What Do You Know About Soap?

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    What did the Greeks use instead of soap to become clean?

    • Hand sanitizer like we use now
    • Blocks of clay, sand, pumice, ash and oils
    • They didn't use soap, they just used water
    • Soap wasn't invented then
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  • 2. 

    What was the name of the plague that heavily contributed to all the deaths in the Middle Ages?

    • Black death

    • Brown plague

    • Greatest plague

    • H1N1 plague

    Correct Answer
    A. Black death
    Explanation
    Because of the decline in bathing and personal hygiene, the filth that people lived in contributed to the Black death of the 14th century

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  • 3. 

    Who was Nicholas LeBlanc?

    • A French chemist who patented the first soap making process

    • A French solider who used oil and ash in the revolutionary war to clean his clothes

    • A German tourist who brought soap to America in the 1700's

    • The King of England who taxed the use of soap with a luxury tax

    Correct Answer
    A. A French chemist who patented the first soap making process
    Explanation
    Nicholas LeBlanc was a french chemist who patented the process of making soda ash from common salt to make soap.

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  • 4. 

    How do we know that soap was used in ancient Babylon?

    • In a soap dish

    • In the shower

    • It was written on clay cylinders and found during an excavation.

    • In fossil form in a rock

    Correct Answer
    A. It was written on clay cylinders and found during an excavation.
    Explanation
    As early as 2800 B.C. inscriptions on cylinders say that fats were boiled with ash which is a method of making soap.

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  • 5. 

    What effect did World War 1 and 2 on the making of soap?

    • There was not enough soap to wash clothes so soldiers had to wear dirty clothes.

    • The water in Europe did not get hot so soap could not be used.

    • There was a shortage of fats and oils for making soap.

    • Detergents were available then so soap became a thing of the past.

    Correct Answer
    A. There was a shortage of fats and oils for making soap.
    Explanation
    Soap has always been a basic necessity but during World War I and World War II the ingredients to make soap were hard to come by and so there was a disruption to supplies to make soap.

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  • 6. 

    What was the name of the instrument used to scrape off the dirt and oil from the skin of Ancient Greeks?

    • Spatula

    • Sand Paper

    • Strigil

    • Spork (a combination of a spoon and fork)

    Correct Answer
    A. Strigil
    Explanation
    A strigil is a hook like instrument that the ancient Greeks used to scrape off the dirt and oil from their skin

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  • 7. 

    What were the first detergents used primarily used for?

    • Cleaning loads and loads of wash that kids made.

    • To clean the engine of a car.

    • For hand dish washing and fine fabric laundering.

    • To wash the sidewalk after a nasty rain.

    Correct Answer
    A. For hand dish washing and fine fabric laundering.
    Explanation
    Early detergents were used primarily for hand washing of dishes and for the elegant linens and laces of the 1940's and 1950's.

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  • 8. 

    What century was soap-making established as a craft in Europe?

    • 17th Century

    • 7th Century

    • 27th Century

    • 1st Century

    Correct Answer
    A. 7th Century
    Explanation
    Soap making was an established craft in Europe in the 7th Century. They even had guards to make sure that trade secrets were not stolen.

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  • 9. 

    When was soap first used?

    • 2800 B.C.

    • 1500 B.C.

    • In pre-historic times

    • It's a modern day thing

    Correct Answer
    A. In pre-historic times
    Explanation
    Because ancient man lived near water, the first soap they used is mud.

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  • 10. 

    Detergents have long since replaced the soap of our ancestors, what is the term used for making detergents of today?

    • Tide

    • Detergent and Builder chemistry

    • Saponification

    • Anionic Surfactant

    Correct Answer
    A. Detergent and Builder chemistry
    Explanation
    Chemistry has given so much to the world and soap is no exception. The detergent/builder chemistry allows us to have the detergents we use today that do a much better job of cleaning than ordinary soap.

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