How much do you really know about cherry blossoms?
It's cherry blossom season. But how much do you know about the flowering trees?
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The cherry trees were given to Washington, D.C., in 1912 as a gift from what country?
Canada
Japan
Italy
China
U.S. National Arboretum
True or false: The first 2,000 cherry trees that arrived in Washington were sick and infested with bugs. President William Howard Taft ordered them to be burned.
True
False
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Peak bloom occurs when 70 percent of the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin are in full bloom. When was the earliest peak bloom?
March 1
March 15
March 20
March 23
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Most of Washington's cherry trees grow around the Tidal Basin, where the Jefferson and Martin Luther King Jr. memorials are located. There are many cherry tree species here, some with funny names. Which of these is made up?
Weeping cherry
Afterglow cherry
Kwanzan cherry
Sunshine cherry
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True or false: The Tidal Basin was once used for swimming and even had a beach.
True
False
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Which city if the cherry blossom capital of the world?
Charleston, South Carolina
Washington, D.C.
Tokyo, Japan
Macon, Georgia
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About how long is the blooming period for cherry blossoms?
Three days
Two weeks
Six weeks
One month