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QI - All that glitters....
toybox Posted Dec 13, 2009
Does the Mystery Item allow the 
to determine what stone is used in a given piece of jewelry?
Obviously, that wouldn't be quite enough: if all our aristocrat's jewelry is made of the same stone, knowing which one it is would be of no use for to pick the most valuable one.
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toybox Posted Dec 13, 2009
Ah, and *near* pitch-black -- does this mean the contraption doesn't work in full-blown pitch darkness, or was it just for the sake of dramatic consistency?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
The later - dramatic consistency. I wanted to rule out you just looking. 
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
No it does not.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
No acid is involved HD. 
(and you know what, I had acid klaxoned but then changed my mind, and Taff's got a QI out of it, and you keep a positive score, why did I second guess myself )
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toybox Posted Dec 13, 2009
>>No acid is involved HD.<<
Lucky that you are an expert punctuator, so that we can be sure you didn't mean: "No, acide is involved, HD."
So the Item allows you to pick the better bit of jewelry no matter what it is? Does it have to be jewelry or would it work with, say, paintings?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
No it isn't.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
So the Item allows you to pick the better bit of jewelry no matter what it is?
Well obviously it does depend on what it is, as that is what this QI is really about. What item would allow you to discriminate between jewellery of different types to discover the most valuable.
And no it wouldn't work with paintings.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
>Do I have one at home?<
Probably.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
>Lucky that you are an expert punctuator,<
Hardly.
I say it as I see it.
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swl Posted Dec 13, 2009
Could the mystery item be the insurance agent, who would know which items are the most valuable and where they are stored?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
Hmmm no it's not a person.
But let's give you a DGI for >>know which items are the most valuable<<
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hygienicdispenser Posted Dec 13, 2009
I was just wondering why you had specified King Wossname, and I reckon that at the time when he ruled there must have been something more precious than rubies, gold etc. Is it pepper, nutmeg or somesuch?
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
Clever boy. DGI+1
At the time when he ruled there must have been something more precious than rubies, gold etc.
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HonestIago Posted Dec 13, 2009
Is it rhubarb? You can clean silver with rhubarb.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 13, 2009
Yes you can and no it isn't.
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