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245 Oil & Gas Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. The fictional gas brand Dinoco is featured in several Pixar films, including what 1995 movie that debuted Woody and Buzz Lightyear?
   
   Answer: Toy Story
   
   
2. The longest-term export between the U.S. and Japan is the shipping of LNG from Alaska. LNG stands for what type of cleaner-than-coal energy?
   
   Answer: Liquified Natural Gas
   
   
3. 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.
   
   Answer: Texas
   
   
4. What is the name of the pipeline, built in the 1970s, that transports oil from fields near Prudhoe Bay across Alaska to the port city of Valdez?
   
   Answer: Trans-Alaska Pipeline
   
   
5. What Korean auto manufacturer produces car models known in the United States as the Forte, the Optima, and the Rio, among others?
   
   Answer: Kia
   
   
6. Homer Electric will replace gas turbines on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula with lithium-ion Megapacks provided by what car-slash-clean energy company?
   
   Answer: Tesla
   
   
7. The Sentra, Altima, and Pathfinder are all car models made by what maker?
   
   Answer: Nissan
   
   
8. What is the name of the "well stimulation technique" in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid to create cracks in deep-rock formations through which natural gas or petroleum can escape? This process led to an industrial boom across parts of the Dakotas and Pennsylvania in the 2000s in the U.S.
   
   Answer: Fracking
   
   
9. Several metropolitan areas in the US have highway sections during peak times designated as "HOV lanes." What does HOV stand for?
   
   Answer: High-occupancy vehicle
   
   
10. "Cars" was the final Pixar film to be released on VHS and also the first to be released on what post-DVD high-resolution technology?
    
    Answer: Blu Ray
    
    
11. The rapper Xzibit was the host of what MTV show that ran for six seasons until 2007? Each episode started with a car in poor condition and ended with a restored, customized version of the same car. Other shows have such as "Trick My Truck" have imitated the format.
    
    Answer: Pimp My Ride
    
    
12. Hilcorp took over Alaska's massive Prudhoe Bay oil fields in 2019, after a sale by what massive London-based multinational oil and gas company?
    
    Answer: BP
    
    
13. On June 7, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that it had seized approximately $2.3 million worth of what cryptocurrency from the Darkside Colonial Pipeline hackers?
    
    Answer: bitcoin
    
    
14. Diesel fuel originated from experiments for the compression-ignition engine invented in 1892 by Rudolf Diesel. What nationality was Mr. Diesel?
    
    Answer: German
    
    
15. The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle is a group of four-wheel drive military trucks and utility vehicles. The group of vehicles is more commonly known by what six-letter term?
    
    Answer: Humvee
    
    
16. A Supercharger is a 480-volt DC fast-charging station built by what American vehicle manufacturer?
    
    Answer: Tesla
    
    
17. Also part of cow farts, what simple hydrocarbon, chemical formula CH4, is the primary component of natural gas?
    
    Answer: Methane
    
    
18. The Forester and Outback were two of the top 25 best-selling cars in the U.S. in 2019. What Japanese company manufactures both of these models?
    
    Answer: Subaru
    
    
19. What used car retailer, which has its headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker KMX?
    
    Answer: CarMax
    
    
20. Gordon, James, Percy, and Emily are all members of the "Steam Team" and friends with what titular transportation children's character?
    
    Answer: Thomas the Tank Engine
    
    
21. Grossing around $200M worldwide, what 2019 film starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale features not one, but two transportation brands in the film title?
    
    Answer: Ford v Ferrrari
    
    
22. What does the "E" in OPEC stand for?
    
    Answer: Exporting
    
    
23. Some researchers believe that increased oil and gas production in what large basin, named for a geologic time period, has caused a marked increase in Texas earthquakes?
    
    Answer: Permian Basin
    
    
24. What is the largest city by population in Texas which does NOT have either a NFL, NBA, or MLB team call it home?
    
    Answer: Austin
    
    
25. In the common energy-related alphanumeric phrase of E85 that you might see at a gas station, what does the E stand for?
    
    Answer: Ethanol
    
    
26. Established on November 11, 1926 and stretching 2,448 miles across the United States, what famous highway is also known as the Will Rogers Memorial Highway?
    
    Answer: Route 66
    
    
27. This question makes me tired: the four strokes of a gasoline engine are intake, compression, combustion, and what "E" stroke also known as "outlet?"
    
    Answer: Exhaust
    
    
28. In the first half of 2019, the two top-selling Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the US were manufactured by Tesla. The third place vehicle is a Chevrolet model with what four-letter-name shared with a famous Jamaican?
    
    Answer: Bolt
    
    
29. In 1903, Mary Anderson received a patent for an invention that cleaned precipitation and debris. Her initial version was controlled by a handle inside a vehicle. Her invention was widespread within 15 years. By what alliterative name (we need both words!) do we know Mary's invention?
    
    Answer: Windshield wipers
    
    
30. The LeSabre, Century, and Roadmaster are all automobile models from what brand? This brand was the first manufacturer to start General Motors.
    
    Answer: Buick
    
    
31. Three US states collectively account for over half of all domestic refining capacity. California and Texas are two of these states. What is the third?
    
