80 The Periodic Table Trivia Questions with Answers

80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

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The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the lightest solid at standard room temperature?

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Lithium

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element did Humphry Davy first isolate in 1807?

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Potassium

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, what is the traditional name for group 17?

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Halogens

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The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the only one named after a state of the United States?

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Tennessine

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element melts at about 29.76 °C?

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Gallium

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the main component of the Sun by mass?

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Hydrogen

Easy Easy difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element has the greatest natural abundance in Earth's crust by mass?

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Oxygen

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the most electrically conductive metal at room temperature?

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Silver

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element has 92 protons in every atom?

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Uranium

Easy Easy difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which group is known as the alkali metals?

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Group 1

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The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element was the first discovered through spectroscopy?

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Cesium

Easy Easy difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the lightest noble gas?

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Helium

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The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element was named after the Polish homeland of Marie Curie?

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Polonium

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element’s name comes from the Greek word for pale green?

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Chlorine

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element has the symbol Sn, derived from the Latin word “stannum”?

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Tin

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element has the highest melting point of all elements?

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Tungsten

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The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element was predicted as “eka-silicon” by Dmitri Mendeleev?

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Germanium

Easy Easy difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, how many periods are in the modern long-form table?

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Seven

Easy Easy difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which group contains the noble gases?

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Group 18

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which halogen is a liquid at room temperature?

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Bromine

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the most abundant in the universe by mass?

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Hydrogen

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

Who published the first widely recognized periodic table in 1869?

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Dmitri Mendeleev

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The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the halogen in period 3?

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Chlorine

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The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element was the first to be artificially produced?

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Technetium

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element has the lowest density among all metals at room temperature?

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Lithium

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is named after the planet Uranus?

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Uranium

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element has the highest electronegativity on the Pauling scale?

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Fluorine

Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is the only nonmetal in group 1?

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Hydrogen

Easy Easy difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element is represented by the chemical symbol Au?

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Gold

Easy Easy difficulty.
The Periodic Table

On the periodic table, which element has the atomic number 1?

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Hydrogen