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Oil & Gas Trivia Quiz
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1. What gasoline brand issued the first toy version of its iconic green, yellow, and white toy tanker trucks in 1964?

2. Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a 19th century inventor and mechanical engineer, most famous for the invention of his namesake engine. He's also well-known for a suspicious death at sea. Although born in France, Diesel was what nationality?

3. In the common energy-related alphanumeric phrase of E85 that you might see at a gas station, what does the E stand for?

4. First manufactured in 1982, what was the first American-produced Japanese car? The vehicle rolled off the assembly line at the Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio and became the best-selling Japanese car in the United States for 15 straight years.

5. Paraffin, lamp oil, and coal oil are all names for what combustible hydrocarbon liquid derived from petroleum?

6. What is the name of the tallest compliant tower in the world, finished in 200, standing in the Gulf of Mexico at a whopping 640 meters tall, and operated by Chevron?

7. Based on the 2016 government-reported figures, name one of the four US states in which the per capita energy consumption was below 200 million BTUs.

8. Said to represent upwards of 600 companies in the United States, the API is the largest association for the oil and natural gas industry. What does API stand for?

9. What is the name of the region with large deposits of bitumen (heavy crude oil) in the northeastern region of Alberta? This is the largest known reservoir of bitumen on Earth.

10. What adjective for less-than-full-size cars eventually had 'sub' added to the front of the word and occasionally even has 'micro' attached out front?

11. Every oil or gas well drilled in the United States gets a number assigned to it by which trade association?

12. What 'A' word applies to an oil well that is dug to determine the likely production rate of a field? This word is also used to describe things like an evaluation of how much a house is worth.

13. The massive flow of Russia's Druzhba pipeline gets fed by oil from Siberia, the Urals, and what caviar-rish, C.S. Lewis-approved sea?

14. The term 'iron horse' was a nickname for what type of transportation vehicle? The nicknames came from a newspaper description as follows: 'the iron horse with its lungs of brass and sinews of steel, came dashing along at a furious rate, puffing volumes of smoke and flame from its nostrils.'

15. In May 2003, the fastest known speeding ticket in US history was handed out, with a Swedish sports car allegedly going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone. Fittingly, in what state did this occur? I suppose everything's bigger, and everything's faster there.

16. Zoox, Pony.ai, and Aurora are all technology startups that have collectively raised billions of venture capital dollars working in what specific field of software?

17. The LeSabre, Century, and Roadmaster are all automobile models from what brand? This brand was the first manufacturer to start General Motors.

18. What former NATO Supreme Allied Commander was raised in Arkansas, graduated as West Point valedictorian, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, and had a brief campaign for the 2004 Democratic nomination for US President, and currently serves on the board of directors of BNK Petroleum?

19. What was the last name of Erle, who started an oil well services firm in 1919 that spread worldwide, including Iraq?

20. In the Seinfeld episode 'The Dealership,' Kramer has a car to test drive for the day and one of his 'tests' include running the gas tank all the way to empty, much to George's irritation. The episode is well-known as the first to air after the announcement that the show was set to conclude. The car Kramer test drives was manufactured by what Swedish car manufacturer?

21. What is the name of the American truck company that manufactured its first truck in 1907, inspired the name of a Pixar character in the movie 'Cars,' and was purchased by Volvo in 2000?

22. What feline-sounding term is typically used to describe an exploratory gas or oil well? The term dates all the way back to newspaper articles from the 1870s. The term could also be used to describe a student at the University of Arizona.

23. Headquartered in Dhahran, Aramco is a state-owned oil and natural gas corporation of what country?

24. BOPD is an acronym that tells you the volume of crude oil that is produced in one _____.

25. What national Petroleum and Chemical Corporation is the biggest oil company in the world? In its home country it is called Sinopec.

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