    Answer: Louisiana
    
    
32. Although it is not publicly traded, what Middle Eastern oil company is often considered the most valuable company on earth? A long-discussed public offering has potentially been shelved.
    
    Answer: Saudi Aramco
    
    
33. 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."
    
    Answer: Train
    
    
34. BOPD is an acronym that tells you the volume of crude oil that is produced in one _____.
    
    Answer: Day
    
    
35. Featuring lyrics about being set on fire, "Gasoline" is a song on the 2011 album "Femme Fatale" by what pop star whose conservatorship famously ended in 2021?
    
    Answer: Britney Spears
    
    
36. What science word technically means the amount of matter? Near the surface of Earth it's basically equivalent with weight.
    
    Answer: Mass
    
    
37. Despite being American-born, Bob Dudley has been CEO of what British multinational oil and gas company since 2010?
    
    Answer: BP
    
    
38. What internationally-recognized car brand, commissioned in 1934 by the country's notorious leader, translates in English to "People's car?"
    
    Answer: Volkswagen
    
    
39. Samotolor Field and Romashkino Field are two of the largest oil fields in what expansive country?
    
    Answer: Russia
    
    
40. At a length of 1,908 miles, what is the longest north-south interstate highway in the US? The highway was not fully completed until 2018 when a gap in New Jersey was filled and it now fully connects Florida to Maine while serving all major cities from Jacksonville to Washington to New York to Boston to Portland.
    
    Answer: I-95
    
    
41. The Accent, Santa Fe, and Palisade are all car models manufactured by what international automotive company?
    
    Answer: Hyundai
    
    
42. Paraffin, lamp oil, and coal oil are all names for what combustible hydrocarbon liquid derived from petroleum?
    
    Answer: Kerosene
    
    
43. Within 2, how many US gallons are in a typical barrel of oil?
    
    Answer: 42 (40-44 accepted)
    
    
44. How many gallons are in one barrel of oil? (We'll accept within 5 of the correct answer.)
    
    Answer: 42
    
    
45. Oil magnate Ellis Wyatt is one of the titans of industry who go missing in what 1957 novel by Ayn Rand?
    
    Answer: Atlas Shrugged
    
    
46. In its full name, what two words, which allude to its national origins, begin the name of the oil and gas company Shell?
    
    Answer: Royal Dutch
    
    
47. Which C-word refers to the equipment needed or the next steps that need to be taken to make a drilled well operational?
    
    Answer: Completions
    
    
48. “The Smartest Guys in the Room” is the byline of a 2005 documentary film about the collapse about what American company after it became embroiled in one of the biggest insider trading corporate scandals of all time?
    
    Answer: Enron
    
    
49. In 1989, a ship hit a reef in the Prince William Sound and spilled more than 10 million gallons of crude oil over more than 1,000 miles of coastline. What was the famous, ill-fated two-word name of this ship?
    
    Answer: Exxon Valdez
    
    
50. According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles in 2018, China was the world's largest manufacturer of motor vehicles with 28 million produced. Next up was the United States with 11 million vehicles. What Asian country was in third place with nearly 10 million vehicles produced?
    
    Answer: Japan
    
    
51. 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?
    
    Answer: Compact
    
    
52. The airship era of passenger flight had a quick demise after what German-made ship disastrously crashed in New Jersey in 1937?
    
    Answer: Hindenburg
    
    
53. A large, double-sided sign featuring the logo of an oil company overlooks Kenmore Square in Boston. The sign was first installed in 1940 and most recently had its logo updated in 1965. What brand is represented on this sign?
    
    Answer: Citgo
    
    
54. What is the History Channel series that has featured adventurous drivers take the wheel while embarking on Alaska's Dalton Highway or Canada's frozen lakes?
    
    Answer: Ice Road Truckers
    
    
55. What is the two-word phrase for the boisterous effect that occurs when something moves faster than sound? It was first experienced in an aircraft flown by Chuck Yeager.
    
    Answer: Sonic Boom
    
    
56. Alaska is home to the largest mountain in the United States, coming in at over 20,000 feet high. This mountain is also the namesake for a line of GMC trucks and SUVs. What is the mountain called?
    
    Answer: Denali
    
    
57. Octan is a fictional company whose gas stations appear in the building sets of what Danish toy brand?
    
    Answer: Lego
    
    
58. Founded in 1914 and owned by FIAT since 1993, what is the name of the Italian Italian luxury car manufacturer that features a trident as its emblem?
    
    Answer: Maserati
    
    
59. Although colloquially used as a term to indicate that the unemployment rate is substantially higher than normal, an economist will tell you that the technical definition reflects two straight calendar quarters of negative growth of real GDP. What is the term?
    
    Answer: Recession
    
    
60. Petrobras is the common name of a government-owned energy conglomerate in what South American country?
    
    Answer: Brazil
    
    
61. Since 2000, Mack Trucks has been a subsidiary of what Swedish carmaker?
    
    Answer: Volvo
    
    
62. Halliburton is one of the largest oil field service companies in the world. Although the company is technically American, it has dual headquarters in Houston and what city outside of the US?
    
