Statistics for Materials From History #2

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What the Statue of Liberty is made from. It took a couple decades for the statue to turn from orange to green.	Copper	90%
Gas that the Hindenburg zeppelin was filled with when it caught fire in 1937	Hydrogen	85%
This bouncy substance made from tree drippings caused the Amazonian city of Manaus to be fabulously wealthy in the late 19th century	Rubber	82%
Material made by tanners, who traditionally used urine and dung in the process	Leather	79%
The cities of Venice and Waterford were once famous for making this	Glass	74%
Drug lord Pablo Escobar gave people a choice between two metals. The first was silver (a bribe). The second was this (a bullet).	Lead	74%
In the Roman Republic, free born men wore rings of this utilitarian material. Over time, the practice died out and people (who could afford it) wore gold rings instead.	Iron	73%
Hat makers may have gone "mad" due to exposure to this toxic metal	Mercury	70%
Type of ceramic invented in China and not produced in Europe until 1708	Porcelain	69%
Lightbulbs were improved in 1904 when filaments were first made using this durable metal with the chemical symbol W	Tungsten	67%
The world's first synthetic fiber, created by DuPont in 1935. During WWII, women stopped wearing stockings made from it due to wartime shortages.	Nylon	66%
The first watch made using this crystal was released by Seiko in 1969	Quartz	66%
What stave churches are constructed from	Wood	63%
Forged documents claimed that Saddam Hussein was trying to import the yellow cake variety of this element, leading to the Iraq War	Uranium	62%
Known as "inheritance powder", poisonings using this substance were difficult to detect until the Marsh Test was invented in 1836	Arsenic Trioxide	60%
Bird and bat poop deposits that were highly valuable as fertilizer until the early 20th century	Guano	55%
Traditionally, college professors wore jackets made of this rough woolen material, named for a British river	Tweed	54%
The most abundant metal in the earth's crust, it used to be worth more than gold because it was difficult to refine	Aluminum	47%
The Aztecs made many decorative objects from this blue-green stone	Turquoise	38%
Substance found in the heads of certain whales that was used to make candles	{Sperm}aceti	23%