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Add an Element Trivia Quiz

Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. e.g. RICE + uranium = CURIE (rice+u)

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
minch

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
183,260

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1985

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

DAY + vanadium

Answer: (One word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

RICK + carbon

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

LITER + sulfur

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

MINGLE + fluorine

Answer: (One Word - letters must be rearranged)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

SURE AT + phosphorus

Answer: (One Word - letters must be rearranged)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

LAP GUN + iodine

Answer: (One Word - letters must be rearranged)

7. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

CLAP + nitrogen and potassium

Answer: (One Word - two letters to be added this time!)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

ROB + hydrogen

Answer: (One Word - letters must be rearranged)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

NADIR + tungsten

Answer: (One Word - not all letters are the obvious one!)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters.

ILL AGE + oxygen

Answer: (One Word - letters must be rearranged)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. DAY + vanadium

Answer: Davy

DAY + V = Davy

Sir Humphrey Davy was an English chemist who invented a safety lamp for coal miners in 1815.

2. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. RICK + carbon

Answer: Crick

RICK + C = Crick

Francis Crick is an Englishman, who along with the American James Watson, discovered the double helix structure of DNA.

3. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. LITER + sulfur

Answer: Lister

LITER + S

Joseph Lister was a nineteenth century British doctor who introduced antiseptics to be used in surgery. The antiseptic he used was carbolic acid.
American William V. Sliter was a geochemist and geologist.

4. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. MINGLE + fluorine

Answer: Fleming

MINGLE + F = Fleming
Scottish born Sir Alexander Fleming, a biochemist, received a Nobel Prize for his work in developing the penicillin antibiotic.

5. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. SURE AT + phosphorus

Answer: Pasteur

SURE AT + P = Pasteur

Louis Pasteur was a nineteenth century French chemist, who invented and gave his name to the process of pasteurization. He also introduced vaccines for other diseases.

6. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. LAP GUN + iodine

Answer: Pauling

LAP GUN + I = Pauling
Linus Carl Pauling was a 20th century American chemist who won the
1962 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on nuclear disarmament.

Answer: Planck

CLAP + N + K = Planck

German born physicist, Max Planck, won a 1918 Nobel Prize for his work on the quantum theory.

8. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. ROB + hydrogen

Answer: Bohr

ROB + H = Bohr

Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who won a 1922 Nobel Prize. This was given for his work on nuclear physics.

9. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. NADIR + tungsten

Answer: Darwin

NADIR + W = Darwin. W actually stands for wolfram another name for tungsten.

Sir Charles Darwin was a British nineteenth century naturalist, who wrote "The Origin of Species".

10. Take the letters of the word or words given, add the letter or letters for the element given and you have the name of a scientist. Sometimes you must rearrange the letters. ILL AGE + oxygen

Answer: Galileo

ILL AGE + O = Galileo

Galileo Galilei was born in Italy in 1585. He was an astronomer who developed a telescope to study the stars and planets. He supported Copernicus's theory that the earth revolved around the sun.
Watch for Add an Element - Part 2. See also Brain Teasers: Wordplay for "Add a Roman Numeral, Add a Size, etc.

Source: Author minch

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