Unexpected Elemental Symbols
Atomic number 11, combined frequently with Chlorine to make table salt
What is Na?
spearlike weapon used to hunt whales
What is a harpoon?
i.e. or "id est" in Latin which is used to clarify or explain a preceding statement
What is Ireland?
More famously an airline, or a dental care provider
What is Delta?
This year is iconic for Y2K, referring to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data when the calendar turned to this year
What is 2000?
DAILY DOUBLE: MAKE A BET
(IF NEGATIVE OR UNDER 1000, CAN BET UP TO 1000)
422mg of this element is found in a banana, about 12% of your daily recommended intake
a large flat fish in the family of right-eye flounders
What is a halibut?
I'm not sure the monk are using much bandwidth on .np sites, but ask those on Everest
What is Nepal?
Often used to represent summation, would probably get a giggle out of your 10 year old cousin
What is Sigma?
The peak of the California gold rush leading to it's statehood the following year. One of California's most iconic sports teams carries this year in their name
What is 1949?
God of financial gain, commerce, communication, travel, luck, and trickery in Roman mythology. Known as Hermes in Greek mythology.
What is Hg?
Extreme exaggeration such as I could eat a horse
What is hyperbole?
Used heavily by media outlets for it's sweet looking .tv to cap off their site name
What is Tuvalu?
It comes before 3 in a term for healthful fatty acids found in fish (the 6 type is found in meat, the 9 in almonds
What is Omega?
Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy AND Taylor Swift's Speak Now RELEASE in this year, ONE YEAR AFTER THE VMAs stage rush incident
What is 2010?
Atomic number 50 and is the chemical with the shortest element name in the periodic table
Corporate recruiter or a League of Legends skin line for Akali, Master Yi, Nidalee, Rengar, and Caitlyn
What is a headhunter?
Short for pizza, .za becomes this southern hemispheres' country Internet code
What is South Africa?
describes something incredibly small or a tiny amount, or Zero Twos nickname NINE THIS WORD being the ninth member of the nines and the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
What is Iota?
Dodgers win World Series, George H.W. Bush gets the presidential nod over Michael Dukakis, and the Olympics are hosted in Seoul where Canada's Ben Johnson hit a world record 100m which was stripped due to steroid use
What is 1988?
silvery-white, brittle metalloid known for its ability to harden and strengthen other metals. Despite its name, it is not in opposition to currency
What is Sb (antimony)?
branch of medicine focused on the study of blood and blood-related disorders
What is hematology?
.lk is the internet code for this island country formerly known as Ceylon
What is Sri Lanka?
This South African COVID variant caused quite the scare in 2021, and also had this awesome Transformers like name
What is Omicron?
Rolling Stones make their debut, Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in one basketball game, Tom Cruise, Steve Carrell, and Jim Carey are born while JFK deals with the Cuban Missile Crisis
What is 1962?