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The Potato Quiz

Can you guess these answers that have something to do with potatoes?
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Last updated: July 15, 2022
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First submittedJuly 15, 2022
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Country that suffered from a great potato famine in the 1840s
Ireland
U.S. state which produces the most potatoes
Idaho
Slang word for potato starting with S
Spud
Spanish word for potato
Papa
Country whose national dish "moules-frites" consists of mussels and fries
Belgium
Canadian delicacy consisting of fries, gravy, and cheese curds
Poutine
How Dan Quayle spelled potato, correcting a child who
had spelled it correctly
Potatoe
Part of the human body that can be found on a sprouting potato
Eye
Complete the palindrome: Sit on a potato pan ___
Otis
Common beverage typically made with wheat, but sometimes made with potatoes
Vodka
T word that refers to root vegetables such as potatoes and yams
Tuber
Mountain range that potatoes came from originally
Andes
Americans call it a potato chip. What do British people call it?
Crisp
Mineral with chemical symbol K that potatoes are rich in
Potassium
Term for a lazy person
Couch Potato
Painter who painted "The Potato Eaters" in 1885
Vincent Van Gogh
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Level 92
Jul 15, 2022
Dan Quayle wasn't the brightest bulb to hold the VP office, but this story is a prime example of the corrupt media in this country. Not because it is untrue, but because it's incomplete. When Quayle corrected the kid, he was working from a flash card provided by a teacher. For all we know, Quayle did know how to spell, but was reluctant to go against what he was given and embarrass the teacher. Why don't tell the full truth and lambast the sorry state of public education on this country when a teacher can't spell, never mind a politician?
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Level 87
Jul 15, 2022
I have doubts about that explanation. And the preferred spelling is "lambaste". :)
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Level 92
Jul 15, 2022
Sorry, but it's true. And yes, I went to public schools :). BTW, the word can be spelled either way. Nice try.
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Level 85
Jul 16, 2022
Either way, he was no Jack Kennedy.
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Level 79
Jul 17, 2022
Would be unlike a politician to want to blame someone else for a mistake.
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Level 76
Jul 22, 2022
It's spelled t-a-t-t-i-e.
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2022
I can confidently say the potato is still very popular in its place of origin. Back in 2018 I visited both Colombia and Ireland just a few weeks apart, and I can safely say that in the Andean parts of Colombia, the passion for potatoes far exceeds that found in Ireland.
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Level 71
Aug 22, 2022
Things may be different in Colombia if they had all the food choices and quality that abound in Ireland.
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Level 81
Aug 23, 2022
What? Colombian cuisine is incredibly varied and diverse, and ingredients are plentiful. Why do you think that Colombia is lacking diverse food choices?
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Level 76
Aug 23, 2022
Probably thinks they are primitives living off hunting and gathering in the endless jungle that is South America. :P
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Level 66
Jul 16, 2022
I'd say potassium is a mineral rather than a vitamin
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Level 66
Jul 16, 2022
I approve
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Level 75
Jul 20, 2022
I didn't do well but great quiz, good idea *thumbs up*

If you want to make it up to a round 20 questions then maybe add - Rhod Gilbert's tattoo, King Edward cultivar, Sir Walter Raleigh, and, um... I dunno, maybe fit "Mr Potato Head" in there somehow

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Level 64
Jul 26, 2022
Or the Scottish word for potato, as mentioned by Willem, or the French word, which is as interesting as the Spanish
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Level 43
Aug 19, 2022
It turns crazy when the Potato day is on your birthday
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Level 84
Aug 19, 2022
Whoa... "Sit on a potato pan Otis" shows up on two front page quizzes on the same day. What are the odds? :)
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Level 79
Aug 19, 2022
LOL, and I'd never heard the saying before.
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Level 78
Aug 19, 2022
I always feel weird about random translations.. obviously a lot of people knew it, but I'm not sure the Spanish word for potato(e) counts as trivia.
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Level 65
Aug 19, 2022
It is trivia. There are translations quizzes on this site as well. It is/should be kind of easy since its a word for father. Hmmm, What is the Spanish translation for Mama?
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Level 76
Aug 19, 2022
It wasn't a potato famine - it was a people famine.
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Level 76
Aug 19, 2022
"No no, people are the solution to the famine." —Jonathan Swift
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Level 56
Aug 21, 2022
For those not familiar with the quote, it’s from arguably the greatest satiric work in English, “A Modest Proposal.” Hard to believe some people didn’t see the satire and accepted it as a real proposal.
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Level 76
Aug 22, 2022
I have read it and it's a wonderful piece of writing.
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Level 78
Aug 22, 2022
Not so hard to believe! Think of all the condemnations generated by satirical comments online, as they are often taken at face value, and rebukes, for those who get the intent but wanted an " /s" at the end of the comment to make it crystal clear.
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Level 76
Aug 19, 2022
Coincidence that Brian Stelter is cut from CNN and potato day are the same day, I think NOT!
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Level 89
Aug 19, 2022
Toy Story 2 helped me get spud.
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Level 78
Aug 19, 2022
I suggest that you make a distinction between tuber (one of the answers) and root. They are entirely different structures, potato yes being a tuber, sweet potato being a root. Also, the word "yam" is confusing since Americans often use it to mean "sweet potato." The true yam is entirely different. I would suggest, "T word meaning a thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, of which potato is an example."
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Level 69
Aug 22, 2022
Glad patatas works! The preferred way of referring to the great hunger is not a 'famine' or 'potato famine' now as there was not a complete failure of all crops - exports of wheat etc were still taking place rather than being allowed to remain with the Irish people who had cultivated them. Could have saved thousands if not millions of lives.
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Level 76
Feb 16, 2023
Except it's commonly known as the "Irish Potato Famine". Not the "Irish Potato Hunger"
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Level 51
Mar 1, 2024
Commonly known by whom? Certainly not in Ireland where it's called The Great Famine, sometimes The Great Hunger (a direct translation from Irish) or simply The Famine.