| Hint | Extra Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Gas which the sun is mainly composed of | Hydrogen | 100%
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| Its name comes from a collector of fire in ancient myth | Utilized in long-life atomic batteries for spaceships and missiles | Promethium | 100%
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| Element whose symbol is Sn | The ore it is usually mined from is called cassiterite | Tin | 100%
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| A Nirvana song title | Substance found in arid parts of Australia and the Andes | Lithium | 83%
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| Most of the weight of water is comprised of this | Oxygen | 83%
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| Indonesia is the biggest producer of this metal | Associated with money | Nickel | 67%
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| Crucial for plant growth in farming | Most of the exploitable reserves of this are in Morocco | Phosphorus | 67%
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| Named after a Greek character | Used in jewelery; the largest producer is Brazil | Niobium | 50%
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| Highly poisonous substance | Its atomic number is 81 | Thallium | 50%
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| One of the main elements in asteroids | Has the 3rd-lowest atomic number in this quiz | Carbon | 33%
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| Required in the human diet | South Africa supplies more of this metal than any other country | Manganese | 33%
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| Metal used for dating the age of the Earth | Kazakhstan is the world's largest producer | Uranium | 33%
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| Essential for phone and electric car batteries | Largely found in the D.R. Congo, where miners work in dangerous conditions | Cobalt | 17%
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| Russia is the biggest producer of this | Its primary use is in catalytic converters on vehicles | Palladium | 17%
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| Applications include solar panels | Mexico is the biggest source of this substance | Silver | 17%
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| Metal at the centre of the war in eastern D.R. Congo | Used to make capacitors and medical implants | Tantalum | 17%
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| Transition metal with atomic number 39 | Used in LEDs and lasers | Yttrium | 17%
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| Essential part of the glass in fibre-optic cables | Most comes from China | Germanium | 0%
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| Rare element used in jet engines | Most comes from Chile and the USA | Rhenium | 0%
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| Found in some lightweight alloys for baseball bats | Uncommonly used; as with many elements, China is the main source | Scandium | 0%
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