Where Do Element Names Come From? The Hidden Stories of the Periodic Table
Why is helium linked to the Sun and cobalt to a mine goblin? Why is lead's symbol Pb? Test yourself on the planets, gods and countries behind the periodic table in ten questions.
First spotted in the Sun's light spectrum, helium takes its name from a Greek word meaning what?
Which beings from Greek mythology gave titanium its name?
Where does polonium, discovered by Marie Curie, get its name?
The element curium was named in honour of whom?
Why is sodium's symbol "Na" rather than "So"?
Lead's symbol Pb comes from which Latin word?
Iodine is named after a Greek word for which colour?
The name cobalt comes from which belief of German miners?
The element uranium is named after what?
Promethium is named after Prometheus, known in mythology for what?
The periodic table is more than numbers and symbols: hidden inside it are Greek gods, planets, countries, scientists and even goblins that miners feared. Some symbols do not carry an element's modern name at all, but its Latin one.
Ten questions, four options each. Every answer is settled knowledge in the history of chemistry, and guessing is allowed.
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