Soap Quiz: questions and answers

1. What are the uses of soap in the industry?

As components of some lubricants

As thickeners

Both are true

2. How many types of soaps exist?

2

3

4

3. In which city is the first evidence of soap-like materials recorded?

Constantinople

Babylon

Nippur

4. In what year was the "Palmolive" brand introduced?

1898

1899

1900

5. In which French city was concentrated soap mostly made in the second half of the 15th century?

Dijon

Toulon

Paris

6. What is the name of soap made from pure olive oil?

European soap

French soap

Marseille soap

7. Which country in the Middle East exported soap to other parts of the Muslim world and to Europe?

Iran

Israel

Syria

8. Who patented a liquid soap in 1865?

William Shepphard

B.J. Johnson

William Gossage

9. What is the Latin word for "soap"?

Sapo

Sebum

Soap

10. Soap cannot be used as:

A personal care product

A spice for exotic meal

A home cleaning product

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