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Elements Named for Countries

Guess the countries which are the namesake of an element of the Periodic Table. Then, guess the elements.
The United States is filled in because it is debateable
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First submittedMarch 10, 2016
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Country
Element
Cyprus
Copper
France
Francium
Gallium
Germany
Germanium
India
Indium
Country
Element
Japan
Nihonium
Poland
Polonium
Russia
Ruthenium
United States
Americium
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54 Comments
HelveticaBold
+7
Level 72
Jun 26, 2016
Love it ^_^
Elan
+5
Level 66
Jul 6, 2016
Thanks
Constantinos
+8
Level 73
Sep 11, 2024
Also Argentina for silver.
Americas
+24
Level 74
Sep 11, 2024
Argentina was named after silver so it doesn't count
Neodymium
+7
Level 62
Sep 16, 2024
the entire continent(s) of Americas told you no
Apprentice03
+1
Level 64
Feb 26, 2025
Wouldn't Moscovium for Russia also work? As well as Californium and Tenisine for the US?
RoboJ9
+1
Level 62
Mar 15, 2025
Moscow is not a country. California is not a country. Tennessee is not a country. They are subdivisions, and the quiz is asking for elements named specifically after a country, not just places.
SamuelPipys
+5
Level 45
Jan 30, 2018
Needs an update for Nihonium?
Elan
+6
Level 66
Jan 30, 2018
You're right! Japan has been added.
Dimby
+13
Level 80
Sep 11, 2024
I had no idea about the etymology for the first one. That's very interesting.
RedPenguinLol
+25
Level 79
Sep 11, 2024
I feel like Indium is a debatable entry to the list, given that the element was named after the colour indigo, which in turn happened to be named after India.

As far as I can tell, the name of the element was never intended to reference the country.

Xtrordinary
+2
Level 71
Sep 12, 2024
Maybe a caveat could be included for indirectly named elements
mpepperdine
+5
Level 77
Sep 19, 2024
If Indium is allowed because of an indirect naming, I don’t know why Silver isn’t. It’s Argentum, hence the Ag symbol —-> Argentina
MisterFreedom
+9
Level 59
Sep 19, 2024
Not really the same as Argentina was named after the Element, not the other way around.
HydratedMite
+5
Level 67
Sep 19, 2024
Wrong way around, maybe this could be a different quiz idea?
Insaniot
+9
Level 61
Sep 11, 2024
I misunderstood the point of the quiz at first and was confused why Argentina wasn't working. Then when I figured out what to do, I immediately typed in Australium from Team Fortress 2.
ajbeck
+5
Level 88
Sep 11, 2024
If it's not just modern countries, rhodium was named for Rhodesia. Great quiz!!
LastEmperor
+1
Level 50
Apr 5, 2025
If I’m not wrong, rhodium was named after a pink coloured alloy it forms (rhodon meaning pink in Greek). Rhodesia was named after Cecil Rhodes however.
EconomicSnake
+6
Level 71
Sep 11, 2024
I tried "nipponium" :(
nopassword
+2
Level 47
Sep 20, 2024
I tried nihonnium
AVB
+2
Level 72
Sep 12, 2024
I think that Ruthenium is named after the Ruthenes, who these days would be the Ukrainians.
SuperT
+1
Level 71
Sep 15, 2024
Great quiz (9/15)..this will help me score higher when I do the element quiz...Still trying to process Russia and Cyprus, but I enjoyed the challenge.
bacoachi
+2
Level 73
Sep 19, 2024
I love how 66% of people got Russia, but only 20% got its associated element Ruthenium
JohnnyYeet
+5
Level 61
Sep 19, 2024
Ruthenia today is more commonly used to refer to Zakarpattia Oblast in Western Ukraine
Anderis
+1
Level 74
Oct 20, 2024
Not surprising. Appart from copper, those elements are rather obscure while everyone knows the countries that are likely to appear here and can guess them even when they don't know the elements.

Add the fact that it's a pretty widely known thing that the first periodic table was proposed by a Russian chemist Mendeleev, so Russia may be one of the first countries you think about in a quiz about elements.