    Answer: Dubai
    
    
63. Although Austria is not a member of OPEC, OPEC's headquarters are located in what world capital city?
    
    Answer: Vienna
    
    
64. 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.
    
    Answer: Appraisal Well
    
    
65. The name of which liquid derived from petroleum, widely used to power jet engines, originates from the Greek for “wax?”
    
    Answer: Kerosene
    
    
66. What Japanese automaker uses the expression "Zoom-Zoom" which describes the "emotion of motion" it claims is inherent in its cars? Obviously, the word later became more associated with a videotechnology company.
    
    Answer: Mazda
    
    
67. What Western Australian city is the center of Australia's oil and gas industry, with the largest concentration of global oil and gas companies, and oil service companies in Australia?
    
    Answer: Perth
    
    
68. 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.
    
    Answer: Wildcat
    
    
69. A French multinational oil and gas company, founded in 1924 and considered one of the “supermajor” oil companies, is Total______. Fill in the one word blank, the plural of the power required to perform physical and mental activities.
    
    Answer: TotalEnergies
    
    
70. When viewing the composition of petroleum by weight, what chemical makes up the majority?
    
    Answer: Carbon
    
    
71. What is the seven-letter branded software standard created by Apple that enables a car radio or touchscreen to be a display and a controller for an iOS device?
    
    Answer: CarPlay
    
    
72. Located about 60km from Dhahran, the massive Ghawar Oil Field is found in what Middle Eastern country?
    
    Answer: Saudi Arabia
    
    
73. Learning from World War I, the Germans famously stockpiled ample oil and gasoline as supplies for what "lightning war" method of warfare employed in WWII?
    
    Answer: Blitzkrieg
    
    
74. Although the technology has existed for at least 50 years, in the 2000s was the first time that efficacy and output increased enough in LED lights to be used in applications such as car headlights. What does LED stand for?
    
    Answer: Light emitting diode
    
    
75. What is the word for the category of compounds that lower the surface tension (or interfacial tension) between two liquids, between a gas and a liquid, or between a liquid and a solid. They may act as detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, and dispersant.
    
    Answer: Surfactant
    
    
76. As of 2018, ExxonMobil is the largest direct descendant of what iconic 19th century US company?
    
    Answer: Standard Oil
    
    
77. Before serving in the role of Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson served as the CEO of what major energy company?
    
    Answer: ExxonMobil
    
    
78. What is the name of the sedimentary rock formation that is the source of the fracking that has taken off in Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia?
    
    Answer: Marcellus
    
    
79. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company was founded in 1908 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Iran. Now associated with Deepwater Horizon, by what name is this company known today?
    
    Answer: BP
    
    
80. There's an important document issued by a carrier which acknowledges receipt of cargo for shipment. It once referred strictly to goods transported by sea but no refers to land as well. It's a Bill of L______. What word fills in the blank?
    
    Answer: Lading
    
    
81. In what country is the largest oil field in the world?
    
    Answer: Saudi Arabia
    
    
82. 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?
    
    Answer: Caspian Sea
    
    
83. Paraffin and lamp oil are alternative terms for what combustible hydrocarbon liquid derived from petroleum?
    
    Answer: Kerosene
    
    
84. Darren Woods is an American businessman that publicly endorsed the Paris climate accord and wrote a personal letter to Donald Trump urging him to keep the U.S. in the agreement. Somewhat counterintuitively, Woods is also the CEO of what company?
    
    Answer: ExxonMobil
    
    
85. Headquartered in Dhahran, Aramco is a state-owned oil and natural gas corporation of what country?
    
    Answer: Saudi Arabia
    
    
86. Environmental regulations ensure refineries remove certain pollutants. What element, a large contributor to 'acid rain', is removed in the refining process?
    
    Answer: Sulfur
    
    
87. The U.S.'s leading state in solar energy typically generates more than 30% of the nation's total each month. What state is this?
    
    Answer: California
    
    
88. Before aiding Seattle in opening its first – and the United States’ first gas station in 1907, Standard Oil was founded 37 years prior be Henry Flagler and what American mogul magnate and philanthropist?
    
    Answer: John D. Rockefeller
    
    
89. In May 2021, the FBI declared that what ransomware group was responsible for the cyberattacks that forced the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline petroleum networks?
    
    Answer: Darkside
    
    
90. Known widely as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake," what famous motor racing driver became a household name once his surname became attached to an automobile brand?
    
    Answer: Ferrari
    
    
91. What Oklahoma city in Payne County is considered the Pipeline Crossroads of the World due to its status as a price settlement point for the New York Mercantile Exchange?
    
    Answer: Cushing
    
    
92. A single notice of violation kickstarted the Volkswagen scandal known as "dieselgate." An agency from what country issued this first notice in 2015? As a hint, it wasn't Volkswagen's home country of Germany.
    
    Answer: United States
    
    
93. Upton Sinclair's 20th-century novel "Oil!" served as inspiration and a springboard for the screenplay of what Oscar-winning 2007 film following the life of a California oil man?
    
    Answer: There Will Be Blood
    
    
94. The direct conversion of sunlight into electricity started in 1954, via solar cells using silicon. These cells are alternatively referred to by what longer "P" name?
    
