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Swedish chemist, invented dynamite & grew enormously wealthy manufacturing explosives; used his wealth to bequeath annual prizes in science, literature, and peace.
Alfred Nobel
Which gas is used to fill a balloon (and when inhaled makes a funny noise)?
helium
What is the lightest element?
Hydrogen (H)
What’s a chemist’s favorite type of dog?
A Laboratory retriever
What element is lighter than air?
Helium
Italian chemist; first scientist to realize that elements could exist in the form of molecules rather than as individual atoms; originator of _____’s law.
Amedeo Avogadro
If iodine is dropped in a food that contains starch, what color does it turn?
What element is named after the eighth planet in the Solar System?
Neptunium
How did oxygen’s date with potassium go?
OK
There are two non-silvery metals... name them!
Gold and copper
English chemist and 1964 Nobel laureate for solving the atomic structure of vitamin B12, penicillin, and insulin using X-ray crystallography.
Dorothy Hodgkin
What chemical element is the main source of nuclear energy?
Uranium
What element is mainly used in computer chips?
Silicon (Si)
Why do chemists find working with ammonia easy?
Because it’s pretty basic stuff
Dry ice is the solid form of what?
CO2 (carbon dioxide)
French chemist and microbiologist; discovered mirror-image molecules and anaerobic bacteria; established the germ theory of disease; invented food preservation via _____rization.
Louis Pasteur
What chemical causes the burning, tingling feeling when you eat spicy peppers?
Capsaicin
A "Ag" anniversary represents how many years?
25
What’s Iron Man’s favorite amusement park ride?
The ferrous wheel
Which two molecules are made of pure carbon?
Diamond and graphite
American chemist and 2022 Nobel laureate (jointly with Morten P. Meldal and Karl Barry Sharpless) "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"
Carolyn Bertozzi
Sulfur dioxide
The elements radium (Ra) and polonium (Po) were discovered by what scientist?
What emotional disorder does a gas chromatograph suffer from?
Separation anxiety
Only one letter in the alphabet does not appear on the periodic table. What is it?
J