Orange Trivia

Question 1

Padparadscha is the name for the orange variety of what popular gemstone?

Accepted Answer

Sapphire

Question 2

There is no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Orange and black are the two colors most associated with which holiday?

Accepted Answer

Halloween

Question 4

Orange occurs in the chromatic spectrum between red and yellow. Artists refer to orange as what kind of color?

Accepted Answer

Secondary

Question 5

There are oranges that are not orange.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Which of the following countries' flags contains the color orange?

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 7

What two colors mix together to make orange?

Accepted Answer

red and yellow

Question 8

Many place names contain the word "orange." For example, in America how many of the 50 states have an Orange County?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 9

In English, which usage came first - orange the color, or orange the fruit?

Accepted Answer

Orange the fruit

Question 10

The Orange River is the longest river in which country?

Accepted Answer

Republic of South Africa

Question 11

Which European country's royal family is sometimes known as "the House of Orange"?

Accepted Answer

The Netherlands

Question 12

Orange Pekoe is a type of what?

Accepted Answer

Tea

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