Bhanav
+11
Level 58
Sep 19, 2024
Indium is a debatable entry

Also: Belgium sounds like an element

Fionnbharr
+1
Level 68
Sep 19, 2024
Need a quiz on countries named for elements now (even if it’s just lonely Argentina).
EpicGamerJetPunk
+1
Level 51
Sep 20, 2024
Here you go:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1601044/countries-named-for-elements

Ferbin
+1
Level 78
Sep 24, 2024
Hard quiz.
CurtisNewton
+5
Level 56
Sep 19, 2024
Americium was named for the Americas, of which the US is a part, but to claim that it was named for the States is false. It was named in analogy to Europium, and nobody is claiming the Europa was a country. Please remove.

Also, it is debatable whether Cyprus was named for Copper or the vice versa.

Fifi567
+2
Level 31
Sep 19, 2024
Hi, can I translate the quiz?
SuperHistory530
+1
Level 47
Sep 19, 2024
Argentina should absolutely be in this quiz. Argentum is silver, that's why on the periodic table it's Ag. Argentina was named by the Spanish because of its massive amounts of silver.
Fianchetto
+5
Level 77
Sep 19, 2024
Did you read the other comments
El1
+1
Level 46
Dec 26, 2024
Argentina was named after silver, but silver was not named anfte Argentina. Given this quiz is elements that are named countries, Argentina doesn’t fit
CambodianQuizzer
+4
Level 71
Sep 19, 2024
Indium was not named for India. Indium was named after Indigo after the color it makes.
itsthebarg
+1
Level 67
Sep 19, 2024
Which, in turn, was named after the region from which the Greeks imported indigo.
Ferbin
+3
Level 78
Sep 24, 2024
Which means Indium was not directly named after India.
SupBroDude
+1
Level 49
Feb 14, 2025
It still means Indium was named after indigo not India. Indium literally got its name because it made the color indigo in a spectroscope.
DocEckleburg
+4
Level 63
Sep 19, 2024
Was so confused, tried about 20 different spellings of Americium that weren't accepted, before I looked down and saw that it was prefilled in. smh.
Canuckler
+1
Level 51
Sep 19, 2024
Russia should also have Moscovium. Named for Moscow Oblast.
Tisco
+6
Level 65
Sep 19, 2024
There are a huge number of elements named after regions or cities. That would be a different quiz.
itsthebarg
+2
Level 67
Sep 19, 2024
It is a different quiz-- I made it a few years ago. https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/110282/element-namesakes-places
potatopierogi
+2
Level 69
Sep 19, 2024
Trying "Francine" for France...
emyn00
+1
Level 46
Sep 19, 2024
Argentina silver.
CambodianQuizzer
+1
Level 71
Sep 19, 2024
Argentina was named after silver. Not the other way around.
itsthebarg
+2
Level 67
Sep 19, 2024
A while back, I made a quiz that expanded upon this idea-- including all the cities, towns, regions, etc as well. If you're interested: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/110282/element-namesakes-places
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Sep 19, 2024
Anyone else forget to write the countries?
Kalamazoo
+1
Level 51
Sep 20, 2024
good quiz. My grandson will love this.

Is there a similar one for elements named after cities?

Holmium, Lutetium etc.

KingBardlin
+4
Level 71
Sep 21, 2024
Actually, indium was named after a color, not after a country.
SARVEII
+1
Level 60
Jan 17, 2025
Thulium refers to the mytological name of Scandinavia, it was chosen in honor of Sweden
SnapDrake
+1
Level 54
Jan 22, 2025
I had no idea copper had anything to do with Cyprus
SupBroDude
+1
Level 49
Feb 14, 2025
Yeah Copper comes from the the Latin word Cuprum which derived from the term Aes Cyprium which meant metal of Cyprus.
IvoRobotnik
+1
Level 50
Jan 23, 2025
Ruthenium is debatable since it's named more for a general geographical region than a specific country and Indium is just false since the name comes from the color indigo, not any location.
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