THERE’S LESS THAN two weeks to go until Halloween, and some of you may have already carved a pumpkin ahead of All Hallows’ Eve.
So we thought we’d pick your brains with a quiz about the spooky squash.
Can you get a gourd score, or is your knowledge a bit patchy?
To start with, is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
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The word pumpkin comes from the Greek word ‘peopon’. What does it mean?
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True or false – the word ‘pumpkin’ first appeared in the fairy tale Cinderella in the 17th century.
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Carving pumpkins has long been associated with Halloween, but which vegetable did the ancient Celts carve to ward off bad spirits?
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The Guinness World Record for heaviest pumpkin is held by Travis Gienger from the US, but how much did it weigh? (not pictured here)
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Which of these is not the name of a variety …