Properties
Which element is often found in hot springs that gives off a pungent smell?
Sulfur
Which element found in red blood cells helps carry oxygen?
Iron
This element can form up to 10 million compounds.
Carbon
A temporary high-pitched "cartoon voice" is a common effect of inhaling this gas.
Helium
Which element got its name from the water it makes when burned?
Hydrogen
What metal is liquid at room temperature?
Bonus point if you could mention the other element that is liquid at room temperature.
Mercury
Royal families once favored tableware made of this metal because it was believed to warn them of poisoning by discoloring.
Silver
Elements found on Earth are exactly the same as elements found on which other planet?
Mars
This is the only letter of alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the periodic table; neither as part of an element's official name nor as its symbol.
J
Frequently used as a poison in Detective Conan series, this compound is often identified by Conan through its distinctive "bitter almond" smell.
Along with sulfur, oxides of this element react with water in the atmosphere to produce acids that contribute to acid rain.
Nitrogen
Because of its properties of glowing in the dark, which non-metal element is used in traffic signs?
Phosphorus
When Mendeleev was creating the periodic table, which card game did he use as inspiration?
HINT: You only need one player to play this.
Solitaire
What elements show up on the title screen of American Series, "Breaking Bad"?
Bromine & Barium
Eighteenth-century chemists determined that air was made up of “fire air” and “foul air.” Which element was nicknamed “foul air”?
Nitrogen
When cooled to a liquid or frozen to a solid form, what color is oxygen gas?
This element is found in many stomachache remedies and is also known for forming striking iridescent crystals.
Bismuth
Which country is named after the Latin name of a precious metal?
Argentina
The Earth's core is made up of iron and what other element?
Nickel
This super-fast Marvel character shares his name with a heavy metal element once used in thermometers.
Quicksilver (Mercury)
Indium
This element has a symbol that comes from a German word that means "wolf cream", and has the highest melting point.
Tungsten (Wolfram - W)
What is the rarest element you can find naturally on Earth?
Francium
In Wako City, Saitama, home to RIKEN, Japan's premier natural sciences research institute, this street is named after the element that was first discovered in Japan.
Nihonium Dori / Nihonium Avenue / Nihonium Street
(ニホニウム通り)
Copper's elemental symbol is derived from the Latin name of this country, where the ancient Romans mined large quantities of the metal.
Cyprus