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Jun 22nd, 2017, 2:21 pm
Are you the Gatchina Palace Egg?
Jun 22nd, 2017, 2:21 pm
Jun 22nd, 2017, 2:24 pm
Are you the Rose Trellis Fabergé Egg in the Walters Art Museum?
Jun 22nd, 2017, 2:24 pm
Jun 22nd, 2017, 3:29 pm
Well done Amill, I am indeed:

THE GATCHINA PALACE IMPERIAL FABERGÉ EGG

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The Gatchina Palace egg is a jewelled, enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé in 1901, for Nicholas II of Russia. Nicholas II presented it to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, at Easter in 1901. The egg opens to reveal a surprise miniature gold replica of the palace at Gatchina (a town south of St. Petersburg) that was built for Count Grigory Orlov and was later acquired by Tsar Paul I. It is one of two imperial Easter eggs in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

Like many of the Imperial Easter Eggs, it was created by Fabergé's workmaster, Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860-1903), and is crafted from gold, enamel, silver-gilt, portrait diamonds, rock crystal, and seed pearls. Detailed work around the palace in the surprise shows cannons, a flag, a statue of Paul I (1754-1801), and elements of the landscape. The miniature palace is fixed inside the egg and cannot be removed.

The dimensions are 4 15/16 x 3 9/16 in. (12.5 x 9.1 cm). (much smaller than the average cat :D)

n 1920, the egg was in the possession of Alexander Polovtsov, who was a former employee at the Gatchina Palace and later started an antique shop in Paris. It is not known how Mr. Polovtsov acquired the egg.

In 1930, this egg was sold, along with the 1907 Rose Trellis egg, to American Henry Walters and became a part of the Walters Art Museum Collection in 1931. In 1936, the egg was exhibited with the Rose Trellis egg at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, and it has been on permanent display since 1952.

For more information and fantastic pictures go to the Walters Art Museum website: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/4432/gatchina-palace-egg/ While you're there have an explore, it's a brilliant website and The Walters has released all the photos of its exhibits under a creative commons licence so they can be used by anybody who needs them.
Jun 22nd, 2017, 3:29 pm
Jun 23rd, 2017, 6:51 am
This round, Amill discovered in 7 questions that we were looking for a Fabergé egg and receives 35 wrz$.
spiritofchaos tortured you for 57 questions and receives 285 wrz$
Congrats, you two!


Now Amill is invited to start the next round with the subject he sent me.
Jun 23rd, 2017, 6:51 am
Jul 5th, 2017, 8:39 am
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Round 91