    Answer: Photovoltaic cells
    
    
95. ATL is of course the code for the busiest airport in the state of Georgia with more than 50 million commercial passenger enplanements in 2016. What is the three-letter code for the second-busiest airport in the state? This airport had just over one million commercial passenger enplanements in 2016.
    
    Answer: SAV
    
    
96. 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?
    
    Answer: German
    
    
97. What is the generic term for the fictional flying cars used in the film "Blade Runner?" In the film, they are mainly used by the police to patrol and survey the population. This seven-letter term sounds like it could also describe a part of the game "Twister."
    
    Answer: Spinner
    
    
98. He and his family moved to Strongsville, Ohio in 1853 and he attended Cleveland's Central High School. Sixty years later, he was considered the richest man in the world and had a fortune worth 2% of the U.S. GDP. Who is this man?
    
    Answer: John D Rockefeller
    
    
99. In 1819, the SS Savannah set sail from Georgia and later became the first steamship to successfully cross the Atlantic when it finished its voyage in what British port town? Hint: the port town's famous soccer team proudly claims "You'll Never Walk Alone."
    
    Answer: Liverpool
    
    
100. Daniel Yergin's 1990 book "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power" was the winner of what annual award for achievement in writing?
     
     Answer: Pulitzer Prize
     
     
101. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an intergovernmental organization founded in September 1960 at a conference in what country?
     
     Answer: Iraq
     
     
102. When referring to the metric used to combined oil and nat gas reserves into one number, what does BOE stand for?
     
     Answer: Barrels of Oil Equivalent
     
     
103. 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.
     
     Answer: Rhode Island or California or New York or Hawaii
     
     
104. In 2018, the second-to-last US state that banned self-serve gasoline rescinded this restriction, leaving only New Jersey as a filling-station-attendant haven. What was this state that recently changed its gasoline regulations?
     
     Answer: Oregon
     
     
105. What Republican politician served as CEO and Chairman of oil giant Halliburton from 1995 to 2000?
     
     Answer: Dick Cheney
     
     
106. What company has the largest reserve of liquid oil in the world? It has been routinely rumored to be exploring an IPO but has yet to do so.
     
     Answer: Saudi Aramco
     
     
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     Answer: yep for sure
     
     
108. In the past 100 years of pricing for crude oil, the peak price was in what year?
     
     Answer: 2008
     
     
109. Name one of the two years in the 1970s recognized as having an oil crisis of national importance.
     
     Answer: 1973 or 1979
     
     
110. One known carcinogen within gasoline is the compound benzene, which is composed of carbon and what other element?
     
     Answer: Hyrdrogen
     
     
111. What is the name of the tall pipe that burns off excess gas from petroleum refinery? This signal often appears as a visible flame.
     
     Answer: Flare
     
     
112. What oil company recently received funding from Warren Buffett to fund its attempted acquisition of Anadarko?
     
     Answer: Occidental Petroleum
     
     
113. 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?
     
     Answer: Wesley Clark
     
     
114. Both Exxon and Mobil are "descendant" companies of what former company that was forced to disband in 1911?
     
     Answer: Standard Oil
     
     
115. What Norwegian "E" company was previously known as Statoil and StatoilHydro?
     
     Answer: Equinor
     
     
116. What energy company describes its logo on its own website as follows? "The colours of the Helios – named after the Greek god of the sun – suggest heat, light and nature. It is also a pattern of interlocking shapes."
     
     Answer: BP
     
     
117. Reflective of Dubai's shift away from an oil-based economy towards the information and tourist sectors, what is the alliterative name of the coastal central business district that was built with over 200 buildings in the 21st century?
     
     Answer: Business Bay
     
     
118. In 1859 the first successful drilling of an oil well was near Oil Creek in the city of Titusville. In what U.S. state did this event occur?`
     
     Answer: Pennsylvania
     
     
119. When ranked by 2018 revenue, the largest oil and gas company in the world was based in Saudi Arabia. Second place on the list was based in what country?
     
     Answer: China
     
     
120. What shale-drilling pioneer with a "bay" name filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2020?
     
     Answer: Chesapeake Energy
     
     
121. What "b" term in the drilling industry means "a sudden, uncontrolled release of underground pressure from the well" and is also a hair styling technique involving the flattening and straightening of hair?
     
     Answer: Blowout
     
     
122. In the common benchmark within oil futures of WTI Crude Oil, what does the WTI stand for?
     
     Answer: West Texas Intermediate
     
     
123. Appropriately, what gasoline brand has a circular logo containing a single star and a red letter T?
     
     Answer: Texaco
     
     
124. What gasoline brand shares its name with a mark that can be used to indicate rank on the uniform of a military or police officer?
     
     Answer: Chevron
     
     
125. in 2002, a “C” oil company based in Utah, and a “P” Petroleum Company based in Oklahoma merged to form what Houston oil conglomerate? The name is one word, the two former companies pressed together.
     
     Answer: ConocoPhillips
     
     
126. What “C” petroleum company, founded in 1950 in Houston, Texas, with Joe Gatto as its current president, uses a logo where its name is in big blue letters, with the word “petroleum” in little red letters underneath?
     
