End of the Year Chemistry Trivia

Modern bubble gum is made of all of these EXCEPT

Dimitri Mendeleev is considered the "father" of the modern periodic table because...

"Lime water" is the aqueous solution of this.

The name of this element comes from the Greek word for "stench."

Which compound is used to make "mercerized" cotton?

The existence of this element at the Cretaceous/Tertiary (KT) boundary suggests an asteroid killed the dinosaurs.

This is the #1 element by mass in the Earth's crust.

To make "vulcanized" rubber, natural rubber is treated with this element to make it harder.

Mae Jemison was the first Black woman astronaut and held a degree in this field.

Sulfuric acid is also known as vitriol. Vitriol is also known as this.

This element is named after the sun.

"Pop rock" candy gets their "pop" from this/these compound(s).

"Brimstone" is this.

Calamine lotion is made of zinc oxide and this compound which gives it the pink color.

Norbert Rillieux's work with vacuum evaporation in the 1800's helped improve this product

Comets, in fact, contain all of these EXCEPT

What is sodium's Latin name?

"PET" in recyclable plastics stands for what?

The element "Kalium" gets its name from the Arabic, al-qalyah, or “plant ashes.”

Curium and Meitnerium are elements with this distinction.

Of the following, which is NOT in Portland cement?

The Saturn V rocket's first stage used this liquid fuel.

The largest stable synthetic molecule ever made has a molar mass of over 200,000,000 g/mole.

The first element to be discovered in modern times (17th century) was this.

If you are a bromide, you are this.

Science writer Isaac Asimov, studing for his PhD in chemistry, wrote a paper about this fictional compound.

This element's Latin name means "water-silver" AKA "quicksilver."

If you tell a bromide, you are saying this.

A caustic substance is a base. A "caustic" comment would be described as this.

The first attempt to arrange elements was done according to this property.

Burnt umber gets its color from all of these compounds EXCEPT

Almost all LEDs contain this element

Ashwagandha, a traditional medicine with alkaloids and lactones, gets its name because its root smells like this.

Amadeo Avagadro knew the value of his eponymous number.

An atom of this element is at the center of every Vitamin B-12 molecule.