Q & A


1.(Elle) Are you fictional ? No
2.(Mickey) Are you tangible? Yes
3.(aleenna) Are you a man-made object? Yes
4.(yousofine) Are you edible? No
5.(Elle) Are you unique in the world? Yes
6.(Mickey) Are you currently in Europe? No
7.(MaditaPiccolo) Can you be found in a museum? No
8.(aleenna) Are you made of metal? No
9.(Elle) Are you Mount Rushmore? No
10.(Mickey) Can you be found outdoor? Yes
11.(spiritofchaos) Are you taller than 3 metres? No
12.(ms772) Can you be lifted by one average person? No
13.(Elle) Are you made out of rock? Yes In a way...
14.(rchhuon99) Are you in the US? Yes
15.(spiritofchaos) Are you out in the open air? Yes
16.(ms772) Are you within east coast state (these states: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida)? No
17.(Mickey101) Are you a sculpture? No
18.(aleenna) Are you part of a natural landscape? Yes
19.(ElleKing) Can you be touched by any people passing by? Yes
*20.(spiritoc) Were you made after 1900AD? Yes
21.(rchhuon99) Are you in a mountain time zone state? Yes
22.(Mickey101) Are you in the city area? Cannot be answered by a Yes or No
23.(ms772) Do you have Wikipedia page? Yes In English and another language
24.(spiritofchaos) Are you now, or have you ever been, used for living in? No
25.(MaditaPiccolo) Are you Mount Rushmore? No See Q9
26.(Blueram) Are you a form of native Indian rock art? No
27.(rchhuon99) Are you the Wounded Knee Massacre Monument? No
28.(aleenna) Are you Casa Grande Ruins from COOLIDGE, ARIZONA? No
29.(Mickey) Are you in Colorado, Montana, Utah, or Wyoming? Yes
30.(yousofine) Did you exist before 1950? Yes
31.(spiritofchaos) Are you a monument? No
32.(Elle) Are you in Colorado? No
33.(MaditaPiccolo) Are or were you useful as opposed to decorational? Yes
34.(rchhuon99) Are you the Spiral Jetty? No
35.(ms772) Are you a bridge? No
36.(spiritofchaos) Are you a dam? No
37.(Elle) Are you in Montana? No
38.(Mickey) Are you in Utah? Yes
39.(rchhuon99) Are you Lake Powell? No
40.(spiritofchaos) Are you a park? No
41.(ms772) Are you a pool? No
42.(aleenna) Are you Alkali Ridge? No
43.(Mickey) Are you in a county starting with a letter from A to M (including)? No
44.(EmpressReece) Are you the Tree of Utah by Karl Momen? No
45.(Elle) Are you part of the Great Salted Lake? No
46.(spiritofchaos) Are you in a county starting with a letter from N to S (included)? No
47.(rchhuon99) Are you the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway? No
48.(Mickey) Are you in Utah County? No
49.(CatastropheJane) Are you a water feature? No
50.(ms772) Are you in a county starting with a letter W? Yes
51.(spiritofchaos) Are you a tourist attraction? No
52.(Elle) Are you related to a ghost town? No
53.(Blueram) Are you a mine? No
54.(ms772) Are you located in a park? No
55.(aleenna) Are you Robert D. Covington House? No
56.(Mickey) Are you in Washington County? Yes
57.(MaditaPiccolo) Are you a mine? No See Q53
58.(ms772) Are you in cemetery? No
59.(rchhuon99) Are you Dixie State University? No
60.(spiritofchaos) Are you the Hurricane Canal? No
61.(Mickey) Are you related to religion? No
62.(ms772) Are you Eubrontes? A dinosaur? :shock: No
63.(aleenna) Are you Deseret Telegraph and Post Office in Rockville? No
64.(Elle) Are you inside Dixie State University? No Not even close to it...
65.(EmpressReece) Are you the Washington tunnel? No
66.(spiritofchaos) Are you wider or longer/deeper than 5 metres? Yes
67.(rchhuon99) Are you the Floor of the Valley Road? No
68.(Elle) Are you the Cable Creek Bridge? No
69.(aleena) Are you Mountain Meadows Massacre Site? No
70.(Mickey) Are you a part of the building? No
71.(ms772) Are you a road or part of it? Yes
72.(spiritofchaos) Is at least one of your dimensions longer than 10 metres? Yes
73.(Blueram) Are you located in Zion National Park? No
74.(rchhuon99) Are you the zion tunnel? No
75.(ms772) Are inside the building? No
76.(Mickey) Are you the Transcontinental Air Mail Route Beacon 37A ? No
77.(spiritofchaos) Does your name include a number? Yes
78.(Elle) Are you Interstate 70 in Utah? No
79.(aleenna) Are you the Utah part of I-15 aka. Interstate 15 Veterans Memorial Highway? No
80.(Mickey) Are you Utah State Route 8 (SR-8)? No
81.(rchhuon99) Are you Utah State Route 7? No
82.(MaditaPiccolo) Are you paved? Yes
83.(Elle) Are you Utah State Route 17? No
84.(spiritofchaos) Do you have a claim to fame (other than getting people and their vehicles from one place to another)? No :?
85.(aleenna) Are you State Route 59 in Utah, Washington County? Yes!




Congrats, aleena!! :clap:
Jul 5th, 2017, 8:39 am
Jul 5th, 2017, 9:11 am
Are you fictional ?
Jul 5th, 2017, 9:11 am
Jul 5th, 2017, 1:28 pm
Are you a man-made object?
Jul 5th, 2017, 1:28 pm

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world"
- Mahatma Gandhi -
Jul 5th, 2017, 1:46 pm
Are you unique in the world?
Jul 5th, 2017, 1:46 pm
Jul 5th, 2017, 2:09 pm
Are you currently in Europe?
Jul 5th, 2017, 2:09 pm
Jul 5th, 2017, 4:37 pm
Can you be found in a museum?
Jul 5th, 2017, 4:37 pm
Jul 5th, 2017, 5:51 pm
Are you made of metal?
Jul 5th, 2017, 5:51 pm

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world"
- Mahatma Gandhi -
Jul 5th, 2017, 5:53 pm
Are you Mount Rushmore?
Jul 5th, 2017, 5:53 pm
Jul 5th, 2017, 6:20 pm
Can you be found outdoor?
Jul 5th, 2017, 6:20 pm