Answers and results for Gem of a Quiz
Two First prize winners with 70/70
Jean Baker of Chesterfield
Chris Chantler of Bath
Two runners up with 69/70
Sue Dyson of Stockport
Veronica Murray of Dorchester
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Had cyclone that caused
chaos |
Chalcedony |
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2 |
Mobile software protected
by county |
Sapphire |
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3 |
Johnny no-mates? |
Opal |
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4 |
Half a dish in an Indian
restaurant in London |
Ruby |
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5 |
Rocky III survivor |
Tiger’s eye |
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6 |
Two pints with an unknown quantity
added |
Quartz |
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7 |
Comical son of Ulysses and
brother of Elsa |
Bloodstone |
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8 |
Sea water |
Aquamarine |
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9 |
Scored 173 in Russia in
2009 |
Jade |
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10 |
Alf loses time in Jamaica
Street |
Garnet |
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11 |
Entrance to a garden |
Agate |
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12 |
Left, right and centre when
diced |
Diamond |
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13 |
70% blue and 30% green |
Turquoise |
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14 |
Now bursting with stars |
Opal |
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15 |
Outdo from beginning to end |
Topaz |
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16 |
John |
Blue John |
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17 |
Where ‘Longs shady cool
project’ is found by Williams |
Jasper |
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18 |
Shark’s prey? |
Jet / sardine stone |
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19 |
Fairy sprinkle |
Peridot |
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20 |
Report the French |
Bangle(s) |
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21 |
Proverbially cast before
swine |
Pearls |
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22 |
Zeta ‘n Tina getting in a
muddle |
Tanzanite |
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23 |
American city in neat
surroundings |
Onyx |
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24 |
Back left |
Spinel |
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25 |
Capital city of Oz |
Emerald |
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26 |
Am noisiest and chaotic |
Moissanite |
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27 |
Used for the eyebrows and
eyelids of Tutankhamun’s mask |
Lapis Lazuli |
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28 |
In particular I marvel at
what’s inside |
Larimar |
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29 |
Rice stirred up in tin |
Citrine |
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30 |
Monstrous, according to
Charles |
Carbuncle |
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31 |
Or zinc, perhaps? |
Zircon |
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32 |
Russian capitalist? |
Muscovite |
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33 |
Red card |
Diamond |
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34 |
Originally shadowed by
Bruce, Hank and Tony |
Jet |
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35 |
Met hasty confusion |
Amethyst |
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36 |
Riddle loses direction and
causes puzzlement |
Corundum |
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37 |
Cook produces tea in the
garden |
Beryl |
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38 |
Rihanna shines bright |
Diamond |
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39 |
Named after Ken-ichi Sugi |
Sugilite |
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40 |
David - Steel, Joanna - ? |
Sapphire |
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41 |
Amaze Toni with this puzzle |
Amazonite |
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42 |
Stay around crystal
recreational drug |
Amethyst |
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43 |
Lunar rock |
Moonstone |
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44 |
Officially treasured by Commonwealth
of Massachusetts |
Rhodonite |
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45 |
Found on safari or found in
ivy |
Ivory |
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46 |
Banned forever by 14 US
states in 1944 |
Amber |
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47 |
Elkie’s singer |
Pearl |
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48 |
High Street betting
location |
Coral |
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49 |
Hidden in Greenacre School |
Nacre |
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50 |
Lives ‘in perfect harmony’
with ebony |
Ivory |
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51 |
Allow two in front |
Bracelet |
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52 |
Spent Tuesday night
together with the stones |
Ruby |
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53 |
Puzzling rare sign points to
these |
Earrings |
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54 |
One of the Stranglers? |
Jet / choker |
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55 |
Hanging around during
French |
Pendant |
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56 |
Call round |
Ring |
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57 |
Contained in bank letters |
Anklet |
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58 |
We should reportedly raise the
subject |
Brooch |
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59 |
Different ending for Troy
Tempest’s rescuer |
Aquamarine |
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60 |
Hit the golf course ! |
Cufflinks |
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61 |
Locked up in the Tower ! |
Crown jewels |
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62 |
RN D34 |
Diamond |
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63 |
Found in bucket (or maybe
‘bouquet’) |
Hyacynth |
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64 |
Shilpa Shetty, for example |
Star of India |
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65 |
Bleu de France |
Hope Diamond |
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66 |
Patented by Percy Shaw? |
Cat’s Eye |
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67 |
Чёрный Орлóв |
Black Orlov |
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68 |
Gem of an island |
Emerald / coral |
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69 |
I’ve found it – the first
of its kind in South Africa ! |
Eureka Diamond |
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70 |
Catch fish first |
Garnet |
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