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Elements Trivia Quiz

Welcome to my quiz. In this quiz, I will give you a little bit of information about the element. Your job is to figure out what element it is. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by matthewpokemon. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
matthewpokemon

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
308,980

Updated
Dec 20 23

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. This element is well known by scientists for being radioactive and used to be commonly used as an additive to the paint used to paint the Roman numerals on old clock faces. Hint

Radium

Plutonium

Uranium

Americium

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Question 2 of 10

2. Humans tend to avoid this element, due to its relative scarcity and huge price. The Actinide series derives its name from this radioactive element's name. Hint

Antimony

Americium

Actinium

Germanium

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Question 3 of 10

3. This element is also radioactive. Years of unprotected contact with this element contributed to the death of Marie Curie. Hint

Bismuth

Polonium

Astatine

Argon

4. History records that this element was first documented by Albertus Magnus in 1250. One use for this element was for it to be rubbed into the face of Victorian women to improve their complexion. Hint

Selenium

Arsenic

Barium

Bohrium

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Question 5 of 10

5. This element rarely occurs in nature and is not known to be useful to either humans or plants.If ingested, it can cause severe allergic disease in humans. Hint

Californium

Lithium

Beryllium

Boron

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Question 6 of 10

6. This element was first synthesised by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Munzenberg, a pair of physicists working at the Gesellschaft Fur Schwerionenforschung in Germany, in 1994 and formerly known as Ununnilium. Hint

Darmstadtium

Roentgenium

Meitnerium

Copernicium

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Question 7 of 10

7. This element was also first synthesised by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Munzenberg, but in 1982. Historically, it has the name of Eki-Iridium. Hint

Hassium

Meitnerium

Francium

Gallium

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Question 8 of 10

8. This is a rare element. It was first discovered in 1843 and is used as a colourant in art glass. Hint

Holmium

Erbium

Thulium

Fermium

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Question 9 of 10

9. Along with Protactinium and Lanthanum, this element's existence was predicted in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev. Hint

Samarium

Lutetium

Hafnium

Tantalum

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Question 10 of 10

10. Thomas Charles Hope first discovered this element in 1798. It is named after the Scottish village where it was first discovered. Hint

Rubidium

Zirconium

Yttrium

Strontium

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1. This element is well known by scientists for being radioactive and used to be commonly used as an additive to the paint used to paint the Roman numerals on old clock faces.

Answer: Radium

Radium's atomic number is 88 and its symbol is Ra.

INTERESTING NOTE:
In the mid 1920s, five of the 'Radium Girls' (a nickname applied to the numeral painters) filed a lawsuit, alleging that the radium-based paints they were using were killing them (radium causes serious health effects, including anaemia and bone cancer).

2. Humans tend to avoid this element, due to its relative scarcity and huge price. The Actinide series derives its name from this radioactive element's name.

Answer: Actinium

Actinium's atomic number is 89 and its symbol is Ac.

INTERESTING NOTE:
Actinium currently has no significant use, however, potential uses are being researched. Currently the major one being researched is Actinium being used for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (Heating appliances) for use in spacecraft.

3. This element is also radioactive. Years of unprotected contact with this element contributed to the death of Marie Curie.

Answer: Polonium

Polonium's atomic number is 84 and its symbol is Po. It was named after the first two letters of the Curies' home country of Poland ('Polonia' in Latin).

INTERESTING NOTE:
Polonium is also being used to research heating methods in spacecraft. Polonium, when discovered, was simply called 'Radium F'. Pierre and Marie Curie decided to name it Polonium as a way to draw attention to her home country's lack of independence (at the time (1898), Poland was partitioned among Austria, Russia, and Prussia).

Answer: Arsenic

Arsenic's atomic number is 33 and its symbol is As.

INTERESTING NOTE:
Arsenic is highly poisonous. The Victorians could not have known it, but rubbing arsenic in to their faces was killing them. Some sources report that the best medical autopsy doctors sometimes attributed death by 'unknowingly ingesting massive amounts of arsenic' (ie eating arsenic).

5. This element rarely occurs in nature and is not known to be useful to either humans or plants.If ingested, it can cause severe allergic disease in humans.

Answer: Beryllium

Beryllium's atomic number is 4 and its symbol is Be.

INTERESTING NOTE:
The most common use for Beryllium is to be applied (painted) to the radiation tubes on X-Ray machines.

Answer: Darmstadtium

Darmstadtium's atomic number is 110 and its symbol is Ds.

INTERESTING NOTE:
Darmstadtium has also been given the name Policium, as the number 110 is the emergency number for the German police.

7. This element was also first synthesised by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Munzenberg, but in 1982. Historically, it has the name of Eki-Iridium.

Answer: Meitnerium

Meitnerium's atomic number is 109 and its symbol is Mt.

INTERESTING NOTE:
Currently, Meitnerium has no uses. Meitnerium was synthesised when the creators bombarded Bismuth-209 with Iron-58.

8. This is a rare element. It was first discovered in 1843 and is used as a colourant in art glass.

Answer: Erbium

Erbium's atomic number is 68 and its symbol is Er.

INTERESTING NOTE:
Erbium was named after Ytterby, the village in Sweden where Carl Gustaf Mosander discovered Erbium in 1843.

9. Along with Protactinium and Lanthanum, this element's existence was predicted in 1869 by Dmitri Mendeleev.

Answer: Hafnium

Hafnium's atomic number is 72 and its symbol is Hf.

INTERESTING NOTE:
The name 'Hafnium' derives from Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen.

10. Thomas Charles Hope first discovered this element in 1798. It is named after the Scottish village where it was first discovered.

Answer: Strontium

Strontium's atomic number is 38 and its symbol is Sr.

INTERESTING NOTE:
The name 'Strontium' derives from Strontian, the village where it was first discovered. Strontian's Gaelic name translates to 'the nose of the fairy hill'.

Source: Author matthewpokemon

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