Titanium Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mercury

Mercury is an unusual metal, in that it is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature. Sometimes used in thermometers in the past, other names for this metallic element are quicksilver and hydrargyrum.

Answer: Iron

Iron, whose chemical symbol is Fe, is one of the most common metals on our planet, as well as one of the most useful. By mass, it is the most common element forming the earth and is the fourth most common element to be found in the earth's crust.

Answer: Copper

Copper is a beautiful metal with a reddish-orange color. Soft and easy to work with, it is often found in air conditioning and heating units. Copper salts are what gives the bluish color to many gemstones such as turquoise.

Answer: Lithium

A malleable, silvery-white metal, lithium is the least dense, solid element as well as lightest metal. It is often stored in mineral oil due to its high reactivity and its flammability.

Answer: Palladium

First discovered in 1803, palladium is a rare silvery-white metallic element that is often used in electronics, medicine, and groundwater treatments. Its rarity leads to it being recycled at a much higher rate than other metals.

Answer: Bronze

Bronze has been used for thousands of years, mainly due to its strength. It has been used for making coins, blades, and decorative items. Bronze is especially good at resisting salt-water corrosion and is a good conductor of heat and electricity.

Answer: Chromium

Chromium is a lustrous gray metal that is both malleable yet hard. By adding a small amount of other pigments, it is possible to make colored chromium, a trait that helped give this beautiful metallic element its name. It is often used as a coating on car parts, plumbing fixtures, and any other item in which a high metallic luster is desired.

Answer: Nickel

The core of the earth is believed to contain large amounts of nickel. This silvery-white metallic element has been used by mankind for at least 5,000 years. Much of the worlds nickel is used to make stainless steel as well as other alloys.

Answer: Aluminium

Aluminium makes up about eight per cent of the earth's crust and is very chemically reactive. Aluminium is valued for its low density, and corrosion resistance. Aluminium is one of the most successfully recycled metals on the planet and is used in the making of many kinds of transport vehicles, packaging, electronics and construction.

Answer: Thallium

Many people when first viewing thallium would guess it to be tin, as they are very similar in appearance. Most thallium is used in the electronics industry while the rest is used in glass manufacturing and the pharmaceutical industry.

Answer: Platinum

Platinum is one of the world's most valuable metals. This is due to its resistance to corrosion, its natural beauty, and its rarity. The vast majority of platinum is mined in South Africa and it is used in jewelry, electrodes, dentistry equipment and catalytic converters.

Answer: Manganese

Manganese is a blackish-gray, semi-lustrous metal. It is a hard somewhat brittle metal. The major use of manganese is as a strengthening agent to other metallic alloys and is often found in batteries and helmets.

Answer: Pewter

Pewter is a type of tin alloy. It contains over 90% tin with a variety of other metals including antimony. Man has been using pewter for over 3,000 years, mostly in tableware. Pewter must be hand polished regularly as it tarnishes easily, going from a silvery color to dark gray that has no shine.

Answer: Lead

Lead is a heavy metal that has a shiny silver chrome-like luster when it is first cut or when it is in liquid form. Once it solidifies and is exposed to air it becomes a dull gray color. Lead has been used in plumbing, batteries, ammunition and in radiation shielding.Excessive contact to lead can be very toxic to humans and animals causing nervous system damage and even death.

Answer: Plutonium

Plutonium is the heaviest metallic element. It is also radioactive and as a powder it can spontaneously ignite. It is used in nuclear weapons and as a power and heat source. Great care must be used when handling this metallic element as the misuse of plutonium can be catastrophic.

Answer: Cadmium

Cadmium is a lovely metallic element with a bluish-white color. Cadmium has a low melting point, is soft, malleable and can be polished to a high luster. Due to its toxicity, uses for cadmium have been limited to picture tubes in televisions, batteries, and some lasers.

Answer: Radium

Radium is a beautiful pure white metal, that when exposed to air, turns a dull blackish gray. It is highly radioactive and unprotected exposure can lead to illness or death. It has been used as a pigment in some paints due to its luminescent effect, and in pharmacology.

Answer: Cobalt

Cobalt is known for its hardness and for having a lustrous dark silver-gray color. It has been used for thousands of years as a blue pigment in paints, ceramics, glazes, and glass. Today, the main use for cobalt is as an additive to other metallic alloys to endow strength.

Answer: Brass

Brass is an alloy that comes in many shades of golden yellows. The colors vary with the mixture of metals involved. It is often used for decoration purposes and in situations where low friction is required, such as ammunition, doorknobs, locks, gears, and in zippers.

Answer: Titanium

Have to squeeze the title metal in here! Titanium is a lustrous, corrosion-resistant silver colored metal. It has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal. It is used as a white pigment is paper, paint, sports equipment, and plastics. It is often used in pyrotechnics, and the aerospace industries.