How well do you know the Finnish Christmas tree? Get more than 8 right in our quiz, and you could almost pass for a Finn

What is the number of needles that a cultivated Christmas spruce can have?

4,000

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400,000

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4,000,000

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How many needles can there be in a spruce found in the forest?

2,000

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200,000

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2,000,000

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What is the total estimated area of the needles in a cultivated Christmas spruce?

0.9 square metres

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9 square metres

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9 hectares

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What is the full English name of the Christmas spruce?

Norway spruce

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Sweden spruce

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Finland spruce

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Scandinavia spruce

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The scientific name of the spruce is Picea abies. What does it mean?

A tree with short needles

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A tree with long cones

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A resinous conifer

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An evergreen tree species growing in the north

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Which of the following sites is not favoured by the spruce?

Herb-rich forest

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Moderately moist heath forest

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Pine bog with dwarf shrubs

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Herb and grass mire

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The forest worker has cut off the most valuable part of the tree stem. What is the name of this part?

Spruce log

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Pine log

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Softwood pulpwood

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Energy wood

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Which of the following cannot be made of spruce?

High-rise residential buildings

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Textiles

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Xylitol sweets

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Syrup

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Skin ointment

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Which of the following beetles are a serious threat to spruce stands?

Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle

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European spruce bark beetle

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Large spruce bark beetle

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In certain areas in the north of Finland, snow tends to accumulate on tree crowns. The spruces in these areas have noticeably short branches and also a special name. What do you think it might be?

Pillar spruce

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Candle spruce

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Pole spruce

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Which mushrooms form a symbiosis with the roots of spruces?

Golden chanterelle and fly agaric

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Northern milkcap, cep (porcini), sheep polypore and funnel chanterelle

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Conifer tuft and false morel

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Which species nest in or on the spruce?

Red squirrel, Eurasian goshawk and balsam woolly adelgid

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Eurasian capercaillie, stoat and yellow-necked mouse

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Beaver, willow ptarmigan and common brimstone

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The Spruce is one of the best-known piano works of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. What are the other compositions in his suite on trees?

The Downy Birch, The Silver Birch and The Fluttering Aspen

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The Majestic Pine, The Sacred Rowan and The Tangled Alders

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The Birch, The Aspen, The Solitary Fir Tree and When the Rowan Blossoms

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How well do you know the Finnish Christmas tree? Get more than 8 right in our quiz, and you could almost pass for a Finn

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It seems you were mostly barking up the wrong tree. Still, you probably learned a great deal!

You’re by no means a blockhead. A score of more than half of the answers right is nothing to sneeze at!

Brilliant! You are a true spruce specialist, and you’re likely to know quite a lot about other trees as well.

1. Question

What is the number of needles that a cultivated Christmas spruce can have?

2. Question

How many needles can there be in a spruce found in the forest?

3. Question

What is the total estimated area of the needles in a cultivated Christmas spruce?

4. Question

What is the full English name of the Christmas spruce?

5. Question

The scientific name of the spruce is Picea abies. What does it mean?

6. Question

Which of the following sites is not favoured by the spruce?

7. Question

The forest worker has cut off the most valuable part of the tree stem. What is the name of this part?

8. Question

Which of the following cannot be made of spruce?

9. Question

Which of the following beetles are a serious threat to spruce stands?

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10. Question

In certain areas in the north of Finland, snow tends to accumulate on tree crowns. The spruces in these areas have noticeably short branches and also a special name. What do you think it might be?

11. Question

Which mushrooms form a symbiosis with the roots of spruces?

12. Question

Which species nest in or on the spruce?

13. Question

The Spruce is one of the best-known piano works of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. What are the other compositions in his suite on trees?