Can you name the elements named for scientists based on the riddle?

created by gamepro330
  • Enter an element in the box below
  • Correctly named elements will show up below
  • Click any empty Riddle or Element to answer for that location
  • Source: Chemicool.com
  • Each riddle refers to the name, discovery, or legacy of a famous scientist. Use these clues to name the element. For example, "Jimmy, boy genius" --> Neutron --> James Chadwick, etc.
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RiddleElementScientist
electron 'cleans another dirty mouth'
Award for curbing dynamite usage?
Artist Maya sculpts Indonesia's national dish out of Yttrium?
Example #109 of the Nobel Committee's misogny
Healed by nuclear decay?
Professor Charles Xavier + a sunbeam
Over 92 Star Trek cyborgs on the open ocean?
RiddleElementScientist
Cyclotron 'of Arabia'
Little Boy's father
Table per second
ea(sun)rth
Reyn(Au)ld's Wrap
Like a special member of your family, generally
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