In chess, which color moves second?
AnswerBlack
White always makes the first move.
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Black facts & stats
7 fact-checked facts about the color black in science, art and culture, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
What is an aircraft's 'black box'?
AnswerA flight recorder
Despite the name, flight recorders are painted bright orange.
Going deeper
Which traditional black pigment is made from soot?
AnswerLamp black
Lamp black is carbon collected from burning oil.
Which country borders the Black Sea?
AnswerTurkey
Turkey lines the Black Sea's southern coast.
Which artist painted 'Black Square' in 1915?
AnswerKazimir Malevich
It became an icon of the Suprematist movement.
Expert level
The first image of a black hole, released in 2019, showed the one in which galaxy?
AnswerM87
The Event Horizon Telescope imaged M87's black hole.
What are Francisco Goya's dark murals, painted on the walls of his house, called?
AnswerThe Black Paintings
Goya painted them late in life, around 1819 to 1823.
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