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A music album becomes a Gold Album when 500,000 copies are sold.

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The symbol for gold in the Periodic Table is Au.

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The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 195 pounds. It was discovered in 1854 at near the Stanislaus River in California.

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The Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the home of the largest gold nugget on public display. The Hand of Faith nugget, found in Australia in 1980, weighs 61 pounds.

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Dionne Warwick (born 1941), Marilyn McCoo (born 1943) and Andy Gibb (1958-1988) were all hosts of the television dance show "Solid Gold” (1980-1988).

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A Golden Anniversary is a couple’s 50th wedding anniversary. The traditional gift for the special occasion is gold.

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A Golden Jubilee is held in the 50th year of a monarch’s reign. Do you know what year Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926) celebrated her Golden Jubilee? See answer at end.

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Rumpelstiltskin is a magic dwarf that can turn straw into gold. The fairy tale was first published in 1812.

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The state flower of Nebraska and Kentucky is the goldenrod.

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The villain in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger” (1964) is Auric Goldfinger. Goldfinger has an evil plan to blow up Fort Knox to increase the value of his own gold assets. Secret agent James Bond, played by Sean Connery (born 1930), must stop him.

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Actress Goldie Hahn (born 1945) posed for the cover of Playboy Magazine in 1984, at the age of 39.

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During the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, The U.S Olympic Committee awarded any American gold medalist $15,000. During the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah the award for gold medalists went up to $25,000.

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The Gold Reserve Act of 1934 made it illegal for people to own gold bullion. In 1974, Congress repealed the act and allowed Americans to own gold in bullion form.

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The Clampett family in the television sitcom "Beverly Hillbillies” (1962-1971) got rich quick when Jed Clampett discovered "black gold.” Oil, that is. With their newfound fortune, the family moved from the Ozarks to a 32-room mansion in Beverly Hills.

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Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge set a new safety record. In the 1930s, bridge builders expected one fatality per one million dollars in construction. With that formula, they expected 35 bridge workers to die during construction. In fact, during the four years of construction, 1933 to 1937, there were only 11 deaths.

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In the last episode of the "Golden Girls” (1985-1992) the character of Dorothy Zbornack, played by Beatrice Arthur (1923-2009), marries Lucas Hollingsworth, played by Leslie Nielsen (born 1926).

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The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, near Los Angeles, is a state park that has 1,745 acres of land growing the state flower, the California Golden Poppy.

Answer: The Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2002. She acceded to the throne in 1952, after the death of her father George VI (1895-1952).

Know It All is by Kerry McArdle. It runs in the weekend and Wednesday editions of the Daily Journal. Questions? Comments? E-mail knowitall@smdailyjournal.com or call 344-5200 x114.