Beautiful and rare, gold has been manufactured for millennia. It’s been used in jewelry, medicine, conductors, cuisine, photography, heat shielding, and electroplating. There are over 187,000 tons of it above ground, worth about $8.9 trillion, with half used for jewelry and the rest in investments and industry. It means ‘to shine’, so let’s shine a light on some gold-related trivia.
1) Used in jewelry and as household wealth, what country imports the most gold and has the most clothing made with gold thread?
2) Launched in 1977, a gold-plated record was included on a space probe to send out of our solar system. It had many images and sounds of humanity. Name the probe.
3) In 1957 Rawlings created baseball’s Gold Glove Award for defensive skill. What Hall of Famer holds the record for winning the most Gold Gloves, with 18? He pitched for the Cubs and Braves.
4) The California Gold Rush began in 1848 when James W. Marshall discovered gold at a mill in Coloma. Who was his boss?
5) As you might imagine, this European country has the world’s most gold per capita.
6) There are three James Bond movies with “GOLD” in the title. Name them.
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