Tree Teasers

1 Which tree is depicted on the flag of Lebanon?

2 Which group topped the charts with Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?

3 From what wood are baseball bats traditionally made?

4 What is the state tree of Colorado?

5 In which film did Laurel & Hardy sing, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine?

6 What D word is the opposite of evergreen?

7 What is the alternative name for the lime tree?

8 From which wood were longbows traditionally made?

9 Which thoroughfare was terrorised by Freddy Kruger?

10 What name is given to the study of trees?

11 What type of tree does a genealogist study?

12 Which rock group recorded the album The Joshua Tree?

13 Manitoba, Norway, Red and Silver are all species of which tree?

14 From which wood is Harry Potter’s wand made?

15 What name is given to the Japanese art of cultivating miniature trees?

16 The leaves of which tree provide the staple diet of the koala bear?

17 Which comedian collaborated with Kim Wilde on Rocking Around the Christmas Tree?

18 Which Disney animation featured the Tree of Life?

19 What is the four letter name for the tree dwelling of a squirrel?

20 What R is the alternative name for the mountain ash?

21 In which film did Clint Eastwood sing I Talk to the Trees?

22 Which 1988 fantasy film starred Val Kilmer as Madmartigan?

23 In which country was the TV series The Flame Trees of Thika set?

24 On which thoroughfare did Mary Poppins work as a nanny for the Banks family?

25 Who wrote the novel The Wind in the Willows?

ANSWERS TO TREE TEASERS

1 Cedar
2 Dawn
3 Ash
4 Colorado spruce
5 Way Out West
6 Deciduous
7 Linden
8 Yew
9 Elm Street
10 Dendrology
11 Family tree
12 U2
13 Maple
14 Holly
15 Bonsai
16 Eucalyptus
17 Mel Smith
18 The Lion King
19 Drey
20 Rowan
21 Paint Your Wagon
22 Willow
23 Kenya
24 Cherry Tree Lane
25 Kenneth Grahame