| As in clickable games there's no "third column" for explanations, I'll list the wrong answers (non-scientists and fake names): actinium is from Greek aktinos, 'beam'; berkelium from the city of Berkeley, California; darmstadtium from the city of Darmstadt, Germany; dubnium from the town of Dubna, Russia; hassium from Hassia, Latin name of the state of Hessen, Germany; holmium from Holmia, Latin name of Stockholm; livermorium from the city of Livermore, California; palladium from the Greek goddess Pallas (Andrea Palladio was an architect of the Renaissance); promethium from the Greek mythological Titan Prometheus; rhodium from Greek rhodon 'rose' (Cecil Rhodes only gave name to Rhodesia); scandium from Scandia, Latin name of Scandinavia, and ytterbium from the village of Ytterby, Sweden. |