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Jewellery and gemstones quiz — Fashion, design & style

The “Jewellery and gemstones” quiz — Fashion, design & style. It has 25 questions in five categories: Legendary gems, Science of gems, Jewellery houses, Cuts and shapes, Lore and screen. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Jewellery and gemstones

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Legendary gems

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What is the name of this famous 45-carat deep blue diamond at the Smithsonian, legendary for an alleged curse?

  2. 200

    Which historic Indian diamond, meaning 'Mountain of Light' in Persian, is set in the British Queen Mother's Crown?

  3. 300

    Found in South Africa…

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  4. 400

    The famous Black Prince's…

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  5. 500

    Which 563-carat star sapphire…

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Science of gems

  1. 100

    What organic gemstone forms inside an oyster shell when a mollusc coats an irritant with nacre?

  2. 200

    Red rubies and blue sapphires are varieties of which single mineral composed of aluminium oxide?

  3. 300

    Which rare chrysoberyl variety…

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  4. 400

    The carat unit of…

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  5. 500

    Mined only near Mount…

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Jewellery houses

  1. 100

    Which New York jeweller is famous for packaging its pieces in trademark robin egg blue boxes?

  2. 200

    King Edward VII dubbed which Parisian luxury house 'the jeweller of kings and the king of jewellers'?

  3. 300

    Which Roman jewellery house…

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  4. 400

    Which French maison patented…

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  5. 500

    Which jewellery maison opened…

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Cuts and shapes

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What term describes this style of gemstone, shaped and polished into a smooth rounded dome without any facets?

  2. 200

    What term describes a ring or piece of jewellery set with a single prominent gemstone?

  3. 300

    Excluding or including the…

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  4. 400

    What term describes this…

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  5. 500

    Which ancient jewellery technique…

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Lore and screen

  1. 100

    Which actress famously performed the song 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?

  2. 200

    Which sport named the flexible inline diamond bracelet after Chris Evert stopped a match at the US Open to find hers?

  3. 300

    Which deep blue metamorphic…

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  4. 400

    Which iconic four-word slogan…

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  5. 500

    Which Austrian archduke established…

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