Name That Element!

Only 87%. Sb threw me, as I couldn't find blogerium on the list.

heh. that was my first thought when i saw that, too!

BTW, consider yourself tagged.

Does everyone get the same test? I knew a little of the history of names, so I wasn't thrown by kalium, stibnium, stannum, ferrum, or aurum.

Elements by Tom Lehrer

And when you are a native Romance language-speaker, it's even easier ;-)

I'm wondering though, about the color quiz (on same page). Is there a preferred region in the RGB cube for errors? (And by the way, how are the named colors distributed in the RGB cube?)

Wow, 80%! I'm quite shocked at my recollection of high school chemistry class. I thought I had filled all that space up with various computer languages and sci-fi trivia.

100%. That wasn't even tough. It does seem everyone gets the same test. They didn't try to throw any curveballs: Au vs. Ag, As vs. At, Tl vs. Tm. Heh.

100%, they should have included some of the more unusual ones like Cs or Rh.
Of course, 4 years of compiling monthly ICP analytical data and some GDMS data, into usable tables, tends to mean I can do them in my sleep.

93% but I have been out of science for 10 years and only have a MS and an ABD

I got 100% and all I have is high school chemistry. I had to guess at Sb which wasn't hard since I knew all the other possible answers. Did I earn a science nerd badge that I can wear with pride?

Romeo:

Only is you also remember atomic weights, electronegativity and possible oxidation states of these elements :)

100% easy. (Doesn't everyone know Sb is antimony and Sn is tin?)

I do have a batchelor's in biochemistry, but that was 35 years ago, and I have not used my chemistry since.

Actually there is a much better, harder elements test at http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=34116054560&s=Chemical%20Symbols, and when you are doing that one you are donating to charity rather than getting advertising for a dating site.

80%, which is not too bad for me.

But I managed 100% on the soda test. I don't know what this might mean, and I don't think I want to know.

93%. But then I haven't done any chemistry in over 9 years (since I finished my A-Levels).

Hang on a second, It's 9 years since I finished my A-Levels? Fuck I'm old!

80%. And I don't have any sort of science degree. Just a computer graphics nerd who loves science.