Can you name the elements named for scientists? by mck10

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Elements Named for Scientists Quiz

by mck10

Created Oct 3, 2009 in Science
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	Zeus12888:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 19:56 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz, and really hard, too!

	Zeus12888:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 19:57 GMT		2 points
	Also, I didnt know Copernicum was going to be an elemnet! Thats cool

	mck10:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 20:25 GMT		2 points
	Yeah it's the proposed name for element 112 (currently "ununbium"). It's already widely accepted and used in the scientific community, but the IUPAC hasn't officially voted on it, yet. They'll approve it this year.

	Zeus12888:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 07:00 GMT		1 point
	thats pretty interesting...good stuff..

	Craig:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 07:53 GMT		4 points
	Copernicium should be a bonus since it's not a named element yet. Also having the symbols visible makes this pretty easy.

	mck10:	Oct 4th, 2009 at 14:20 GMT		0 points
	Maybe, but wouldn't it be really difficult with no clues given?

	Loona:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 04:37 GMT		2 points
	When I came into this quiz, I actually thought it would just be listing without clues. Though, I might be in the few that prefer it that way.

	HPZ:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 16:39 GMT		3 points
	I also expected not to see symbols. This way it's basically a subset of the Element by Symbol quiz (http://www.sporcle.com/games/elements_bysymbol.php), with the addition of names of scientists.

	Tahnan:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 17:03 GMT		1 point
	Neat quiz! I'm with Loona and HPZ; I did perfectly, but I don't know how I would have done without the symbols. (I'd also make Cp a bonus answer until it's approved.)

	vogz:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 18:36 GMT		1 point
	i think there's too much time regardless of symbols being there or not...symbols makes it too easy in my opinion and the copernicium should probably be a bonus

	yggdrasil:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 19:48 GMT		1 point
	The proposed symbol for copernicum has been changed from Cp to Cn (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicum).

	cuendillar:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 18:19 GMT		1 point
	Gadolinium is actually named after geologist Johan Gadolin. I think it should be included too.

	mck10:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 21:52 GMT		1 point
	Wow, thanks for the tip. I did not know that! It's added.

	jeden:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 22:17 GMT		2 points
	you could argue that gallium counts, as it was discovered by LeCoq, whose name means "the cockerel". the latin for cockerel is gallus. sneaky. of course, the latin for france is gallia, and that was what he claimed he named it for...

	mck10:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 19:02 GMT		1 point
	Whew, that is kinda convoluted... Haha