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Quiz about Elementary Scientists and Mathematicians

Elementary Scientists and Mathematicians Quiz

Combine the chemical element symbols given to reveal ten famous scientists and mathematicians. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by Matthew_07. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Matthew_07

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
290,785

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4086

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Taking the symbols for lanthanum, vanadium, oxygen, iodine, silicon, erbium = which scientist?

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Question 2 of 10

2. The chemical symbols for gallium, uranium, sulfur, sulfur = which scientist?

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Question 3 of 10

3. The symbols for potassium, iridium, carbon, hydrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, fluorine, fluorine = which scientist?

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Question 4 of 10

4. The symbols for phosphorus, arsenic, carbon, aluminum = which scientist?

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Question 5 of 10

5. The chemical symbols for fluorine, iodine, boron, oxygen, sodium, carbon, carbon, iodine = which scientist?

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Question 6 of 10

6. The symbols for fluorine, radium, nitrogen, potassium, lithium, nitrogen = which scientist?

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Question 7 of 10

7. Using the symbols for phosphorus, argon, potassium, indium, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen = which scientist?

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Question 8 of 10

8. The symbols for molybdenum, boron, iodine, uranium, sulfur = which scientist?

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Question 9 of 10

9. Putting together the symbols for tungsten, astatine, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen = which scientist?

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Question 10 of 10

10. Taking the symbols for phosphorus, lanthanum, nitrogen, carbon, potassium = which scientist?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Taking the symbols for lanthanum, vanadium, oxygen, iodine, silicon, erbium = which scientist?

Answer: Lavoisier

LaVOISiEr

Antoine Lavoisier was a French chemist. He was the pioneer of stoichiochemistry. He was also known as the Father of Modern Chemistry.

2. The chemical symbols for gallium, uranium, sulfur, sulfur = which scientist?

Answer: Gauss

GaUSS

Carl Frederick Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist. His contribution in the field of mathematics was the Gaussian distribution graphs that are used widely in statistics. He was also known as the Prince of Mathematics.

3. The symbols for potassium, iridium, carbon, hydrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, fluorine, fluorine = which scientist?

Answer: Kirchhoff

KIrCHHOFF

Gustav Kirchhoff was a German physicist who was famous for his Kirchhoff's Law, which was important in the study of electrical circuits.

4. The symbols for phosphorus, arsenic, carbon, aluminum = which scientist?

Answer: Pascal

PAsCAl

Blaise Pascal was a French physicist and mathematician. In the field of mathematics, he introduced the idea of Pascal's triangles, which are used together in binomial coefficients. The unit of pressure was named after this great scientist.

5. The chemical symbols for fluorine, iodine, boron, oxygen, sodium, carbon, carbon, iodine = which scientist?

Answer: Fibonacci

FIBONaCCI

Leonardo Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who was famous for his Fibonacci numbers and sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...).

6. The symbols for fluorine, radium, nitrogen, potassium, lithium, nitrogen = which scientist?

Answer: Franklin

FRaNKLiN

Rosalind Franklin was an English geneticist. She discovered the double-helix structures of DNA together with Francis Crick and James Watson. Unfortunately, she was not awarded the Nobel prize. The award eventually went to Crick, Watson and Wilkins.

7. Using the symbols for phosphorus, argon, potassium, indium, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen = which scientist?

Answer: Parkinson

PArKInSON

James Parkinson was an English physician. He was famous for his study of a disease he called "paralysis agitans", which was later named Parkinson's disease after him.

8. The symbols for molybdenum, boron, iodine, uranium, sulfur = which scientist?

Answer: Mobius

MoBIUS

August Ferdinand Mobius was a German mathematician who was known for his discovery of the Mobius strip.

9. Putting together the symbols for tungsten, astatine, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen = which scientist?

Answer: Watson

WAtSON

James Watson was an American geneticist. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the double-helix structure of DNA together with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins.

10. Taking the symbols for phosphorus, lanthanum, nitrogen, carbon, potassium = which scientist?

Answer: Planck

PLaNCK

Max Planck was a German physicist. He was one of the founders of quantum theories. A physical constant was named after him, namely the Planck constant, which described the size of quanta.

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