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On a wine-red case it lies supreme...

  • 1 of 6: The full riddle is, "On a wine-red case it lies supreme, its dark color the finest I've seen.  Of all the pearls, it is the queen."
  • 2 of 6: This one might take a little searching.
  • 3 of 6: The obvious answer is a pearl -- but there are so many pearls in the display case!
  • 4 of 6: Which one is it?  Apparently, it was Captain Nemo's favorite.
  • 5 of 6: If you read about each of the pearls, it may not be immediately obvious which is the "queen".
  • 6 of 6: But the answer is the giant black pearl.