     Answer: Callon
     
     
127. Founded in 1999, a Chinese oil and gas company that is the public face of China’s national oil industry, is P______China. Fill in the one word “P” prefix, which gets its name from another name for oil.
     
     Answer: Petro
     
     
128. Before she wrote the more famous love ballad "I'll Always Love You," what country music legend included the comedic song "I'll Oil Wells Love You" on her 1968 album "Just Because I'm a Woman?"
     
     Answer: Dolly Parton
     
     
129. What K-word means solid, insoluble organic matter found in sedimentary rock that, when heated, can yield oil or natural gas?
     
     Answer: kerogen
     
     
130. What country that is due to host the World Cup in 2022 has the world's third-largest reserves of natural gas?
     
     Answer: Qatar
     
     
131. What country, which comes last alphabetically among South American countries, has the world’s largest oil reserves as of 2020?
     
     Answer: Venezuela
     
     
132. In October 1973, many members of OPEC placed an oil embargo on the United States, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom due to their support for Israel in what Middle Eastern conflict?
     
     Answer: Yom Kippur War
     
     
133. What “C” term from oil piping refers to heavy steel pipe used to seal off fluids from the hole, or to keep the hole from caving in?
     
     Answer: Casing
     
     
134. In petroleum production, an assembly of valves, casing spools, and fittings used to regulate the flow of pipes in an oil well may be known by what Yule-appropriate name?
     
     Answer: Christmas Tree
     
     
135. In what 1999 film starring Pierce Brosnan as 007 does Bond thwart an attempt to increase petroleum prices by triggering a nuclear meltdown in the waters of Istanbul?
     
     Answer: The World Is Not Enough
     
     
136. In 1821, William Hart dug the first well in the United States to specifically produce natural gas along the banks of the Canadaway Creek in the town of Fredonia in what state?
     
     Answer: New York
     
     
137. 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?
     
     Answer: Petronius
     
     
138. Who was nicknamed "The Prophet of Spindletop" for his work in the Texas oil business? He leased the land on Sour Hill Mound to Anthony Lucas for drilling, resulting in the gusher that changed the oil industry.
     
     Answer: Patillo Higgins
     
     
139. To help with gasoline rationing during World War II, the federal government divided America into five PADDs, which stand for Petroleum Administration for Defense ___. What word goes in the blank?
     
     Answer: Districts
     
     
140. In the 19th century, gasoline was no more than crude oil waste. Most American refineries were really after which combustible hydrocarbon liquid (good for lamps)?
     
     Answer: Kerosene
     
     
141. A field that holds more than 500 million barrels of oil, such as Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, may be known by what animalistic nine-letter term?
     
     Answer: Elephant
     
     
142. 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?
     
     Answer: American Petroleum Institute
     
     
143. Which part of a marine drilling platform that provides an opening to the water below also sounds like a place you’d go swimming in outer space? (Hint: Some call it “wet porch”)
     
     Answer: Moon Pool
     
     
144. Which chemical (CH3OH, also known as wood alcohol) produces invisible flames and no smoke when it’s lit on fire?
     
     Answer: Methanol
     
     
145. Brent crude oil, a benchmark against which other crude grades are priced, gets its name from the Brent field, an oil and gas field located in which sea between Scotland and Norway?
     
     Answer: The North Sea
     
     
146. The Bolivar Coastal Fields, the largest oil field outside the Middle East, is located on the edge of Lake Maracaibo in which country, the world's fifth largest oil exporter?
     
     Answer: Venezuela
     
     
147. A mysterious organization uses searching for oil as a cover for damming Bolivia's water supply in what 2008 James Bond film that starred Daniel Craig as 007 and Olga Kurylenko as his love interest?
     
     Answer: Quantum of Solace
     
     
148. The acronym BOP (pronounced one letter at a time; it’s not a catchy tune you can dance to) stands for Blowout ______, and it’s a very important valve on an oil or gas well.
     
     Answer: Preventer
     
     
149. Every oil or gas well drilled in the United States gets a number assigned to it by which trade association?
     
     Answer: American Petroleum Institute
     
     
150. If you’re trying to guide your drilling tools into the top of a well, what’s the jingly, vaguely naughty-sounding term for the pipe on top of the casing string that will be helpful?
     
     Answer: Bell Nipple
     
     
151. The history of the petroleum industry in the U.S. starts with a man named David Beaty who discovered what in his home in Pennsylvania in 1875?
     
     Answer: Crude oil
     
     
152. CNG is a form of fuel used in transportation that is largely comprised of methane - what do the letters CNG stand for?
     
     Answer: Compressed Natural Gas
     
     
153. Gazprom might well be the largest natural gas company in the world according to 2019 data. At the very least, it’s definitely the largest company (by sales, with revenue topping $120,000,000,000) in which country?
     
     Answer: Russia
     
     
154. Which term that sounds like a flowing body of water refers to the different levels of operation in the petroleum industry—that is, “up,” “mid,” and “down?”
     
     Answer: Stream
     
     
155. Carbon ______ and Storage (CCS) refers to trying to grab the carbon dioxide from fossil fuels before it gets into the atmosphere.
     
