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The Periodic Table Trivia Questions
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1. Who is considered the creator of the now standard periodic table?

2. Darmstadtium was discovered at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, which is located in which place?

3. Group 11 has four elements: gold, silver, roentgenium, and which other metal?

4. In which block of the periodic table do the alkali metals lie?

5. February 19th 2010 was when element 112's name and symbol were officially adopted. It was the 537th birth anniversary of whom?

6. Which element named after a Nobel winner's country is found in the same column as oxygen?

7. Apart from hydrogen, which is the only other element on the first row of elements in the periodic table?

8. Who is credited with the discovery of Chlorine?

9. Niobium is named after Niobe, a figure in Greek myth. Niobe is the daughter of which figure who also gives his name to an element?

10. Who is credited with the discovery of Protactinium?

11. By what common name are the elements is the rightmost group in the periodic table called?

12. Which chemical element has the symbol 'Db'?

13. Very unstable for a halogen, what is the typical half-life of Astatine?

14. After which famous astronomer is element number 112 named?

15. What is the chemical symbol of Seaborgium?

16. In 1908, Masataka Ogawa discovered which element which he incorrectly thought to be element no. 43?

17. Electrum is an alloy of silver and which other neighbouring metal?

18. Ruthenium is named after the region of Ruthenia, which refers to which modern day country?

19. Which of these is true of all actinide elements?

20. Though later retracted, the first claim for the discovery of Nobelium was made by scientists at which institute?

21. Which of these is the top-most element in the halogen group?

22. Potium, Deuterium, and Tritium are the isotopes of which element?

23. Which of these has been used for nuclear fuel in reactors?

24. Which element is easily the most common constituent in the Earth's core?

25. What is the chemical symbol of Bromine?