> > 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
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> Technically, the answer to number 9 *should* be China, since that is where they originated. They only became widely known after they were imported by New Zealand growers and became a major crop here. The name was changed to kiwifruit, presumably for marketing reasons: the fruit is brown and fuzzy-looking on the outside like the kiwi, NZ's national bird. I understand kiwifruit are called kiwis in the USA.

I understand that the reason they became known as kiwifruit was to make them easier to market in America during the Cold War. Can anyone shed any light on this?

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