Treasures of the World
Book Club
I need a doctor!
As seen on TV
100
This blue jewel was extracted in the 17th century in India and is known to bring bad luck to its owners
Hope Diamond
100
Gutenberg chose this book to be the first product of his printing press
The Bible
100
The plague doctor treated patients with ___ during epidemics that took place in the 16th and 17th century
Bubonic plague
100
This tragic event was televised on 1986 that resulted in the death of seven crew members.
What is the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster?
200
The Maya, Olmecs, and other Mesoamerican cultures valued this gemstone the most and used it in creating funerary masks and art
Jade
200
This book is credited with popularizing the vernacular in tradition
The Canterbury Tales
200
This disease was used to develop the first vaccine
Cowpox
200
This fast food chain restaurant was featured in ad after a new location opened in the Soviet Union as a result of Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of perestroika?
What is Pizza Hut?
300
Paper, ink, stone, and __ are the four treasures of the study in China.
Brush
300
This is the oldest known poet by name, who wrote a poem to Inanna
Enheduanna
300
Plague doctors recommended grounding up this precious jewel and consuming it as a cure for the bubonic plague
Emeralds
300
The first legal advertisement for TV in 1941 featured this product.
What are Bulova watches?
400
Originally, the Talisman of Charlemagne, was set with two of this particular gemstone in the center with the supposed hair of the virgin Mary.
Sapphire
400
Supposedly, Thomas Jefferson learned Spanish using a Spanish grammar book and this Spanish novel, while on a nineteen day voyage.
Don Quixote
400
The outbreak of this disease began in Calcutta, India, in 1817 and rapidly became an Asiatic pandemic
Cholera
400
This game show was first televised in 1938 in the United Kingdom.
What is Spelling Bee?
500
This 7th century Anglo-Saxon hoard is the most expensive treasury discovery, that is worth over 4 million dollars and features a collection of gold artifacts.
The Staffordshire Hoard
500
This Mesoamerican codex is the earliest surviving written work that also survived the fire bombings in World War II.
The Dresden Codex
500
Despite its massive toll on the American and global population, this disease was rarely written about in American literature aside from Katherine Anne Porter's novella Pale Horse, Pale Rider
The Spanish Flu
500
This 1908 French animated film is considered the first film cartoon by film historians.
What is Fantasmagorie?