erco
ntin
ent
whe
re fo
rest
s flo
uris
hed
250
milli
on y
ears
ag
o. In
rece
nt y
ears
, KU
pal
eobo
tani
sts
have
pi
onee
red
stud
ies
and
cond
ucte
d fie
ldw
ork
in a
Glo
ssop
teris
foss
il fo
rest
in A
ntar
ctic
a.
A: T
he F
ig T
ree
Fig
blos
som
s ar
e in
side
wha
t we
thin
k of
as
the
fruit
(tech
nica
lly c
alle
d an
in
flore
scen
ce) a
nd e
ach
blos
som
pr
oduc
es a
tiny
, edi
ble
seed
. The
fem
ale
was
p ca
rries
pol
len
and
ente
rs th
roug
h a
tiny
open
ing.
Afte
r she
lays
her
egg
s, s
he
and
her m
ale
offsp
ring
die
and
are
dige
sted
by
the
fruit.
The
fem
ale
offsp
ring
fly o
ff w
ith p
olle
n to
car
ry to
the
next
fig.
A: J
apan
Shin
rin-y
oku,
or “
taki
ng in
the
fore
st
atm
osph
ere”
is a
pra
ctic
e w
ith a
ncie
nt
root
s. It
was
revi
taliz
ed in
the
1980
s an
d in
tegr
ated
into
nat
iona
l hea
lthca
re
prac
tices
in J
apan
.
A: G
rain
, Ore
, Bric
k, W
ool
In th
e 19
80s,
Ger
man
den
tal t
echn
icia
n Kl
aus
Teub
er b
egan
des
igni
ng e
labo
rate
bo
ard
gam
es in
his
bas
emen
t as
a fo
rm o
f cr
eativ
e es
cape
. Set
tlers
of C
atan
, a g
ame
of e
cono
mic
theo
ry a
nd la
nd u
se is
now
one
of
the
mos
t pop
ular
gam
es w
orld
wid
e.
A: T
he B
aoba
b
Durin
g th
e ra
iny
seas
on, b
aoba
bs s
tore
w
ater
in th
eir t
runk
s, e
nabl
ing
them
to
sust
ain
thei
r ow
n ec
osys
tem
and
pro
duce
fru
it in
the
dry
seas
on w
hen
little
els
e is
av
aila
ble.
Thi
s is
why
som
e pe
ople
co
nsid
er it
the
“Tre
e of
Life
” and
why
man
y st
orie
s, m
yths
, and
trad
ition
s ar
e as
soci
ated
w
ith it
.
A: C
hern
obyl
The
Che
rnob
yl N
ucle
ar P
ower
Pla
nt
expl
osio
n in
wha
t is
now
Ukr
aine
rele
ased
un
prec
eden
ted
radi
oact
ive
mat
eria
l. Th
e to
xic
radi
atio
n le
vels
turn
ed th
e su
rroun
ding
pin
e tre
es re
ddis
h an
d ki
lled
them
. The
ir ex
trem
ely
slow
rate
of d
ecay
su
gges
ts m
icro
bes,
fung
i, an
d in
sect
s, a
nd
thus
, the
ent
ire e
cosy
stem
, has
als
o su
ffere
d.
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What is the only forest that
grows underw
ater in the ocean?
Q:
What is the nam
e of the process that transform
s trees into stone?
Q:
The Pinewood Derby
and Raingutter Regatta are racing events affi
liated with w
hat youth organization?
Q:
What is the nam
e of the Italian law
n bowling gam
e in w
hich a player or team
tries to throw as m
any balls as possible nearest the “jack,” or sm
aller target ball w
ithin a pit?
Q:
KU’s M
arvin Grove is hom
e to approxim
ately 200 trees. N
ame one of the tw
o tree species planted in 1878 that is still standing today?
Q:
What w
as the original name
of the area now called
Marvin G
rove on the KU
campus?
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elp
Nic
knam
ed th
e “s
equo
ias
of th
e se
a,” k
elp
fore
sts
grow
clo
se to
the
shor
e. K
elp
are
very
larg
e al
gae
that
can
reac
h 15
0 fe
et in
he
ight
and
gro
w a
foot
in a
sin
gle
day.
They
ha
rbor
a h
ighe
r bio
dive
rsity
than
alm
ost a
ny
othe
r oce
an c
omm
unity
.
A: P
etrifi
catio
n
Whe
n w
ood
is b
urie
d un
der w
ater
-sa
tura
ted
sedi
men
t or v
olca
nic
ash,
it
abso
rbs
silic
a an
d ot
her m
iner
als
over
tim
e. T
hese
min
eral
s cr
ysta
llize
into
qu
artz
ove
r hun
dred
s of
thou
sand
s of
ye
ars.
The
pre
senc
e of
iron
, man
gane
se,
carb
on, c
hrom
ium
, and
cob
alt c
reat
e va
rious
col
ors.
A: T
he C
ub S
cout
s an
d th
e B
oy
S
cout
s of
Am
eric
a
Com
petit
ors
carv
e pi
ne b
lock
s in
to c
ars
for t
he P
inew
ood
Derb
y, an
d ba
lsa
bloc
ks in
to b
oats
for t
he R
aing
utte
r Re
gatta
.
A: B
occe
Trad
ition
al b
occe
bal
ls w
ere
mad
e of
woo
d.
Toda
y, th
ey a
lso
may
be
mad
e of
met
al,
plas
tic, b
aked
cla
y, or
leat
her.
The
varia
nt
Bocc
ia is
one
of t
wo
Para
lym
pic
spor
ts
with
out a
n O
lym
pic
coun
terp
art.
A: W
alnu
ts a
nd B
lack
Oak
s
In 1
878,
Cha
ncel
lor M
arvi
n ca
ncel
led
clas
ses
and
led
stud
ents
and
facu
lty in
the
plan
ting
of tr
ees
for t
he U
nive
rsity
’s fir
st
Arbo
r Day
, to
“mak
e a
gard
en o
ut o
f the
pr
airie
.” KU
Fie
ld E
colo
gy s
tude
nts
rece
ntly
co
mpl
eted
a s
urve
y of
the
Gro
ve’s
trees
. The
C
ampu
s Tr
ee A
dvis
ory
Com
mitt
ee a
nd K
U
Faci
litie
s ov
erse
es th
eir c
are
A: N
orth
Hol
low
In 1
906,
the
KU B
oard
of R
egen
ts re
nam
ed
the
area
Mar
vin
Gro
ve, i
n re
cogn
ition
of
Cha
ncel
lor M
arvi
n’s
tree
plan
ting
prog
ram
. In
192
8, K
U’s
new
mas
ter p
lan
iden
tified
the
Gro
ve a
s an
are
a to
pro
tect
from
co
nstru
ctio
n. T
oday
, it i
s pa
rt of
the
Uni
vers
ity o
f Kan
sas
His
toric
Dis
trict
.
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