Midweek bonus 6: a botanical family quiz
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
I decided to revive the lockdown-era midweek bonus episode for a bit of fun - I ask my family to decide which of these botanical terms are real, and which ones I have made up… to play along, visit the show notes for the questions and answers: https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/botanical-quiz
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| 1:19.4 | Hello. Hello, I'm here unexpectedly for a midweek bonus. |
| 1:21.0 | It's been a while. |
| 1:31.3 | I know that I said I wasn't going to do a show this week, and this isn't really a show. |
| 1:40.1 | It's just a little something to drop into your feed this week to possibly enjoy, possibly grimace at. |
| 1:46.7 | My family wanted to do something for the podcast this week, and so I decided to quiz them about botanical words. I gave them a list of words, some real, some completely made up, to see what |
| 1:55.5 | they thought of them and see how well they were able to spot the real ones from the fake ones. |
| 2:01.9 | And you can play along. |
| 2:03.4 | Just get yourself a pen and paper and follow along. |
| 2:07.2 | And you can see how many of these words you can spot. |
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