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1 Which country is the world’s largest producer of olive oil?
A Spain. Consistently leading production by a significant margin, often accounting for over half of the global supply.
2 Meaning slipper, what type of Italian bread has a sponge-like texture and is made using olive oil?
A Ciabatta. A rustic white bread created in the Veneto region of Italy in 1982 by baker Arnaldo Cavallari, as a response to the popularity of French baguettes.
3 Which Welsh harbour, now an oil terminus, did Lord Nelson once call the “finest port in Christendom”?
A Milford Haven, in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
4 Which American business magnate and philanthropist said, “The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.”?
A Attributed to John D Rockefeller.
5 In which island group is Europe’s largest oil port, Sullom Voe?
A Shetland Islands. A remote island group north-east of the Scottish mainland in the North Sea.
6 The name of which floor covering comes from the Latin for ‘flax’ and ‘oil’?
A Linoleum. English inventor Frederick Walton coined the term in 1860 by combining the Latin words Linum (flax or linen) and Oleum (oil).
7 BP claims to have spent over $15 billion in clean-up costs following an oil spill in which body of water?
A Gulf of Mexico – Deepwater Horizon oil spill – part of an overall charge of over $65 billion
8 From what is the oily, waxy substance lanolin extracted?
A Wool. Lanolin is a natural by-product of domestic sheep.
9 Who starred in the 1992 film “Lorenzo’s Oil”?
A Nick Nolte (as Augusto Odone), with Susan Sarandon (as Michaela Odone) and Peter Ustinov (as Professor Gus Nikolais).
10 Which oil is commonly used in oil painting?
A Linseed oil. he oil acts as a binder that holds the pigment and forms a durable film as it dries; however, artists also use alternatives like poppy, walnut, and safflower oils, each offering different qualities in drying time, colour, and gloss, with options like alkyd mediums also used to speed drying.