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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Osceola's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Boryaceae.
(b) Asteliaceae.
(c) Iridaceae.
(d) Orchidaceae.

2. How many square feet of greenhouse makes up Kerry's Bromeliads?
(a) 329,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

3. Where was Osceola born?
(a) Tallassee, Alabama.
(b) Mobile, Alabama.
(c) Montgomery, Alabama.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

4. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1818.

5. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids which didn't die?
(a) Put them in pots.
(b) Glued them to trees.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Hid them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?

2. What did John Laroche plan on doing with the orchids he stole in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?

4. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?

5. Who got into an altercation with Fuchs, accusing him of being favored by the judges and telling the others that Fuchs had tried to bribe him when he was a judge?

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