Can you name the metals used in the composition of the 2012 Olympic Medals (in the quickest time)*? by needapausebutton

Can you name the metals used in the composition of the 2012 Olympic Medals (in the quickest time)*?

created by needapausebutton

Enter a metal in the box below
Correctly named metals will show up below
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* Go ahead and brag in the comments section -- Imaginary medals will go to those posting the quickest times. You may also hum the anthem of your choice as you celebrate. (Post your country too).
HOWEVER: If you accomplish your feat during a game replay, you will be charged with a false-start, and be banned from the 2016 sequel. Also, there is a bonus answer!
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Metal	Usage
	1.34% of the first-place medals


	2.5% of the third-place medals
	0.5% of the third-place medals
0.5% of the third-place medals

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2012 Olympic Metals (yes, with a “t”) Quiz

by needapausebutton

Created Aug 10, 2012 in Just For Fun
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	needapausebutton:	Aug 10th, 2012 at 22:53 GMT		12 points
	As outlined in the game notes above, bragging about how fast you completed this is encouraged, and medals are there for the taking! I'll go first: I did it in 14 seconds, but I cheated and am disqualified, as I looked up all the answers.

	Tahnan:	Aug 10th, 2012 at 23:00 GMT		3 points
	Woot! 12 seconds! And I totally could have been faster if I remembered that "brass" is not an element.

	AuroraIllumina:	Aug 10th, 2012 at 23:01 GMT		18 points
	I finished in ten seconds. But I don't think I'd stand a chance against those people who have been practicing for years and years to get a chance to play this quiz...

	exlibris:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 00:45 GMT		4 points
	10 seconds!!! even though I tried "bronze" and was very confused when it was rejected.

	NJSB:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 04:02 GMT		11 points
	I got nervous and before I thought of the last answer typed uranium. I must have been thinking of the Soviet-era medals.

	Compy90_2000:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 04:15 GMT		4 points
	If the gold medals were actually 100% made of gold, they would be worth over $40 million each.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 14:03 GMT		2 points
	Okay, 9 seconds. I was lucky though - I didn't know which of the last two was in brass (I always confuse them in German), so I typed one and then immediately the other just hoping...

	Toby123:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 15:27 GMT		22 points
	I did it in 7 seconds, but later failed my drug test..

	needapausebutton:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 16:09 GMT		3 points
	The Olympic Officials have just conferred, and decided that anyone scoring 10 seconds or less will be put through to a Semi-final round. If anyone has a good idea for a follow-up game to this I'll set it up (something which would work well as a post-Olympics sort of game)....

	Toby123:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 16:42 GMT		1 point
	what about top 5 countries on the medal table?

	needapausebutton:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 18:14 GMT		1 point
	^ Good idea, if players want to post their country too. Also, your second sample passed the drug test so you've been reinstated ;)

	Toby123:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 18:21 GMT		1 point
	Yahoo!! So I'm not ban for life!? I actually did do it in seven seconds, but i have played twice and therefore knew the answers ;)

	Toby123:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 18:22 GMT		2 points
	Oh and Great Britain for the anthem :)

	needapausebutton:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 19:26 GMT		2 points
	^ Whoops. According to Article 12, Section 5, paragraph 2, you are (per the game-notes above) charged with the false start. There may be a consolation prize for quickest replay, but that is currently in the hands of the Russian and Romanian judges...

	Toby123:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 19:53 GMT		2 points
	Ok, I did it the first time in 21 seconds.... i knew i should have read that section -_-

	carbon_rod:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 20:18 GMT		8 points
	8 seconds. Now I just sit back and let the lucrative endorsements roll in.

	Khazar49:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 21:15 GMT		5 points
	33 seconds... a solid, middle-of-the-pack time, especially considering the Bosnian Sporcle Federation budget restraints compared to the rest of the world in the "Olympic Metals" discipline.

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	needapausebutton:	Aug 11th, 2012 at 22:43 GMT		6 points
	We pause for a moment to thank (and pay off) the American judge, druhutch, for granting the editor's pick...

