Elements
What element is a poisonous gas that reacts with sodium to form table salt?
Chlorine
Who discovered radium and polonium and won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work in radioactivity?
Marie Curie
Where does the show Breaking Bad take place?
Albuquerque, New Mexico
What must elements readily gain or lose in order to be considered reactive?
Electrons
How many carbons are there in a benzene ring?
6
What is the lightest naturally occurring element?
Hydrogen
Although J. Robert Oppenheimer had a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, he later realized that physics was his passion. Oppenheimer designed what explosive during World War II?
Atom bomb
Who is the Muppets character named after a common piece of laboratory glassware?
Beaker
What is the name of a substance that provides an alternative mechanism for a chemical reaction but is not consumed by the reaction?
Catalyst
Bromine, iodine, nitrogen, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and fluorine all naturally occur as what type of molecule?
Diatomic molecules
What element has the Latin name plumbum?
Lead
How many chemists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice?
Two
What is the name of the popular science show hosted by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman that premiered on the Discovery Channel in 2003?
Mythbusters
What two molecules do combustion reactions always yield?
Carbon dioxide and water
Nylon is classified as what type of molecule?
Polymer
What element produces a blue-green flame when lit on fire?
Copper
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel used his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. What was Nobel’s most famous invention?
Dynamite
In the 1999 movie Fight Club, human fat stolen from liposuction clinics is used to make soap. What is the name of the chemical processes that converts fats into soap?
Saponification
Two common household cleaning chemicals, bleach and vinegar, create what harmful gas when combined?
Chlorine gas
What is the unofficial state molecule of Texas?
Buckyball
What two elements are liquid at standard temperature and pressure?
Bromine and mercury
Who is considered to be the "father of modern chemistry?"
Antoine Lavoisier
In the 2001 movie Legally Blonde, Elle Woods states that which chemical cannot come in contact with water 24 hours after a perm?
Ammonium thioglycolate
Molecules that contain a high amount of nitrogen in them are typically explosive. What occurs between two nitrogen atoms in these reactions?
Triple bond formation
What is the favorite molecule of Chemistry Club's faculty advisor, Dr. Olson?
Ethanol