The Salt Quiz 🧂

Answer these questions about salt.

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Hint	Answer
Which two elements make up table salt?	sodium
Which two elements make up table salt?	chlorine
To dissolve the maximum amount of solute possible (e.g. salt in water)	saturate
Water that is a mixture of freshwater and saltwater is described as this.	brackish
Which pink-colored rock salt is marketed with supposed health benefits?	Himalayan salt
Which method of food preservation involves rubbing meat in salt?	curing
Potassium nitrate, especially as a component of gunpowder	saltpeter
A flag design with a diagonal cross stretching from corner to corner	saltire
Hip hop trio known for songs like “Push It” and “Shoop”	Salt-N-Pepa
"Seether" band named after a Roald Dahl character	Veruca Salt
Who played suspected Russian agent Evelyn Salt in the film Salt?	Angelina Jolie

Hint	Answer
Which ancient city in Mali was a center of the salt trade?	Timbuktu
Who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom?	Lot's wife
Who famously used the phrase "salt of the earth"?	Jesus
What term meant a Roman soldier’s pay, partially made in salt?	salary
Largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere (31% salinity)	Great Salt Lake
Body of water bordering Israel and Jordan (33% salinity)	Dead Sea
Sea of low 1.25% salinity connected to Garabogazköl lagoon (35% salinity)	Caspian Sea
In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats, site of land speed records?	Utah
The largest salt flat in the world is Salar de Uyuni in this country.	Bolivia
Which country is the world’s largest producer of salt by volume?	China
Which country relies the most on desalinated water?	Saudi Arabia

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Level 91

Jun 17, 2025

Good one!