| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Which two elements make up table salt? | sodium | 95%
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| Which two elements make up table salt? | chlorine | 73%
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| Body of water bordering Israel and Jordan (33% salinity) | Dead Sea | 73%
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| Which pink-colored rock salt is marketed with supposed health benefits? | Himalayan salt | 64%
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| Hip hop trio known for songs like “Push It” and “Shoop” | Salt-N-Pepa | 62%
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| Who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom? | Lot's wife | 56%
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| In which US state are the Bonneville Salt Flats, site of land speed records? | Utah | 56%
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| Which ancient city in Mali was a center of the salt trade? | Timbuktu | 53%
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| Which country is the world’s largest producer of salt by volume? | China | 44%
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| Which country relies the most on desalinated water? | Saudi Arabia | 42%
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| Who played suspected Russian agent Evelyn Salt in the film Salt? | Angelina Jolie | 38%
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| Potassium nitrate, especially as a component of gunpowder | saltpeter | 36%
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| Water that is a mixture of freshwater and saltwater is described as this. | brackish | 35%
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| The largest salt flat in the world is Salar de Uyuni in this country. | Bolivia | 33%
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| Largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere (31% salinity) | Great Salt Lake | 33%
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| What term meant a Roman soldier’s pay, partially made in salt? | salary | 33%
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| Which method of food preservation involves rubbing meat in salt? | curing | 31%
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| Who famously used the phrase "salt of the earth"? | Jesus | 31%
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| To dissolve the maximum amount of solute possible (e.g. salt in water) | saturate | 31%
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| "Seether" band named after a Roald Dahl character | Veruca Salt | 27%
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| Sea of low 1.25% salinity connected to Garabogazköl lagoon (35% salinity) | Caspian Sea | 25%
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| A flag design with a diagonal cross stretching from corner to corner | saltire | 24%
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