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Periodic Table - Chemical elements by meaning of names - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 96 times
84 since last reset
- The average score is 52 of 118
Answer Stats
| Meaning of elements' names | Element | % Correct |
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| Water-producing (Greek) | Hydrogen | 89%
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| Sun (Greek) | Helium | 88%
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| America (i.e. the USA) | Americium | 71%
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| Albert Einstein | Einsteinium | 71%
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| Magnesia (region in Greece) | Magnesium | 71%
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| California (US state) | Californium | 70%
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| The planet Pluto (also Roman god of the underworld) | Plutonium | 70%
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| Radiation (Latin) | Radon | 70%
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| The planet Uranus (also Greek god of the sky, grandfather of Zeus) | Uranium | 70%
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| Niels Bohr | Bohrium | 68%
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| Marie Curie | Curium | 68%
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| Ernest Lawrence | Lawrencium | 68%
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| Mercurius (Roman god) [Hydrargyrum (water-silver) in Latin] | Mercury | 68%
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| The planet Neptune (also Roman god of the sea) | Neptunium | 68%
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| Alfred Nobel | Nobelium | 68%
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| Ernest Rutherford | Rutherfordium | 68%
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| Nicolaus Copernicus | Copernicium | 66%
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| France (French) | Francium | 66%
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| Glenn Seaborg | Seaborgium | 66%
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| Strontian (village in Scotland) | Strontium | 66%
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| Berkeley (city outside San Francisco and location of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | Berkelium | 64%
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| Enrico Fermi | Fermium | 64%
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| Gallia (Latin name for France in Antiquity, i.e. Gaul) | Gallium | 64%
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| Dmitri Mendeleev | Mendelevium | 64%
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| Scandinavia | Scandium | 64%
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| Thor (Norse god) | Thorium | 64%
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| Cadmus (Greek mythology) | Cadmium | 63%
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| Europe (also a woman from Greek mythology) | Europium | 63%
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| Livermore (city outside San Francisco and location of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) | Livermorium | 63%
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| Titans (Greek mythology) | Titanium | 63%
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| Dubna (city outside Moscow and location of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) | Dubnium | 61%
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| Lise Meitner | Meitnerium | 61%
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| Poland (Latin) | Polonium | 61%
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| Prometheus (Greek mythology) | Promethium | 61%
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| Germania (Latin name for Germany in Antiquity) | Germanium | 59%
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| Yuri Oganessian | Oganesson | 59%
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| Sulphurium (Latin) aka brimstone | Sulfur | 59%
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| Vanadis (another name for Norse goddess Freyja) | Vanadium | 59%
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| Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 70) | Ytterbium | 59%
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| Ceres (Roman goddess of agriculture) | Cerium | 57%
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| Darmstadt (German city and location of GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research) | Darmstadtium | 57%
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| Hessen (German state) | Hassium | 57%
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| Magnesia (region in Greece) | Manganese | 57%
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| Niobe (Greek mythology) | Niobium | 57%
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| Thule (mythological name for Scandinavia in Greek and Latin) | Thulium | 57%
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| Moscow Oblast (region outside Moscow) | Moscovium | 55%
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| Tennessee (US state) | Tennessine | 55%
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| Iris (Greek goddess of the rainbow) | Iridium | 54%
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| Coal (Latin) | Carbon | 52%
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| Johan Gadolin | Gadolinium | 52%
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| Wilhelm Röntgen | Roentgenium | 52%
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| Tantalus (Greek mythology) | Tantalum | 52%
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| Tin-om (Proto-Germanic) [Stannum in Latin] | Tin | 52%
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| Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 39) | Yttrium | 52%
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| To shine, gultha (Proto-Germanic) [Aurum in Latin] | Gold | 50%
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| Japan's native name | Nihonium | 50%
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| Shiny white, silubra (Proto-Germanic) [Argentum in Latin] | Silver | 50%
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| Georgy Flyorov | Flerovium | 48%
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| Indigo (Latin) | Indium | 48%
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| Lauda (Proto-Germanic) [Plumbum in Latin] | Lead | 48%
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| Mineral samarskite named after Russian colonel Samarsky | Samarium | 48%
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| Headache (Arabic) / Salt from dry lake beds (Ancient Egyptian) | Sodium / Natrium | 48%
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| The Rhine (Latin) | Rhenium | 46%
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| Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 65) | Terbium | 46%
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| Isarnan (Proto-Germanic) [Ferrum in Latin] | Iron | 45%
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| Pallas Athena (Greek goddess) | Palladium | 45%
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| Ytterby (village outside Stockholm; element 68) | Erbium | 43%
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| Ray (Latin) | Radium | 41%
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| Heavy stone (Swedish) / Wolf's froth (German) | Tungsten / Wolfram | 41%
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| Lime from limestone (Latin) | Calcium | 39%
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| Stockholm (Latin) | Holmium | 38%
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| Paris (Latin) | Lutetium | 36%
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| New twin (Greek) | Neodymium | 34%
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| New (Greek) | Neon | 34%
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| Stranger (Greek) | Xenon | 34%
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| Green-Yellow (Greek) | Chlorine | 32%
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| Green twin (Greek) | Praseodymium | 32%
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| Color (Greek) | Chromium | 30%
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| From Cyprus (Latin) | Copper | 29%
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| Stone (Greek) | Lithium | 29%
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| Acid-producing (Greek) | Oxygen | 29%
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| Plant ashes (English) / Plant ashes (Arabic) | Potassium / Kalium | 29%
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| Deep red (Latin) | Rubidium | 29%
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| Russia (Latin) | Ruthenium | 29%
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| Ray (Greek) | Actinium | 27%
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| Lazy (Greek) | Argon | 27%
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| Violet (Greek) | Iodine | 27%
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| Hidden one (Greek) | Krypton | 27%
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| Before ray (Greek) | Protactinium | 27%
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| Stench (Greek) | Bromine | 25%
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| To flow (Latin) | Fluorine | 25%
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| Moon (Greek) | Selenium | 25%
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| Goblin (German) | Cobalt | 23%
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| Smell (Greek) | Osmium | 23%
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| Not alone (Greek) [Stibium in Latin] | Antimony | 21%
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| Sky blue (Latin) | Caesium | 21%
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| The Morning Star/Bringer of Light (Greek) | Phosphorus | 21%
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| Rose (Greek) | Rhodium | 21%
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| Unstable (Greek) | Astatine | 20%
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| Hard to obtain (Greek) | Dysprosium | 20%
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| Copenhagen (Latin) | Hafnium | 20%
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| To choke (Greek) | Nitrogen | 20%
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| Artificial (Greek) | Technetium | 20%
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| Earth (Latin) | Tellurium | 20%
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| Pale (Greek) | Beryllium | 18%
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| Heavy (Greek) | Barium | 16%
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| Little silver (Spanish) | Platinum | 16%
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| Jagged or teeth-like (German) | Zinc | 16%
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| To lie hidden (Greek) | Lanthanum | 14%
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| Mountain sprite, similar to goblin (German) | Nickel | 13%
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| Bitter salt (Latin) | Aluminium | 11%
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| White (Arabic) | Boron | 11%
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| Yellow pigment (Greek) | Arsenic | 9%
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| White mass (German) | Bismuth | 9%
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| Lead (Greek) | Molybdenum | 9%
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| Flint (Latin) | Silicon | 9%
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| Green twig (Greek) | Thallium | 9%
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| Gold-colored (Persian) | Zirconium | 7%
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