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Jewelry Trivia

From Elizabeth Taylor’s legendary collection to the Crown Jewels, see if you have the clarity to distinguish a princess cut from a common rock.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Why are slim engagement ring boxes especially useful for keeping a proposal secret?

Easy concealment

What type of pearl forms inside a mollusk without human grafting or implantation?

Natural pearl

What unit measures gold purity on a 24-part scale, unlike the unit used to measure a gemstone’s weight?

Karat

Amethyst, the February birthstone, is a purple variety of which mineral?

Quartz

Which element gives turquoise its characteristic blue to blue-green color?

Copper