Which is known as 'Black gold'? pepper or coal..?

Question

Which is known as 'Black gold'? pepper or coal..?

Answer 1

PETROLEUM

Answer 2

Oil...see David response  :P

Answer 3

Of the choices you give, peppercorns used as currency have been referred to as Black gold".

Among others, "black gold" can refer to:

"In jewelry:  Black gold (jewelry)

In film:  Black Gold, a 2006 documentary about the coffee and fair trade

In literature:

Asterix and the Black Gold, the twenty-sixth volume of Asterix comic book series

Black Gold (novel), book about South Africa by English journalist Anthony Sampson

Land of Black Gold, the fifteenth of The Adventures of Tintin

In music:

Black Gold, unreleased Jimi Hendrix album

"Black Gold", song by alternative rock band Soul Asylum from their album Grave Dancer's Union

Black Gold (album), live album by Nina Simone

Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum, compilation album that contains 19 of the greatest hits from Soul Asylum

In other fields:

Black gold is a slang term for Petroleum

Black gold, black peppercorns used as a form of commodity money

Black Gold (1983), video game of the strategy genre released in 1983 by Photronics

Black Gold (1989), video game of the strategy genre released in 1989 by reLINE Software

Black Gold (1992), video game of the strategy genre released in 1992 by Starbyte Software

Black Gold (horse), American thoroughbred racehorse who seemed predestined to win 1924's 50th running of the Kentucky Derby

Black gold (politics), political corruption in the Republic of China"

I believe the term may have been applied to coal, as well, recently.

Answer 4

"Black gold" is crude oil right out of the ground. Black- the color, Gold- the high value of it.

Answer 5

"Black Gold" is the nickname 4 oil or "Texas Tea"

Answer 6

normally i would say oil but that is not an option from you so i say it is coal.  at least you can make fire from it to stay warm and to cook.

Answer 7

Oil.

Answer 8

According to the Beverly Hillbillies theme song, it's crude oil.

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed

A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,

Then one day he was shootin at some food,

And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude.

Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.

Well the first thing you know ol' Jed's a millionaire,

Kinfolk said Jed move away from there

Said Californy is the place you ought to be

So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly.

Hills, that is.

Swimmin pools, movie stars.

The Beverly Hillbillies!

Answer 9

Neither, it is Oil.

Remember the Beverly Hillbilly theme tune, you have to been around in the 60's to remember it. It is Oil for sure.

Answer 10

Right now it's Oil.

Futher down the road it may be Coal when everything is Hybrid.

Can't think of any reason pepper would be.

Answer 11

Black Gold is the nick name given to pepper seeds by the east India Company.

The time when the British ruled the major part of the world, they formed an organization called east India Company to trade with many eastern countries like India, China, Singapore etc.. and the pepper seeds which considered to be a costly spice got the name as "Black Gold".

Answer 12

coal is considered "the new black gold"  which makes more sense than oil actually, since it is mined in the rock form.

Answer 13

Oil

Answer 14

Coal

Answer 15

well, i guess it depends on how you make a living really. Anything black that makes a lot of money might be refered to as black gold.

Answer 16

Neither,  Black Gold is oil, crude oil also known as Texas Tea among other names.

Answer 17

as the black gold is known the oil ,not the pepper or coal,bye