Trivia Quiz: Periodic Table

The periodic table of elements is constantly changing. How well do you know the basics?

Question 1: What element is named after the Latin name for Copenhagen, Denmark?

A: Tantalum
B: Hafnium
C: Rhenium
D: Hassium

Question 2: What was the first element to be produced artificially?

A: Technetium
B: Terbium
C: Californium
D: Einsteinium

Question 3: Which element has nearly ten million known compounds?

A: Helium
B: Oxygen
C: Hydrogen
D: Carbon

Question 4: What is the heaviest of the naturally occurring noble gases?

A: Neon
B: Argon
C: Radon
D: Krypton

Question 5: Which of these is the lightest element whose symbol is also a US state postal code?

A: Molybdenum (MO)
B: Aluminum (AL)
C: Lathanum (LA)
D: Neon (NE)

Question 6: What is the lightest element with an atomic symbol not related to its English name?

A: Sodium (Na)
B: Iron (Fe)
C: Tungsten (W)
D: Gold (Au)

Question 7: Which element is the most reactive (i.e., reacts with the most substances) of all the elements?

A: Chromuim
B: Mercury
C: Fluorine
D: Zinc

Question 8: How are elements on the periodic table ordered from left to right?

A: Atomic weight
B: How common they are
C: Order of discovery
D: Alphabetically by their names in Greek

Question 9: How are they ordered from top to bottom?

A: When they were discovered
B: Whether they are solids, liquids, or gases
C: Similar characteristics
D: The top-to-bottom order is irrelevan

Question 10: What comic songwriter wrote a song listing all the elements?

A: Weird Al Yankovic
B: Stan Freberg
C: Spike Jones
D: Tom Lehrer

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