The Thrill Of The Chase

Who did designer Ralph Lauren visit in 1996 in Santa Fe, NM?

• New Mexico governor Gary Johnson

• Elon Musk

• U.S. Senator Pete Domenici

• Art gallery owner Forrest Fenn

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What was happening in the life of the person Ralph Lauren visited?

• Getting married

• Dying of kidney cancer

• Having their first child

• Running for political office

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Ralph Lauren said, "You can't take it with you!" How did the person reply?

• "Then I'm NOT going!"

• "Oh yeah? Just watch me!"

• "I know. That's why I'm spending it all!"

• "I don't have anything to take with me anyway."

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Something of value that a person passes on to others after his or her death is called

• A contortion

• A filigree

• An assessment

• A legacy

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What did the person in the story buy and begin to fill with treasures?

• A closed art gallery building

• An ancient bronze chest

• A 1929 Packard automobile

• A home in the Rocky Mountains

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Which of the following items was NOT one of the things making up the treasure?

• Two ancient Chinese jade carvings

• Pre-Columbian gold animal figures

• A ring belonging to a Russian Tsar

• A jar full of gold dust panned in Alaska

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The value of all of the items packed was

• $250 thousand

• $3 million

• $25 million

• $50 thousand

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Where was the treasure hidden?

• Somewhere in the Grand Canyon

• Somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe, NM

• Somewhere in Utah

• Somewhere near Toledo

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How did the person hide clues to finding the treasure?

• They were carefully sealed behind the bark of cedar trees in waterproof envelopes

• They were buried in glass jars along Rocky Mountain hiking trails

• They were hidden in websites on the Internet

• They were encoded in the memoir "The Thrill Of The Chase"

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How many clues were there?

• Nine

• Seventeen

• Twenty-five

• Five

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