     Answer: Capture
     
     
156. SI/TA is an acronym for “______ In/Temporarily Abandoned,” which can apply to a well that’s able to produce but isn’t at the moment.
     
     Answer: Shut
     
     
157. As the term suggests, Steam Assisted ______ Drainage (SAGD) is a bitumen extraction method that uses which natural force to its advantage?
     
     Answer: Gravity
     
     
158. "Gasoline" is a 2022 hit song from what Saturday- and Sunday-loving singer whose real name is Abel Tesfaye?
     
     Answer: The Weeknd
     
     
159. Natural gas that is produced from reservoir rocks with low permeability, requiring hydraulic fracturing to make the well profitable, is often referred to by what stretched-sounding adjective?
     
     Answer: Tight
     
     
160. In the 1990s, the United Nations established the Oil-for-Food Program to allow what Middle Eastern nation to sell enough oil to pay for food and necessities without expanding its military program?
     
     Answer: Iraq
     
     
161. Injecting a natural gas like CO2 into a reservoir to boost oil production is an example of ______ Oil Recovery (EOR). (Hint: It’s also known as tertiary recovery)
     
     Answer: Enhanced
     
     
162. Which potato-y term refers to the starting point of drilling a well?
     
     Answer: Spud
     
     
163. A Salt Water ______ (SWD) well is a receptacle for the water that’s produced as a byproduct of extracting oil and gas (which is necessary to protect the environment and the well’s pump).
     
     Answer: Disposal
     
     
164. Coalbed ______ (CBM) is called a “sweet gas” because it does not have hydrogen sulfide and other impurities in it.
     
     Answer: Methane
     
     
165. Coal and oil are two examples of which type of fuel that forms when dead stuff in the Earth breaks down over millions of years because it’s under heat and pressure?
     
     Answer: Fossil
     
     
166. What’s the canine-inspired name for a space off the rig floor that can be used as an office or for storage?
     
     Answer: Doghouse
     
     
167. 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?
     
     Answer: Mack Trucks
     
     
168. What is the name given to the tall, main structure of a drilling rig? This word is also a relatively common male first name.
     
     Answer: Derrick
     
     
169. It's common for cruise ship companies to name their vessels by some common set of rules. What cruise line operates ships that end with "of the Seas," including Symphony of the Seas?
     
     Answer: Royal Caribbean
     
     
170. "West Texas Investors Club" was a television docu-series on CNBC that followed two self-made millionaires from oil-related businesses. One of these two men is famously the brother of what iconic actor?
     
     Answer: Matthew McConaughey
     
     
171. What reggaeton song written by Daddy Yankee and Eddie Ávila for a 2004 album achieved massive US popularity more than a decade later and featured a song name related to the energy industry?
     
     Answer: Gasolina
     
     
172. According to its title, a 1974 folk-rock song by Harry Chapin tells the story of a trucking accident involving 30,000 pounds of what fruit?
     
     Answer: Bananas
     
     
173. The intergovernmental organization OPEC was founded in 1960 in Baghdad. What does the E in OPEC stand for?
     
     Answer: Exporting
     
     
174. The third-biggest cruise line operator as measured by number of annual passengers was founded in the UK and is headquartered in the United States. What is this misleadingly named cruise line co-founded by a dude from Oslo?
     
     Answer: Norwegian Cruise Line
     
     
175. USGS is a bureau within the US Department of the Interior with the motto "science for a changing world." What do the initials of this organization stand for? The group is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is a fact-finding organization with no regulatory responsibility.
     
     Answer: United States Geological Survey
     
     
176. French–Lebanese–Brazilian businessman Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan in the middle of the night on December 30, 2019 by flying to Beirut while possibly hiding in a large black audio equipment box. Ghosn was facing trial in Japan and claimed he "escaped injustice." He was facing false accounting charges related to his 17 years as the CEO of what auto manufacturer?
     
     Answer: Nissan
     
     
177. I-90, the longest interstate highway in the United States, has its termini in Boston and what west coast city (which is NOT its state's capital)?
     
     Answer: Seattle
     
     
178. Invented by John McAdam, the material macadam was one of the early mixtures that was used in creating what transit-related thing? These things are seen every day by the majority of the world's population.
     
     Answer: Roads
     
     
179. Black Gold was a reality TV series chronicling three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County in what state? The show was partly produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers.
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
180. Higher octane gas leads to less premature ignition which in turn reduces the rattling noise in cars most commonly known by what "K" term?
     
     Answer: Knocking
     
     
181. On February 7, 2022, President Joe Biden vowed that what Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline will be blocked if Russia continues aggression against Ukraine?
     
     Answer: Nord Stream
     
     
182. Founded in 2009 to combine expertise in fuels and industrial biotechnology, Butamax is a joint venture between BP and what Delaware-based chemical company?
     
     Answer: DuPont
     
     
183. U.S. Route 66 also known as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways in the U.S. Highway System and was established in 1926 with a starting place in what major American city?
     
     Answer: Chicago
     
     
184. What is the watery-sounding name for an underground layer of liquid-bearing permeable rock that are occasionally used as a seasonal storage place for thermal energy?
     
