Mushroom Quiz

1. Which mushrooms or fungi are highly prized by Chefs for their unique flavour and world-wide acclaim as the most expensive mushroom?
Truffles
2. Common mushrooms are sold in most supermarkets at four different stages of growth, closed cup and open cup are two, what are the other two?
Button and Flat
3. True or False - Pope Clement VII made it illegal for anyone else to eat mushrooms?
True
4.  In ancient Egypt mushrooms were reserved for consumption by whom?
The Pharaohs
5. In the language of flowers, giving a mushroom meant what?
Suspicion
6. Which is the world's smallest mushroom?
A Hop Low
7. What word can be the highest string on an instrument and a mushroom?
Chanterelle
8. What is special about Porcini mushrooms?
They are dried
9. Which U.K. comedian had his first hit record with Gather in the Mushrooms?
Benny Hill
10. What S are the mushroom equivalents of seeds called?
Spores
11. What are mushrooms called on a french menu?
Champignons
12. Which popular sauce is made with mushrooms?
Chasseur sauce
13. What is a more common name for the fungus psilocybin?
Magic Mushroom
14. As Roman Emperor I had guards to safeguard my person, unfortunately it was my wife Agrippina, who killed me - with poisoned mushrooms. Who am I?
Claudius
15. What is the correct name for the feathery area on the underside of a mushroom?
Gill
16. What is the name for a naturally occurring ring of mushrooms on a lawn?
Fairy Rings
17. How many Mushrooms are there on a Bar Billiards table?
Four
18. What collective name is given to organisms such as moulds, mildews and mushrooms?
Fungi
19. The worlds most deadly mushroom is called Amanita Phalloides, but what is its common name?
Death Cap - it dissolves blood corpuscles
20. Which little blue cartoon characters live in mushroom houses?
The Smurfs
- Who am I? - I formed my first band, the Mushrooms in 1966, and would play in several other Detroit area bands before relocating to California in 1970
Glen Frey

Tiebreaker - How many types of mushroom are there?
38,000