How was the Cullinan diamond, a gift to the King of England, transported from Africa to England?
Correct answer: Mailed in cardboard box
mammy1027
wow! info like this is why I play!!
Montana Lady
I just found out that the largest diamond (14-carat) found in the United States was found in Montana in 1990 by a lady just taking a walk. Wouldn't that be nice?
BabiKat
i picked the least logical answer, it was right 😮
Player #3099183
interesting but can we have our diamond back now? I don't think the gift was in the best interest of the giver, it should belong to the nation!
Nazdek
a gift? dam thieves
Cassandra
I just order mine through Amazon and I get free shipping because I'm a Prime member. 😁
Player #22176996
It should have been named after the miner
amronjane63
Player #3099183, I totally agree. it belongs in south africa #proudlysouthafrican
Player #12622485
Nazdek, Exactly and the miner who found it got no recognition.
Born in the 80's
Mother Africa keeps on giving. When will Africa recognize it's worth?
hhem
great question and the knowledge you have put in to your description of the story behind it was amazing. thank you
wanderer
new info for me.thanks
Falcon
BabiKat, me too!
Stella
Player #22176996, exactly what was thinking.
joepla
BabiKat, me too
RABBIT
Cassandra, 🤣🤣
RABBIT
mammy1027, I know! I love this game!!
Right where I want to be
Was Sir Thomas Cullinan the miner who found it?
Player #97184361
Player #3099183, Thieft need to reversed and corrected. ! ! !
arohanui
so what size was it in metric? pounds and stuff mean nothing to me.
Rosee
I bet they were checking the mail every-single-day!
lashtx
Taramaiden, excuse me, but what has India to do with anything? The diamond gifted was found in a South African diamond mine, wasn't it? Unless I missed the entire point of this story.
lashtx
Player #8258475, that's just semantics. That diamond was still given to that man as a gift from Transvaal. (or wherever) Point is it's still the same guy.
lashtx
BabiKat, on these types of questions I always pick the outrageous answer. I'm usually correct!
Leo
amronjane63, I wonder what the miner got for digging it up . (Gifted my foot ) .
Player #32138563
Transvaal, assuming that's South Africa. Wonder how much they paid the natives for that stolen gem stone. Sounds like theft.
Rubenovyk
Imagine a thief getting their grubby little hands on the fake box and finding dirt inside
Limitless
Player #31088974, Cleopatra was Macedonian.
Rose
amronjane63, if it came back to South Africa, can you imagine what would happen? it would be stolen or cut up into further bits and pieces and sold. it is now part of the Crown Jewels and I dont think we will ever get it back
Player #47851228
Nazdek, we want it back.
Cam
They should've left it uncut in it's original form.
jiggy
Nazdek, you're so right. They are thieves. Plundering people's countries and then claiming to be world powers.
Ronaldo
Interesting how someone from England "discovered" a diamond in AFRICA!
Terri Macy
Now that’s a diamond!!!
Player #39488671
Player lintynubela, it was a white miner
Player #32543330
Found by a "miner" lol. More like found by a slave being forced to mine.
mongo
was that king of England also the king of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. England is not the UK
The Godfather
A gift or stolen?
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Uninitialized, while Elizabeth Taylor wasn't the best choice, you do realize that Cleopatra was not "African", she was Greek, right?
Player #31088974
I learned about this from a visit to the tower of London last year