Blitz: Name an Element Quiz

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This quiz only includes the officially named 112 elements according to IUPAC. So unun elements do not count.

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Name an element that ...	Example Element
Is diatomic in nature
Is one of the 5 most abundant in Earth's crust
Is an alkali metal
Has a density over 19 g/mL
Was discovered after 1960
Is an actinide
Is named after a female goddess or person
Is named after a country
Is a lanthanide
Is a liquid at or near room temperature
Is a gas at room temperature
Is one of the 10 most abundant in the universe
Is an alkaline earth metal
Is four letters long
Begins with the letter 'R'

Name an element that ...	Example Element
Has a symbol that begins with a different letter
Is a metalloid
Occurs in nature and is always radioactive
Is named after a real-life person
Contains the letter 'X'
Is a non-silver colored metal
Is named after Ytterby, Sweden
Is five letters long
Is spelled differently in the UK/US
Is a halogen
Was known to the ancients in pure form
Has an atomic number under ten
Is a noble gas
Is named after an object in the solar system
Has a one-letter symbol

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Blitz: Name an Element Quiz

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Created Mar 23, 2011 in Science
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	maaxwell:	May 25th, 2011 at 16:12 GMT		33 points
	That was difficultium

	Sporcla:	May 25th, 2011 at 16:14 GMT		17 points
	Did anybody else start happily and quietly confident with the first answer and then see the second and think....'guess I'm not getting to the end then.....'

	TrumpetPlayer:	May 25th, 2011 at 16:30 GMT		13 points
	Why aren't the the elements without given names possible answers for "Was discovered after 1960" (ex: ununhexium)?

	jdaster64:	May 25th, 2011 at 16:34 GMT		3 points
	Great quiz, good range of questions and difficulty, perfect amount of time. My only complaint is that the lanthanides and actinides questions probably should have been reworked so lanthanum and actinium aren't acceptable answers; I imagine anyone that isn't trying to give themselves a hard time would pick them over anything else applicable.

	asta:	May 25th, 2011 at 16:35 GMT		12 points
	@DragoonKain no those of us in the UK call it Tungsten, correct me if I'm wrong @sproutcm and any others but isn't Wolfram the original German name for the element

	Khazar49:	May 25th, 2011 at 16:56 GMT		18 points
	After the mission impossible that was SproutCM's A-Z of organic chemistry, this was almost a walk in the park.

	QuizKingJon:	May 25th, 2011 at 18:09 GMT		0 points
	Got there with 1 second to go... Great quiz

	Koltrane:	May 25th, 2011 at 18:22 GMT		9 points
	Great quiz! 5'd easily. One issue, although it is a technicality - Europium was named after Europe, which was named after Europa, a female princess from Greek mythology, so maybe it should count as an answer to the question regarding one named after a female goddess or person. Just a thought.

	Kinderby:	May 25th, 2011 at 18:35 GMT		5 points
	Arrrg... on, I couldn't think of a five-letter element!

	mjenks:	May 25th, 2011 at 19:01 GMT		8 points
	@ TrumpetPlayer: Because they haven't been "officially recognized by IUPAC" yet, and therefore aren't considered "true" elements. Who knew the periodic table was such an exclusive club?

	mjenks:	May 25th, 2011 at 19:02 GMT		0 points
	Did palladium not count for the goddess answer, since it was technically named for the asteroid Pallas? Just curious.

	mjenks:	May 25th, 2011 at 19:04 GMT		1 point
	@ asta: Yes, it is wolfram in German, hence the W for its symbol on the table.

	Degree:	May 25th, 2011 at 19:25 GMT		0 points
	Wow, that put my years old Chemistry knowledge to the test, pretty happy with 27/30.

	lnmonster:	May 25th, 2011 at 19:52 GMT		3 points
	Fun quiz. Its fun to see how one element can work for so many different answers such as Fluorine or Curium.

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	NvjdsIsSmart:	May 25th, 2011 at 21:33 GMT		6 points
	I sure am glad krypton isn't found in nature.

	Ubbiebubbie:	May 25th, 2011 at 22:27 GMT		5 points
	I s anon-silver colored metal. Hmmm.... How about gold?

	deuce221:	May 25th, 2011 at 23:43 GMT		7 points
	I used oxygen for quite a few of these and yet I could not come up with an element that contains the letter X lol.

	dlutz77539:	May 25th, 2011 at 23:57 GMT		3 points
	"America" isn't a country, but wasn't Americium named after the United States, and not really the continent?

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	kwijiborjt:	May 26th, 2011 at 00:33 GMT		2 points
	Isn't Cerium named after a female goddess (Ceres)?