Statistics for Valuable Substances

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Description	Substance	% Correct
What King Midas loved	Gold	99%
The four "precious" gemstones	Diamond	94%
The four "precious" gemstones	Ruby	92%
The four "precious" gemstones	Emerald	89%
Common ice cream flavoring	Vanilla	89%
Sturgeon eggs	Caviar	82%
The four "precious" gemstones	Sapphire	82%
Green rock popular in China	Jade	81%
A pound of this was once worth £1, but is now worth about £275	Silver	77%
Substance sold by HP and Canon; Per gallon price is $2,700	Printer Ink	71%
Red (or orange) spice made from flowers	Saffron	71%
Beef named for a Japanese city	Kobe beef	69%
Fungus that once sold for $100,000/pound	White truffle	65%
If you get bit by a snake you might gladly pay $14,000 for a single vial of...	Antivenom	59%
Fatty duck liver	Foie gras	57%
You would need trillions of dollars to make one gram of this "opposite" material	Antimatter	56%
One of these fish sold for $1.8 million in Tokyo	Bluefin tuna	53%
The cost of this 94th element is $4,000 a gram	Plutonium	43%
Whale substance once used in fragrances	{Amber}gris	39%
World's lightest solid	{Aero}gel	35%