     Answer: Aquifer
     
     
185. As of August 2019, how many commercial gas stations can be found south of Houston St in Manhattan?
     
     Answer: Zero
     
     
186. What Midwestern city was the home of the Studebaker car manufacturer? This city was also featured in the 2019 news cycle due to its presidential hopeful "Mayor Pete."
     
     Answer: South Bend, Indiana
     
     
187. What state in the US had the highest average price for a gallon of as in 2017?
     
     Answer: Hawaii
     
     
188. What was the last name of Erle, who started an oil well services firm in 1919 that spread worldwide, including Iraq?
     
     Answer: Haliburton
     
     
189. CEO Ed Bastian of what American airline company stated in a February television interview that his firm would be investing $1 billion in efforts to become carbon neutral over the course of a decade?
     
     Answer: Delta Airlines
     
     
190. For their golden anniversary, Cadillac introduced what car model named for a mythical city?
     
     Answer: Eldorado
     
     
191. The first internal combustion engine suitable for use in transportation applications was named for its German inventor who had what four-letter palindrome last name?
     
     Answer: Otto
     
     
192. A miniature villain stalks a suburban home to the tune of Darth Vader's famously imposing theme song in a 2011 Super Bowl Commercial for what car manufacturer?
     
     Answer: Volkswagen
     
     
193. What state recently passed California for having the second most earthquakes per year, allegedly due to fracking?
     
     Answer: Oklahoma
     
     
194. What country's first oil deposits were discovered near the town of Digboi in the state of Assam in 1889? Despite the country's reserves, they were the 3rd highest net crude oil importer in 2017.
     
     Answer: India
     
     
195. According to the Michigan DOT, Michigan Highway M-185 is the only state highway in the country where what things are banned?
     
     Answer: Cars
     
     
196. What famed musician born William Bruce Bailey uses a stage name one letter away from a part of an automobile?
     
     Answer: Axl Rose
     
     
197. The first offshore oil wells were off the coast of what southern US state in the 1950s?
     
     Answer: Louisiana
     
     
198. What Northern Alaska town is adjacent to and the namesake of the largest oilfield in the United States, and is the unofficial northern terminus of the Pan-American highway?
     
     Answer: Prudhoe Bay
     
     
199. It's probably not surprisingly to hear that the state in the US that produces the most natural gas is Texas, but which state produces the second-most (more than 2x 3rd place)?
     
     Answer: Pennsylvania
     
     
200. From 2008 to 2016, which American telecom company was the title sponsor of the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing?
     
     Answer: Sprint
     
     
201. As of 2019, the largest company in Russia by revenue is what energy company that grew out of the Soviet Ministry of Gas Industry?
     
     Answer: Gazprom
     
     
202. Consisting chiefly of hydrocarbons, what sticky black substance also known as "bitumen" is found in natural beds or made as a residue of petroleum refinement?
     
     Answer: Asphalt
     
     
203. A large green brontosaurus with the decidedly uncreative name of Dino is the mascot for what gasoline brand?
     
     Answer: Sinclair
     
     
204. Variously featuring a brontosaurus or T.Rex in its logo, what is the six-letter name of the fictional company whose gas stations appear in Pixar's "Toy Story" and "Cars" franchises?
     
     Answer: Dinoco
     
     
205. Described on its own website as "Trucker's Disneyland," the "World's Largest Truckstop" includes eight restaurants, a chiropractor, and a barbershop. The complex is located off of I-80 near Walcott in what state?
     
     Answer: Iowa
     
     
206. ExxonMobil is represented by what three-letter symbol on the New York Stock Exchange?
     
     Answer: XOM
     
     
207. Stephen King's titular evil, possessed car "Christine" was what muscular Plymouth model?
     
     Answer: Fury
     
     
208. In 2014, SAE International, an automotive standardization body released a now-widely-used classification system for autonomous vehicles. The "highest" level requires "all aspects of the dynamic driving task" and is identified by what number?
     
     Answer: Level 5
     
     
209. 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?
     
     Answer: Autonomous vehicles
     
     
210. When ranking the world's nations by amounts of oil reserves, what country is the highest on the list (at 3rd place) that is *not* a member of OPEC?
     
     Answer: Canada
     
     
211. What “S” oilfield service and equipment company was founded by French brothers Conrad and Marcel in 1926, and named after their last name? They are now a global corporation with headquarters in the US, UK, Netherlands, and Curacao.
     
     Answer: Schlumberger
     
     
212. In the name of that partly completed Keystone XL pipeline, XL doesn't stand for "extra large." The L stands for "limited," and the X stands for what E-word?
     
     Answer: Export
     
     
213. What is the name of the "Island" which had a famous nuclear accident with a radiation leak in Pennsylvania in 1979?
     
     Answer: Three Mile Island
     
     
214. Including a container for a brewed beverage, what is the name of the scandal that rocked the Harding administration in the 1920s, involving bribery to obtain leases of Navy petroleum reserves without competitive bidding?
     
