Statistics for Elements by Discoverer

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Discoverer	Year of Discovery	Answer	% Correct
Henry Cavendish	1766	Hydrogen	100%
Marie & Pierre Curie	1898	Radium	100%
Daniel Rutherford	1772	Nitrogen	92%
William Ramsay	1894	Argon	83%
William Ramsay	1898	Neon	83%
Carl Scheele	1772	Oxygen	83%
Martin Klaproth	1789	Uranium	83%
Carl Scheele	1774	Chlorine	75%
Humphry Davy	1811	Flourine	75%
Pierre Janssen/Norman Lockyer	1868	Helium	75%
Glenn Seaborg	1941	Plutonium	75%
Marie & Pierre Curie	1898	Polonium	75%
Humphry Davy	1807	Potassium	75%
Humphry Davy	1807	Sodium	75%
William Ramsay	1898	Xenon	75%
William Ramsay	1898	Krypton	67%
Humphry Davy	1825	Bromine	58%
Friedrich Wohler	1828	Beryllium	50%
Hennig Brand	1669	Phosphorus	50%
William Gregor	1791	Titanium	50%
Carl Scheele	1774	Barium	33%
Carl Scheele	1781	Tungsten	33%
Martin Klaproth	1789	Zirconium	33%
Carl Scheele	1778	Molybdenum	25%
Edwin MacMillan	1940	Neptunium	25%
Ernest Lawrence	1936	Technetium	17%