Black Is Black Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dakota

This is a geography quiz, so we will not dwell much on the musical movie, except to say it was based loosely on a true story and won an Oscar for Best Original Song - "Secret Love".

The Black Hills stretch 110 miles long and 70 miles wide across northeastern South Dakota and into western Wyoming. Black Elk Peak is the highest summit, reaching 7,244 feet (2,208 metres).

The Black Hills were historically extensively covered in forest, which from a distance made them look black. That view raised the native American name Pahá Sápa.

Forestry was formerly the mainstay of the economy but today this has been displaced by tourism. Gold was also extensively mined; The South Dakota Travel Bureau notes "the Black Hills gold rush puts California's to shame."

Answer: Television transmitter

Reaching 1,275 feet (so it is a mountain - just), Black Mountain overlooks Belfast, Northern Ireland's largest city.

As for climbing, you will not need to do much of that. The Divis and Black Mountain ridge walking trail extends for 4.2 miles (6.7 km).

On the mountain is a television transmitter mast that is 228.6 metres (750 ft) tall. It came into operation in 1959.

Answer: Armenia

The six are Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Turkey. Armenia is separated from the Black Sea by Georgia.

In addition, rivers that flow through a further ten countries reach the Black Sea.

The Black Sea extends to an area of about 168,500 square miles (436,400 square kilometres).

Answer: The Moon

Should you wish to visit, you will find Black to the southeast of the walled basin Kästne. It is near the eastern limb of the Moon, just to the southwest of the Mare Smythii.

The average distance between earth and the Moon is 384,400 km. I am sure you can get an Uber taxi willing to take you there.

Answer: Jamaica

The Black River is 53.4 km (33.2 miles) long. It flows from Cockpit County to the Caribbean Sea.

Of course you all know that one of the wrong answers is not in the Caribbean at all.

Answer: The Brothers Grimm

I can just taste a Black Forest gateau as I type these words. It used to be a staple of hotel and restaurant menus in the UK, but seems to have fallen out of favour recently.

The Black Forest is now marketed as a tourist paradise. It gets its name from the canopy of evergreens looming above the forest floor.

Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty are all works collected by Jacob Ludwig Karl and Wilhelm Carl Grimm.

Answer: Ireland

"Dubh" is the Gaelic Irish translation of black. Coill Dubh is a town in County Kildare and is about 25 miles north west of Dublin.

Coill Dubh is not an ancient town. It was established in 1952 to house workers at a peat (turf) fired electricity generating station.

The name comes from the town land of Coill Dubh, which can be translated as Blackwood.

Peat from extensive boglands has been used for centuries as a fuel in Ireland. However the severe impact on the environment means that it is being phased out for commercial use. At one time in the 1960s, 40 per cent of the Republic of Ireland's electricity was generated in peat-burning plants. That fell to eight per cent by 2016.

The Irish government announced that by the end of 2019 it planned to eliminate all of its 100 million Euro annual subsidies to the commercial peat industries. It was envisaged that peat production for electricity would come to an end by 2027.

Answer: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Black Volcano is inactive, you will be pleased to hear if your balloon comes down there.

The volcano is thought to have last erupted about 150,000 years ago.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, incidentally, hosts the largest hot air ballooning event in the world.

Answer: Wales

Black Mountain Road, the A4069, is a 20.1 mile (32.3 km) route in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

A combination of straight stretches and hairpin bends makes this a challenging drive. If you dare take your eyes off the road, views from the mountainside are breathtaking.

You should also keep your eyes peeled for sheep that wander at will on the mountains.

The road was featured on the BBCtv show "Top Gear", which sealed its fame and made it a very busy route at weekends.

Answer: Alabama

It is hard for Europeans to get their heads around the idea that a location with 200 residents can be a town, but, when in America...

The town of Black is in Geneva County and was incorporated in 1905.

The population was estimated at 207 in 2018 - down from a dizzy 614 in 2010. (I'll probably get Correction Notes from Americans for making light of their towns.)

There are also unincorporated Blacks in Illinois, Missouri and West Virginia.

Did I need to tell you that the clue alludes to the song "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynard Skynard?