| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| German-born theoretical physicist; developed the theory of relativity | Einsteinium | 96%
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| French/Polish couple of physicist; pioneers of research on radioactivity | Curium | 90%
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| Russian chemist and inventor; created the periodic table of elements | Mendelevium | 80%
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| Inventor of dynamite; posthumously established a scientific award | Nobelium | 76%
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| Danish physicist; made contributions to atomic structure and quantum mechanics | Bohrium | 69%
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| New Zealand-British chemist and physicist; considered as the father of nuclear physics | Rutherfordium | 69%
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| Renaissance astronomer; formulated a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology | Copernicium | 68%
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| Italian-born physicist; known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor | Fermium | 59%
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| German physicist; discovered X-rays | Roentgenium | 57%
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| American physicist, known for the invention of the cyclotron atom-smasher | Lawrencium | 51%
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| American scientist; contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten new elements | Seaborgium | 49%
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| Austrian-born physicist; part of the team that discovered nuclear fission | Meitnerium | 39%
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| Soviet physicist and founder of a Russian research institute | Flerovium | 26%
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| Finnish chemist; physicist and mineralogist; founder of Finnish chemistry research | Gadolinium | 19%
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