| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | 'alcohol' in alcoholic beverage | Ethanol | 74%
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| O | form layer in upper atmosphere to reflect UV rays | Ozone | 74%
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| S | sodium chloride, potassium nitrate, etc. | Salts | 73%
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| H | named after Greek word for the sun | Helium | 64%
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| O | opposite to reduction | Oxidation | 64%
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| R | radioactive gas from underground | Radon | 61%
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| M | Russian chemist who created the periodic table | Mendeleev | 58%
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| A | 33rd element of the periodic table | Arsenic | 57%
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| F | alkali metal named after European country | Francium | 57%
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| C | family with most Nobel Prizes | the {Curie}s | 57%
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| F | most reactive gas in the periodic table | Fluorine | 53%
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| T | heaviest isotope of hydrogen | Tritium | 53%
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| U | major solid compound found in urine | Urea | 51%
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| O | colour of dichromate ion (Cr2O72-) | Orange | 50%
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| I | same molecular formula, different molecular structure | Isomer | 49%
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| U | pair with adenine in RNA strand | Uracil | 42%
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| L | when solid melts, or gas condenses | Liquid | 41%
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| C | acid mainly found in soft drinks and sparkling water | Carbonic | 37%
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| E | absorb energy from the environment | Endothermic | 35%
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| I | become charged, no longer neutral | Ionised | 32%
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| A | chemically known as propanone | Acetone | 30%
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| N | German word for sodium | Natrium | 29%
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| N | organic compounds contain -C≡N group | Nitrile | 28%
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| L | used by forensic investigators to detect blood | Luminol | 12%
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| TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID | 8%
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| T | had been used as rat poison and involved in murder cases | Thallium | 7%
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| D | British chemist known for his discovery of alkali and alkali earths metal by electrolysis | Davy | 5%
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| I | a method to test methyl ketone using iodine | {Iodoform} Test | 5%
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| R | scientist who isolate argon gas from air for the first time | Ramsay | 4%
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