Organic Chemistry
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100

You can breathe easy knowing photosynthesis causes plants to release this gas as a waste product

What is oxygen?
100

Please by patient for a moment: HYH

What is "hold your horses"?

100

Nescafe says this drink is "the perfect balance of espresso, steamed milk, and foam"

What is a "cappuccino"?

100

It may seem bananas but the letter K is the symbol for this element whose name actually begins with another letter

What is potassium?

100

Figuratively speaking, you might "put" this "in" an issue to be handled later, or perhaps... never

What is "put a pin in it"? 

200

This elements "footprint" is everywhere: by definition, every compound studied by organic chemists contains it

What is carbon?

200

You are in big trouble: Y.G.I.C

What is "your goose is cooked"? 

200

"Laryngeal Prominence" is another name for this bump at the front of some people's throats

What is an "Adam's Apple"?
200

It was Daniel Fahrenheit who invented the thermometer that employs this element Hg

What is mercury? 

200

This 2-word phrase meaning "chat" or "connect" may have started as a sports metaphor; overusing it is now a national past time

What is "touch base"?

300

Triglycerides are the most common type of this organic compound; healthy eaters steer clear of the saturated ones

What are fats? 

300

Dont forget how many other single people are out there in the dating pool: T.A.P.O.F.I.T.S

What is "there are plenty of fish in the sea"?
300

A "2000 miler" is someone who has hiked this entire route from Maine to Georgia

What is the Appalachian Trail?

300

Among elements named for people is Röentgenium, in honor of Wilhelm Röntgen who discovered these imaging rays

What are x-rays?

300

It's a way of saying "reconnect later" with a dash of needless geometry thrown in for good measure

What is "circle back"? 

400

In chemistry, it's the unit of measure equal to 6.02 times 1023 of anything-- atoms, molecules...even mammals that burrow in your lawn

What is a mole? 

400

Make all the necessary preparations before you start: G.Y.D.I.A.R 

  What is "get your ducks in a row"? 

400

Hungry for some hard rock? Then fire up this 1987 Guns n' Roses album that leads off with "Welcome to the Jungle" 

What is "Appetite for Destruction"? 

400

Right before gold is this other precious metal which should bring to mind a shade of blonde hair

What is platinum? 

400

It's a sonar-inspired way to say "contact me" --when "text me", "call me" or "email me" just wont cut it

What is "ping me"?

500

Chemically speaking, they're molecules with at least one unpaired electron; true to their name, they can be, like, totally reactive

What are radicals? 

500

You can do anything you wish or go anywhere you want in this life: T.W.I.Y.O

What is "the world is your oyster"? 

500

Japan's oldest beer brand is named after this city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics

What is "Sapporo"?

500

Going in order on the periodic table, Uranium and Neptunium are followed by this element named after a dwarf planet

What is plutonium? 

500

Its a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"

What is "out of pocket"? 

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