	12bball:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 00:47 GMT		2 points
	I got them all in 31 seconds. I think it's really interesting that they even bother to use zinc, seeing that it's only 0.5% of the bronze medal.

	AuroraIllumina:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 01:02 GMT		2 points
	Hm, you're asking for my country too? Well, since my time of 10 seconds is good enough to qualify for the semifinals, I should tell you I'm from Canada. (I assume that quiz-taking is one of the events where males and females compete together?)

	needapausebutton:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 01:07 GMT		6 points
	Yes, provided you are using a laptop or mobile device, and riding a horse as you play.

	AuroraIllumina:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 01:23 GMT		4 points
	I am on a desktop computer and sitting on a chair inside my house... so what does that mean for me now? I hope we don't have to take tests like Semenya did...

	BritneyKeira:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 04:20 GMT		6 points
	Was hoping to see Chocolate as a bonus answer....

	rickiebeth:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 05:27 GMT		1 point
	14 seconds - I probably could have done it faster if I hadn't had to guess on the last one. I tried nickel, iron (how heavy ARE the medals?) and aluminum before landing on tin. Derp.

	Socc13r37:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 10:37 GMT		3 points
	5 seconds - I didn't cheat, I just knew the composition of bronze (copper and tin, thank you Technic), gold, silver, then guessed zinc. Also, I'm quite a quick typer (67WPM)

	citkeane:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 16:18 GMT		0 points
	4 seconds, but I deliberately fault started. Twice.

	needapausebutton:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 17:47 GMT		2 points
	@BritneyKeira: Great idea - done! @rickiebeth: 375-400g. Quite handy as paperweights. Socc13r37: Nice score, but you do realize that steroids injected into your fingertips DOES constitute a drug violation... @citkeane: It requires great mettle to admit to that, and you just might be allowed into a repechage round along with Toby123.

	dumpsterdiver:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 19:45 GMT		1 point
	what was the bonus answer?

	poiu:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 22:00 GMT		5 points
	^I don't know, but I tried Kyrgyzstan

	needapausebutton:	Aug 12th, 2012 at 23:24 GMT		2 points
	^ ^ The bonus is "Kyrgyzstanian chocolate"... I mean, just "chocolate". (And it was suggested by BritneyKeira in an earlier comment).

	carney338:	Aug 13th, 2012 at 04:41 GMT		1 point
	9 seconds and I too tried bronze. From NJ, USA here.

	Socc13r37:	Aug 13th, 2012 at 11:33 GMT		1 point
	@needapausebutton; Those aren't steroids, those are meth-amphetamines. Also, looks like Australia's gotten silver...again. This time, thankfully, it's not to Team Gee Bee.

	OilFan:	Aug 13th, 2012 at 16:40 GMT		3 points
	I'm bringing up the rear at 48 seconds... Guess the pressure was just too high and I panicked. But I am a dual citizen, can I take it a second time for my second nation? ;)

	mojo917:	Aug 14th, 2012 at 02:49 GMT		1 point
	Thank you NBC announcers. I was watching Track when the announcers were describing what the medals were made out of.

	rer2121:	Aug 14th, 2012 at 12:36 GMT		4 points
	I did it in...7 seconds Fireworks shoot up in the air while Kyrgyzstan's national anthem is playing & people are cheering

	hellofromUK:	Aug 14th, 2012 at 12:38 GMT		3 points
	Compy90_2000, your calculations are all wrong. Each gold medal weighs around 400g. At gold prices currently around 50 US$ per gram, each medal if made of solid gold would be worth around 20000 US$, not $40 million!!

	balany1:	Aug 14th, 2012 at 18:21 GMT		1 point
	27 secs

	Word_Nerd99:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 19:47 GMT		1 point
	i did it in 4 secs

	needapausebutton:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 20:22 GMT		3 points
	^ Um, ... Bionic fingers? 12 cups of coffee? An inquiry will be made.... ;)