Saturday Sep 30 Elements

Question 1

Highest atomic numbered element whose symbol is a single letter

Answer 1

Uranium (92)

Question 2

Element, whose name is from the Greek, would be Lucifer in Latin

Answer 2

Phosphorus (15)

Question 3

Element named after Russia

Answer 3

Ruthenium (44)

Question 4

50, Sn

Answer 4

Tin

Question 4

48, CD

Answer 4

Cadmium

Question 5

Gadolinium (64) named after scientist from this country

Answer 5

Finnland

Question 6

51, Sb

Answer 6

Antimony

Question 7

Named after Stockholm

Answer 7

Holmium (66)

Question 8

Named after Paris

Answer 8

Lutetium (71)

Question 9

Named after Copenhagen

Answer 9

Hafnium (72)

Question 10

74

Answer 10

W – Tungsten

Question 11

Water silver

Answer 11

Mercury (80), HG

Question 12

From Celtic “to flow”

Answer 12

Lead (82), Pb

Question 13

84, Po

Answer 13

Polonium

Question 14

87, Fr

Answer 14

Francium

Question 15

92, U

Answer 15

Uranium (after Uranus)

Question 16

93 and 94

Answer 16

Neptunium (Np) and Plutonium (Pu)

Question 17

97, Bk

Answer 17

Berkelium

Question 18

98, Cf– Synthesized and Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory

Answer 18

Californium

Question 19

99, Ei

Answer 19

Einsteinium

Question 20

100, Fm

Answer 20

Fermium

Question 21

101, Md

Answer 21

Mendelevium

Question 22

102, No

Answer 22

Nobelium

Question 23

103, Lr

Answer 23

Lawrencium

Question 24

104, Rf

Answer 24

Rutherfordium

Question 25

105, Db

Answer 25

Dubnium, Russia

Question 26

106, Sg

Answer 26

Seaborgium

Question 27

Bohrium

Answer 27

107, Bh

Question 28

Named after Japan

Answer 28

Nihonium, 113, Nh

Question 29

Moscovium

Answer 29

115, Mc

Question 30

Livermorium

Answer 30

116, Lv

Question 31

Ts, 117

Answer 31

Tennessine

Question 32

118, Og

Answer 32

Oganesson

Question 33

Elements with atomic numbers above 92 are this type, meaning they come later in the periodic table than a certain radioactive one

Answer 33

transuranium

Question 34

Tycho Brahe was Danish and came before

Answer 34

Kepler, who invented Kepler’s laws of planetary motion