What Makes Gold Great
How many ounces does it take to be hammered into a sheet 9 meters BY 9 meters?
It takes a 1-ounce piece of gold.
What was the first metal known to mankind?
Gold
What is today's value of gold (17-pound gold nugget)?
$430,000
Is gold an extremely Unique, Useful, and Versatile Metal?(True or False)
True
How far could 1 oz of gold be stretched into a wire?
9 times the height of Mt Everest.
What year did the Egyptians start to smelt gold?
3600 BC
What year was gold discovered in the Klondike River?
1896
How many tons of gold id in the Fedral Reserve Bank in New York?
6718 tons
How many oz of Gold would it take to make a 5-micron wire that would reach the International Space Station?
Who sacks the Persian empire and loots their legendary gold treasury.
Alexander the Great or The Greeks
How much did the population of San Francisco grow after the discovery of gold?
From 1,000 to 25,000
How many tons of gold does the US Bullion Depository have in Kentucky?
4581 tons
How big of a cube would be able to fit all of the gold mined since the dawn of civilization?
20m x 20m x 20m
What civilization used gold as a currency system first?
The Romans
How old was the American gold rusher who found the 17-pound gold nugget in North Carolina in 1799?
How many tons of gold does the Government, Central Banks and international organizations have?
31,000 Tons
How many Tons of Gold have been found?
171,300 Tons
What civilization minted the first coin for trade?
The Lydians
How long does it take for people to recoup the amount of money spent to get to the mines.
5 years
How many feet below the street level is the Vault in the Federal reserve bank?
80 feet