Q.1
Languedoc vines have suffered badly this year, with disaster hitting only three weeks before harvest. What has caused their suffering?
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The Camargue flamingos
Vine eating cockroaches
Golf-ball sized hailstones
A strong summer storm
Q.2
Provence has also had recent scares, with what getting dangerously close to vineyards?
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A hail storm that hit the coastal areas
A summer musical festival that spread out of the controlled area
Wild fires
A tornado that ripped up local farm land
Q.3
Which animal invaded Tuscan vineyards causing damage to the vines?
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Starlings
Wild Cat
Wild Horses
Wild Boar
Q.4
What destroyed vines of up to 50 years old in Catalonia in 2016?
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A bonfire that got out of control
A bunch of unruly kids
Lost pensioners
Crop circles blamed on Aliens
Q.5
Yealands tried to use guinea pigs in its vineyards to cut the grass, but it didn't work and they were replaced by babydoll sheep. Why?
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The guinea pigs were eaten by local hawks
They ended up eating the vine bark
Herding guinea pigs is too hard; they get scared and have heart attacks
The tractors in the vineyards couldn't avoid them
Q.6
Languedoc-Roussillon's Clot de l'Oum saw what happening in its vineyards?
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A militant wine group drove a tanker through the vineyard
Anarchists spray painted many of the vines
A food movement protested against picking grapes because it hurts the vine
A vandal, or vandals, cut the vines in half
Q.7
What does Navarro Vineyards do to keep away pests that may eat the grapes or damage the vines?
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Dogs
Bobcats
Gophers
Geese
Q.8
In 2014 Freisinger Hof vineyard estate in Tramin lost parts of its vineyards. How?
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Flood caused by icemelt from the mountains
Earthquake which uprooted the vines
Avalanche from the glacier
Runaway boulder
Q.9
In 2005 what destroyed an entire harvest of grapes in the Brandenburg, Germany?
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Raccoons originally introduced by the Nazis
Baboons that escaped from a Berlin zoo
Birds that had changed their usual migration patterns
Deer from the local wildlife reserve
Q.10
Which event caused Gehlen-Cornelius' vineyards damage in the Mosel?
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Red Bull Air Show
World Rally Championship
Gumball Rally
Mosel Marathon