Famous Chemists
Chemistry in the Media
Name the Molecule
Chemistry At UTampa
Miscellaneous
100
Why did Rosalind Franklin never receive a Nobel Peace Prize?
She died before she was able to accept the award, and they do not offer it posthumously.
100
Name the TV show based on the theme song
Sid the Science Kid
100
Benzene
100
Who will yell "Don't kill the ponies" at you
Dr. Rob Masserini
100
What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
200
Who is the only woman to have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry twice?
Marie Curie
200
Beloved YouTube science teacher/professor
Bill Nye the Science Guy
200
Draw the Lewis dot structure of oxygen
200
What concentration of hydrogen peroxide should be used during elephant toothpaste?
30%
200
What is Avagadro's Number
300
Which chemical element is named after the formulator of the Theory of Relativity?
Einsteinium
300
Breaking Bad portrays the formation of what substance. (scientific name)
Methamphetamine (meth)
300
Adenine
300
Name all four biochemistry Professors
- Michael Carastro
- Michael French
- Scott Witherow
- Nathan Scharf
300
On the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, what is the softest mineral, and what is the hardest mineral
Softest: Talc
Hardest: Diamond
400
Who invented Green Chemistry?
Paul Anastas
400
What book's (or now show) main character is a cooking show host who was a chemist previously in her life.
Lessons in Chemistry
400
Draw the Newman Projection for 3,3-dimethyl hexane
400
Who were the last three chairs of the chemistry/biochemistry department?
Tom Jackman
Robert Masserini
Eric Ballard
400
What is the only letter in the alphabet that is left out from the periodic table?
J
500
Who is considered to be the father of chemistry?
Antoine Lavoisier
500
What was Robert Oppenheimer's original major?
Chemistry
500
(hint: it is an amino acid)
Tryptophan
500
What year was ACS founded?
1876
500
What is the chemical difference between a bee sting and a wasp sting?
A bee sting is acidic, and a wasp sting is alkaline