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All That Glitters - A Quiz About Gold

Can you answer these random questions pertaining to gold?
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First submittedFebruary 8, 2019
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Who coined the phrase "all that glisters is not gold"?
William Shakespeare
What was the name of the famous gold rush of 1849?
California Gold Rush
What pseudo-science involved the efforts of pre-modern people to turn
base metals into gold?
Alchemy
What is the chemical symbol of gold?
Au
What fort famously holds a large portion of the U.S. gold reserves?
Fort Knox
What Bond villain targeted that fort?
Auric Goldfinger
What mineral is often called "fool's gold"?
Pyrite
What legendary Greek hero sought the Golden Fleece?
Jason
What African city got its start in the Witwatersrand Gold Rush of 1886?
Johannesburg
What gold rush happened in Australia in the 1850s?
Victoria Gold Rush
What gold rush happened in Canada's Yukon territory in the 1890s?
Klondike Gold Rush
What fairy tale character could turn straw into gold?
Rumpelstiltskin
What country had a Prime Minister named Golda Meir?
Israel
What country makes gold coins known as Krugerrands?
South Africa
What city lies on a body of water known as the Golden Horn?
Istanbul
According to its traditions, what religion's holy book was transcribed from
golden plates discovered in upstate New York?
Mormonism
What substance is sometimes referred to as "black gold"?
Crude Oil
What legendary king turned everything he touched into gold?
King Midas
What city is on the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge?
San Francisco
What word describes a metal, such as gold, that can be drawn into a wire?
Ductile
tschutzer
+5
Level 91
Feb 8, 2019
It's actually "all *that* glisters is not gold".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 8, 2019
D'oh! Fixed.
Dimby
+1
Level 77
Nov 16, 2021
I came down here to be snarky about the title saying "glitters" instead of "glisters", followed by something sarcastic that mocked Shakespeare purists, but the very first comment beat me to it!
EcceHomo
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Level 79
Nov 17, 2021
I was also pleasantly surprised.

JRR Tolkien also said "All that is gold does not glitter", which is quite neat, in this poem.

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

Confabulously
+8
Level 78
Feb 9, 2019
Hey now... this quiz is an all-star. I really got my game on when I go played.
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 89
Oct 20, 2022
Wow. You sound like a rockstar. Go on, get the show on and get paid.
plattitude
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Level 92
Feb 11, 2019
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, could you accept, and preferably display, the actual name of the Church?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Feb 11, 2019
We do accept LDS and Latter-Day Saints.
plattitude
+3
Level 92
Dec 1, 2021
... neither of which is the name of the church.
svitapeneela
+5
Level 65
Mar 31, 2019
Mormon is a lot quicker to type though :)
Capistrano
+5
Level 80
Apr 1, 2019
And "Mormon" is an acceptable type-in. So is "LDS" or "Latter-Day Saints." Still, to plattitude's point, none of those are the actual name of the church.
loganite
+1
Level 88
Oct 20, 2022
I agree as well. It should certainly accept the shorter type ins, but should display The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
YetAnotherUser
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Level 60
Oct 21, 2022
Sort of a pedantic point, but I think "Mormon" or "LDS" are more accurate answers, as there are other churches outside of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that view the Book of Mormon as scripture, such as the Community of Christ and Bickertonites. Even though they are much smaller than and not recognized by the main church, Mormonism is a term more encompassing of the religious movement as a whole.
brandybuck96
+8
Level 83
Feb 12, 2019
Could you consider accepting "iron pyrite" for "pyrite"?
Susie222
+3
Level 59
Mar 30, 2019
I agree. That is what I first wrote.
ChipOtley
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Level 74
Mar 30, 2019
+1
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 16, 2021
Okay
AchillesFirstStand
+12
Level 78
Mar 30, 2019
Perhaps a bit pedantic, but Goldfinger didn't want to rob Fort Knox. He wanted to detonate a dirty bomb inside the fort to make the gold radioactive and therefore unusable, which would decrease the supply of gold and increase the value of the gold he already had.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 16, 2021
Good point. Now fixed.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Mar 30, 2019
gah! I missed 3 and should have known all 3 of them.
scrumpyone
+6
Level 45
Apr 2, 2019
'Gold is the colour of gold, what you have discovered Percy, is green'
EcceHomo
+1
Level 79
Nov 17, 2021
Oh Edmund! Can it be true? That I hold here, in my mortal hand, a nugget of purest green?
roleybob
+1
Level 75
Jul 4, 2019
If you wanted to make the quiz out of 20..

Golden Balls is a nickname for David Beckham and you could add a question asking for the the chemical symbol

sumguy
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Level 84
Nov 16, 2021
Except that you accidentally get the question about the chemical symbol when you type Australia for Q9, so it's just a freebie.
Findlay
+6
Level 82
Feb 16, 2020
Pro tip: if the question is asking "who coined...?" answer Shakespeare and you'll usually be right.
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Nov 16, 2021
Of course, the better question would be who coined the phrase "all that glitters is not gold", since that's the phrase that people actually quote.
cpgatbyu
+1
Level 85
Nov 16, 2021
Didn't we just barely have a featured quiz in which all sorts of quotes were denied attribution to their ostensible authors because someone else had said something similar earlier? Wikipedia lists a variety of predecessors to Shakespeare on this glistering statement.
MindWax
+1
Level 83
Nov 16, 2021
Perhaps the chemical symbol question should precede the Victoria Gold Rush question to avoid the freebie
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Nov 16, 2021
Changed the Australia question.
Dimby
+3
Level 77
Nov 16, 2021
How about something about the Golden Horde? That seems like a tidbit that people might enjoy.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 79
Nov 16, 2021
Surprising that the last question about ductile was the least answered correctly.
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Nov 16, 2021
Why? That was one of the two I didn't get.
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 84
Nov 17, 2021
I missed that one too. I always thought "ductile" was what you got if you mated a mallard with an iguana.
blizzrd33
+2
Level 79
Nov 16, 2021
Suggestion to add a question about Olympic gold medals, which are actually 92.5% silver.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Nov 17, 2021
Soccer's version of "sudden death overtime", briefly employed by FIFA in the 1990's-2000's .... Golden Goal
Murphster45
+1
Level 88
Oct 20, 2022
With how many places start with "Great" in AU, I half expected it to be called the Great Gold Rush
wyocowgirl
+1
Level 78
Oct 20, 2022
Couldn't "tensile" answer the last question?
ddddan
+1
Level 81
Mar 2, 2023
Definitely a few soccer-related clues could fit here, e.g. Golden Ball / Boot / Goal
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