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1. Bird's nest soup can be one of the most expensive foods in the world. Which of the following birds make nests that can be used to make this exotic treat?

Answer: Black-nest swiftlet

Nests of the Black-nest swiftlet are one of the most heavily harvested in the making of this Asian treat. The Chinese believe that eating soup made from the saliva-heavy nests of these birds can improve libido, improve voice, provide strength and aid digestion.

In a 2005 article by Therese Park in Koreabridge.net a bowl of birds-nest soup in Hong Kong was priced at $60.00 USD or more, and that a kilogram of the nest itself was selling at a cost of $10,000 USD.

2. Imperial Majesty was one of the world's most expensive types of which of these aromatic products?

Answer: Perfume

Imperial Majesty was a very expensive perfume made by Clive Cristian. According to Forbes.com, in an article dated February 2006, it cost over $2,150 USD an ounce. Only five bottles were made. The Baccarat crystal bottle had an 18-carat gold collar with a five-carat diamond on it and was originally priced at $215,000 USD per bottle.

3. Which one of the following choices is NOT one of the most expensive gemstones in the world?

Answer: Amethyst

Amethyst in all its royal purple color is one of the most inexpensive of gemstones. Rarity, hardness, and color all add to the price of a gemstone. The other three options are all part of a group called precious gems. Amethyst is part of the group called semi-precious. According to jewelrysecrets.com in 2010 some amethyst was being sold at one dollar (American) a carat.

Much lower than the other three which can go for thousands of dollars a carat.

4. Specially trained pigs are used to find which of the following expensive delicacies?

Answer: White truffles

White truffles are very highly regarded as a culinary delicacy. Truffles often resemble potatoes and have a symbiotic relationship with the roots of several kinds of trees. USA Today, and the Associated Press reported that in 2007 a casino owner paid $330,000 for a three pound specimen. There are many varieties of truffles and they can be cooked in a myriad of ways.

5. From which animal does the world's most expensive natural fabric come?

Answer: Vicuna

According to the New World Encyclopedia in 2008, vicuna wool sold for about $1,800-$3,000 USD a yard. It is the finest wool in the world measuring only 12 micrometers in diameter. A man's suit can cost as much as $20,000 USD. The vicuna can only be shorn once every three years and only provides about 2-3 pounds of raw wool at each shearing.

In Incan society only royalty could wear the wool from this endangered animal.

6. Which of the following is one of the rarest of precious metals and has often said to be one of the most expensive metals in the world?

Answer: Rhodium

Rhodium is a metal from the platinum group. According to Wikipedia, in an article that was last modified on Nov. 2, 2010, the price for rhodium was $80,000 USD a kilogram. Rhodium is silvery-white in color and is very reflective. The main exporter world-wide is the mineral rich country of South Africa.

It is often used in automobiles in the catalytic converter, but can also be used in jewelry.

7. Which of these fish provides the world with, arguably, one of its most expensive caviar?

Answer: Beluga sturgeon

Almas is a type of white caviar that comes from 100 year old Beluga sturgeon that are usually found in the Caspian Sea. The older the sturgeon, the lighter in color the caviar. In 2010, Caviar House and Prunier, the only company that sold this treat was advertising prices of over $20,000 USD for a 32 ounce container.

8. Which of the following, sometimes known as civet coffee, is one of the most expensive coffees in the world?

Answer: Kopi Luwak

Kopi Luwak is the correct answer, the other three options are 20th century Asian rulers. Kopi Luwak is known as civet coffee because the raw beans are eaten off the plant by civets, who eat them for their fleshy pulp. After the beans are defecated they are gathered by hand, washed carefully, roasted in the sun and then packaged for sale.

The trip through the digestive tract of the civet makes for a coffee with exceptional aroma, low acidity, and richness of flavor. In 2010 this coffee was advertised on civetcoffee.net for $119.95 a pound with free shipping.

9. Which of these substances has long been considered the world's most expensive spice?

Answer: Saffron

Saffron is derived from the saffron crocus, and is native to southern Asia. This spice has a bitter flavor and has been used in Asian cooking for centuries. Crocin is a yellow dye that comes from saffron and is sometimes used to color pottery. In America, one of the most popular ways to eat saffron is to eat yellow rice. Saffron was selling in November of 2010 for 149.95 an ounce from "The Spice House" an online spice outlet.

10. In 2008, according to highstakesliving.com, the asking price for a bottle of Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac was being sold for as much as $2,000,000 USD.

Answer: True

This is a true statement according to many websites. Henri IV Dudognon Heritage has been generally been accepted as one of the worlds most expensive cognacs. It was aged in a barrel for more than 100 years before it was poured, very carefully, into a special bottle that was named by the 2008 "Guinness Book of World Records", as the most expensive liquor bottle in the world.

The diamond-encrusted bottle had been dipped in 24k gold and platinum, before the spirit was added.

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