Brilliant Minds
The Elements
Radiation
Astronomy
Rocks & Minerals
100

Man who invented dynamite.

Who is Alfred Noble?

100

Flourine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, and Astatine are all in this family.

What are the Halogens?

100

The weakest type of radiation.

What is alpha radiation?

100

The constellation that looks like a lion.

What is Leo?

100

The mineral used in pencils.

What is graphite?

200

Albert Einsteins Formula.

What is E=MC2?

200

The two rows that aren't connected to the periodic table.

What are the Lanthanide and actinide series?

200

We often use this type of radiation to control the thickness of materials.

What is Beta radiation?

200

An imaginary line in the sky where you can often see planets.

What is the Ecliptic.

200

This completely black rock is extremely popular.

What is obsidian?

300

This man claimed to have invented gunpowder.

Who is Roger Bacon?

300

Latin name of tungsten.

What is Wolfram.

300

The symbol for gamma radiation.

What is "Y"?

300

The "crust of a star."

What is a Photosphere?

300

This crystal is a member of the quartz family and can range in color from light pink to dark purple.

What is Chevron amethyst?

400

Man who made "guncotten."

Who is Christian Schoenbein?

400

A form of carbon that is harder than diamond.

What is Graphene?

400

Only type of visible radiation.

What is Cerenkov radiation? 

400

The three main types of galaxies.

What are the spiral, Elliptical, and Irregular galaxies.

400

The formula of this mineral is FeS2.

What is Pyrite?

500

Ascanio Sobero discovered this high explosive.

What is nitroglycerin?

500

Strange C60 structure

What is Buckyball?

500

The most recently discovered type of radiation.

What is neutral radiation.

500

The fourth stage of star death.

What is a neutron star?

500

The rarest mineral on earth.

What is Panite?

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