     Answer: Teapot Dome
     
     
215. The 1901 Lucas gusher at what Texas "S" site is largely credited with sparking the Texas Oil Boom in the US?
     
     Answer: Spindletop
     
     
216. Total S.A. is a multinational integrated oil and gas company founded in 1924 and headquartered in what European country?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
217. 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.
     
     Answer: Honda Accord
     
     
218. What is "N" word that is the light oil cut that ends up in gasoline after the refining process is complete?
     
     Answer: Naphtha
     
     
219. What prime time soap opera premiered in 2015 and followed a young couple that moved to fictitious Rock Springs, North Dakota, after a massive oil discovery?
     
     Answer: Blood & Oil
     
     
220. What is the term commonly used to refer to the act of deviating a well bore to head in a different, desired angle?
     
     Answer: Directional Drilling
     
     
221. As of July 2018, what US state has the highest gas tax at 58.7 cents per gallon?
     
     Answer: Pennsylvania
     
     
222. As of April 8th, 2019, what is the name of ExxonMobil's CEO
     
     Answer: Darren Woods
     
     
223. Sometimes nicknamed a “wildcat well,” which term applies to the (risky) practice of drilling in an area that isn’t known to be an oilfield (but hey, it might be!)?
     
     Answer: Exploration
     
     
224. What soft-sounding term refers to the volume of natural gas intended as permanent inventory in a storage reservoir to maintain adequate pressure and deliverability in the reservoir?
     
     Answer: Cushion Gas
     
     
225. What "T" compound, chemical formula C7H8, consists of a benzene ring with a CH3 group in place of one of the hydrogen atoms and is found naturally in crude oil?
     
     Answer: Toluene
     
     
226. Arbusto Energy was a small oil exploration company founded in 1977. Within a few years, the company changed its name to reflect the surname of what famous man?
     
     Answer: George W Bush
     
     
227. With over 500 million barrels produced in 2019, what Great Plains state has the second-largest crude oil production after Texas?
     
     Answer: North Dakota
     
     
228. According to Motoring Research, what car series was the most popular in the world with over one million new registrations in 2018? Second place was the Toyota Corolla and third place was the Honda Civic.
     
     Answer: Ford F-Series
     
     
229. What does the letter M stand for in the common Oil industry acronym OBM? Oil-based ______.
     
     Answer: Mud
     
     
230. Detroit was founded in 1701 when a fort was established by a man with a last name that later became a car brand. This brand is the second oldest in the U.S. (after Buick). What is the brand?
     
     Answer: Cadillac
     
     
231. It was first introduced in 1966, it first reached the top of the "annual sales" chart in 1974, and as of 2018 it is the car model with the highest number of sales in global history. What car is this?
     
     Answer: Toyota Corolla
     
     
232. As of July 2018, what US state has the lowest gas tax at 14.7 cents per gallon?
     
     Answer: Alaska
     
     
233. 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?
     
     Answer: Saab
     
     
234. 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.
     
     Answer: Athabasca oil sands
     
     
235. What is the alliteratively-named San Francisco-based technology company that offers pay-per-mile car insurance? The company was founded in 2011 and went public in February 2021.
     
     Answer: Metromile
     
     
236. The world's first road made specifically for cars was paved in which of New York City's five boroughs?
     
     Answer: Queens
     
     
237. James Dean wore a cowboy hat and got slathered in oil in what epic 1956 film that earned him his second and final Oscar nomination?
     
     Answer: Giant
     
     
238. Of all the cities in the US with a population of at least 250,000, the most "central" in some ways is Cincinnati, as it has the highest share of the country's population that can drive there within a one-day drive (using the trucker's 11 hour work day as the measure). What % of the country's population could drive to Cincinnati in one day as of 2014 when the analysis was performed? We'll accept responses within 5% of the correct answer.
     
     Answer: 49.7% (44.7 - 54.7% accepted)
     
     
239. The first digit on a credit card tells you which industry issued the card. As an example, 1 and 2 indicate an airline card. What digit represents gas/fuel cards?
     
     Answer: 7
     
     
240. What national Petroleum and Chemical Corporation is the biggest oil company in the world? In its home country it is called Sinopec.
     
     Answer: China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation
     
     
241. The squat, futuristic 1956 Predictor was the not-so-apt name of the final concept model produced by what Detroit luxury automaker?
     
     Answer: Packard
     
     
242. The used car shopping website TrueCar released data in 2014 with the share of cars sold in each U.S. state that are a truck (pickups and SUVs) vs. a car (cars, small crossovers, wagons). The leading state had over 75% of its sold vehicles counted as a "truck" by this definition. What state was that?
     
     Answer: Alaska
     
     
243. What gasoline brand issued the first toy version of its iconic green, yellow, and white toy tanker trucks in 1964?
     
     Answer: Hess
     
     
244. What is the largest publicly-traded truck stop in the United States, and also the parent company for the restaurant chain Quaker Steak & Lube?
     
     Answer: TA Travel Centers
     
     
245. What is the name of the Turin, Italy-based trucking company which designs and builds commercial trucks including the Astra, Magirus, and EuroCargo product lines? As a quick hint, this company's name is in fact a five-letter acronym.
     
     Answer: Iveco
     
     

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