Stealing The World’s Most Expensive Necklace

"**Stealing The World's Most Expensive Necklace**" is the second episode of Season One, and the second ever episode of *Puppet History*.

The episode features special guest Kate Peterman and musical guest Diamond Necklace.

The episode results in a tie between Ryan and Kate.

## Lesson Content

This episode centers and the story of Jeanne de la Motte's scheme involving Cardinal de Rohan to steal the world's most expensive necklace, a diamond necklace originally commissioned by Louis XV of France.

## Cast

* Shane Madej as the Professor / Diamond Necklace
* Ryan Bergara as himself
* Kate Peterman as herself

## Questions & Challenges

* Answers marked with (RB) were chosen by Ryan
* Answers marked with (KP) were chosen by Kate
* Answers in bold are correct

### Question 1

What aspect of Rohan's social gatherings was so controversial?

* A) His performance of what he called "genital origami" (RB) (KP)
* **B) His risqué seating charts**
* C) His collection of little monkeys

### Question 2

Just who in the hell was Maria Theresa's daughter?

* Ryan's Answer: Marie Antoinette
* Steven's Answer: Maria Theresa II
* **Correct Answer: Marie Antoinette**

### Question 3

As a person desperate to climb the social ladder, what do you suppose she does with this information when they cross paths at Versailles?

* A) She blackmails him
* B) She tells the queen he's going to assassinate her (RB)
* **C) She tells Rohan she's the queen's best friend (KP)**

### Question 4

What do you think just happened?

* A) Jeanne donned a powdery wig and a Jedi robe and pretended to be Marie Antoinette (KP)
* **B) Jeanne hired her husband's mistress to pretend to be Marie Antoinette**
* C) This is fanfiction written by Rohan in his memoirs (RB)

### Question 5

What happens next?

* A) Rohan is ambushed and robbed on the street by a cohort of Jeanne's (RB)
* B) Rohan insists on taking the necklace directly to the queen (KP)
* **C) Rohan hands the necklace to a man he's never met before**

### Question 6

How'd you think things turned out for these two bananaheads?

* A) Both were sentenced to death
* B) Jeanne pinned it all on Rohan (KP)
* **C) Jeanne's story crumbled like a house of cards (RB)**

### Question 7

Whatever happened to Jeanne LaMotte?

* A) She parted ways with her own head via guillotine (RB)
* **B) She escaped prison by dressing up as a boy (KP)**
* C) She fell down a well in the prison yard

## Points Chronology

*There is a possibility that some questions, and allocations of points, may be removed during post-production so the point totals presented here may not be the genuine totals that the players ended with as a result of the full gameplay.*

 Ryan answers **Question 2** correctly
 Ryan answers **Question 6** correctly
 Totals

### Winner

Kate Peterman and Ryan Bergara tie, and are both awarded the title of History Master and the Coveted Cup of the History Master.

## Musical Guest

Diamond Necklace performs "Pricy Ice".

*Listen here on SoundCloud.*

### Lyrics

* Yeah it’s me
* That big pile of diamonds
* I’m that pricy ice
* Oh but I’d look so nice around that neck
* Marie Antoinette she didn’t want me
* She told me to my face that I was ugly
* But I guess in the end I got the upper hand
* Because they didn’t cut my head off
* And sure, they hacked me into tiny pieces
* A devastating thing for all my nieces
* And yes necklaces can have nieces
* When they’re anthropomorphic
* I was just a pile of jewels
* Made Rohan look like a fool
* But a fella should know better
* Than to trust a simple letter
* So I guess if there’s a lesson
* To this whole backstabbing mess than
* It’s that if you think you know the queen
* To make sure that you know the queen
* Like, has she ever talked to you?
* Or looked at you or smiled at you?
* Or even seemed to think of you?
* Or met you in the daytime?
* Maybe ask her for a license
* Or to pose with today’s paper
* And if she doesn’t want to
* Then my dude I think it ain’t her