Black Is the Colour Trivia Quiz

Answer: New Zealand

New Zealand's team kit has been entirely black since their white knickerbockers were replaced in 1905. The 1905 team were known as "The Originals" and were the first to tour internationally in a series that is infamous for the teams unprecedented success. They won all of their matches save a narrow defeat against Wales and had a positive point difference of 918 for the series.

Answer: Seven

Blackball is itself a term for various billiards type games, in Britain blackball is often referred to simply as pool. It is also the title of Mel Smith's 2003 bowls themed comedy loosely based on former world champion Griff Sanders.

Answer: Asocial; Work shy

The asocial category included a vast number of subcategories including the mentally ill; the homeless; substance abusers and, at first, Roma. They were later recategorised with a brown triangle. There were a number of badges categories with red triangles representing those with left-wing associations, green triangles habitual criminals and purple triangles Jehovah's witnesses.

Answer: Metallica

Prince, Jay-Z and The Damned have released albums titled "The Black Album". The Metallica album in question is eponymous and is nicknamed for the plain album cover. It is the bestselling of all the bands albums, having been certified fifteen times platinum.

Answer: Queen Anne's Revenge

Adventure Galley was the ship of Captain Kidd. Royal Fortune belonged to Black Bart and The William is famous for being commanded by Calico Jack. Queen Anne's Revenge was launched as Concord in 1710 and was captured by Blackbeard in 1717. He used her effectively for little over a year before running her aground off the coast of North Carolina.

A wreck thought to be that of the Queen Anne's Revenge was found in 1996 and artifacts continue to be recovered.

Answer: Natalie Portman

Portman won the Academy Award for best actress, the other three actresses mentioned all received a nomination. Born Natalie Hershlag Portman, she found fame as Padme Amidala in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy. Portman won a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA for her lead role in "Black Swan".

Answer: Newspaper publishing

Conrad Black was once owned a wide range of publications around the world including the British Daily Telegraph and the Canadian National Post He was raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom in 2001. He has since been convicted of mail fraud and obstruction of justice and is awaiting re-sentencing, having had two of three counts of mail fraud overturned by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Answer: China

The Black Death is considered the most extensive outbreak of Bubonic Plague, it resulted in the deaths of at least a third of the entire population of Europe. A lack of medical understanding led to various unusual 'cures' including an unprecedented growth in Flagellantism. Bubonic Plague is extremely rare in the developed world, although in late 2010 a woman in Lake County, Oregon was diagnosed, fortunately modern treatment usually consists of a course of antibiotics.

Answer: October 19th, 1987

Both the British and American markets lost a quarter of their value. Thursday, October 24th, 1929 is Black Thursday of Great Depression fame. Sunday, January 30th, 1972 is Bloody Sunday, infamous as a day of shootings in Northern Ireland. Wednesday, September 15, 1954 is referred to as Black Wednesday, famous as a particularly bad example of air traffic control.

Answer: Somalia

"Black Hawk Down" depicts the Battle of Mogadishu, a clash between a United Nations Force (largely composed of U.S. Rangers) and militia loyal to the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Ironically Farrah Aidid's son and heir Hussein Mohamed Farrah is himself a United States Marine Veteran and has aided relations with the West.