| Symbol | Element | Named after | Reason | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bh | Bohrium | Niels Bohr | Atomic model pioneer | 100%
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| Es | Einsteinium | Albert Einstein | Relativity, theoretical physics | 100%
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| Lr | Lawrencium | Ernest O. Lawrence | Inventor of the cyclotron | 100%
|
| Md | Mendelevium | Dmitri Mendeleev | Creator of the periodic table | 100%
|
| No | Nobelium | Alfred Nobel | Inventor of dynamite, founded Nobel Prize | 100%
|
| Cn | Copernicium | Nicolaus Copernicus | Heliocentric model | 89%
|
| Cm | Curium | Marie & Pierre Curie | Radioactivity pioneers | 89%
|
| Fm | Fermium | Enrico Fermi | Nuclear reactor pioneer | 89%
|
| Gd | Gadolinium | Johan Gadolin | Finnish chemist, discovered yttrium | 89%
|
| Mt | Meitnerium | Lise Meitner | Nuclear fission pioneer | 89%
|
| Rg | Roentgenium | Wilhelm Röntgen | Discovered X-rays | 89%
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| Rf | Rutherfordium | Ernest Rutherford | Nuclear physics pioneer | 89%
|
| Sg | Seaborgium | Glenn T. Seaborg | Co-discovered many transuranium elements | 89%
|
| Og | Oganesson | Yuri Oganessian | Superheavy element researcher | 67%
|
| Sm | Samarium | Col. Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets | Russian mining official who gave access to the ore samraskite | 67%
|
| Fl | Flerovium | Georgy Flyorov | Nuclear physicist | 33%
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