| Name an element that ... | Answer | % Correct |
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| .. is a gas | Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, ... | 100%
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| ..is a liquid | Bromine, Mercury | 92%
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| ..is yellow | Sulphur, Gold, Fluorine, (Caesium, Chlorine) | 92%
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| ..is named after an object in the solar system | Helium, Cerium, Uranium, ... | 90%
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| ..does not end in "-ium", "-ine", "-en", or "-on" | Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony ... | 89%
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| ..contains the letter X | Oxygen, Xenon | 88%
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| ..is found in charcoal, diamonds, and lima beans | Carbon | 84%
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| ..is named after a country | Copper, Germanium, Nihonium, ... | 75%
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| ..is named after a woman (real or mythological) | Meitnerium, Curium; Vanadium, Selenium, Niobium | 68%
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| ..is named after a city | Yttrium, Holmium, Berkelium, ... | 55%
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| ..has an extra "i" in Britain, but not in the U.S. | Alumin(i)um | 54%
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| ..was named in the 21st century | Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, ... | 47%
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| ..occurs naturally AND was discovered in the 20th century | Actinium, Lutetium, Rhenium, ... | 39%
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| ..is a "rare earth" | Cerium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, ... | 21%
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| ..makes red fireworks | Lithium, Strontium | 21%
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| ..was discovered during the Manhattan Project | Americium, Curium | 13%
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| ..was once named Kurchatovium (Ku) | Rutherfordium | 6%
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