First Gold Quiz
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- 1.The purity of gold is measured in carats. A British sovereign coin is....
- A.
9 carats
- B.
14 carats
- C.
22 carats
- D.
24 carats
- 2.An atom of gold has an atomic weight of 196.966. The element closest in weight to gold is
- A.
Tungsten
- B.
Platinum
- C.
Mercury
- D.
Lead
- 3."Fool's gold" is commonly used to describe
- A.
Iron pyrite
- B.
Tungsten
- C.
Granada Bronze
- D.
The gold sold by Chancellor Gordon Brown
- 4.Gold is extremely malleable. 1 gram of gold can be pounded into a sheet of gold that is
- A.
10 sq centimeters
- B.
929 sq cm( approx. 1 Square foot
- C.
1 sq meter
- D.
A circle with a diameter of approximately 5 inches
- 5.Which of these coins is 24 carat gold?
- A.
Krugerrand
- B.
Maple Leaf
- C.
Mexican 50 Pesos
- D.
Argentine Penguin
- 6.Several UK cities have a stretch of road called "The Golden Mile". Which of the following cities does not?
- A.
Belfast
- B.
Blackpool
- C.
Edinburgh
- D.
Leicester
- 7.A 9 carat gold ring would have which ratio of gold?
- A.
0.265
- B.
0.375
- C.
0.645
- D.
0.455
- 8.If you were to wake up one morning after a heavy night out and find yourself in a town called "Golden". You might be somewhere in ....
- A.
British Columbia
- B.
Alaska
- C.
Queensland
- D.
Dreamland
- 9.In the Greek legend of the golden fleece, the fleece belongs to a
- A.
Winged ram
- B.
Winged horse
- C.
Golden lamb
- D.
Anatolian goat
- 10.Which of the following statements is true of a "tola"?
- A.
Tola was the name for a gold trader in the Byzantine empire.
- B.
Tola is a unit of weight used for gold in South Asia.
- C.
Tola is the word for a gold coin in German dialect.
- D.
The "tola" was the Spanish tax on gold production.
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