Trivia Bits for Jul 28, 2023

Leslie Elman
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:00:00 -0700
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To jumpstart a silk industry in England at the start of the 17th century, King James I had landowners plant 10,000 mulberry trees with enough leaves to feed thousands of silkworms. They planted black mulberry, which thrives in England's climate and produces delicious fruit. But silkworms prefer white mulberry, which yields a finer silk. The silk industry didn't take off. Undeterred, English colonists brought white mulberry seedlings to North America and tried again. Although the white mulberry thrived (so much that it's now considered an invasive species in some states) American silk production didn't.

Once an important stop on the ancient Silk Road trade route, which is Syria's most populous city?
Updated: Fri Jul 28, 2023

To jumpstart a silk industry in England at the start of the 17th century, King James I had landowners plant 10,000 mulberry trees with enough leaves to feed thousands of silkworms. They planted black mulberry, which thrives in England's climate and produces delicious fruit. But silkworms prefer white mulberry, which yields a finer silk. The silk industry didn't take off. Undeterred, English colonists brought white mulberry seedlings to North America and tried again. Although the white mulberry thrived (so much that it's now considered an invasive species in some states) American silk production didn't.

Once an important stop on the ancient Silk Road trade route, which is Syria's most populous city?

A) Aleppo

B) Damascus

C) Homs

D) Raqqa

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