Trivia Quiz on Chemistry Part 2

1. What is it when five or fewer water molecules bond tightly together in a ring

A) Hydration shell

B) Hydrogen-bonded ring

C) Water dimer

D) Cluster

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2. What is another name for Nitre

A) Nitrate of soda

B) Saltpetre

C) Nitric acid

D) Glauber's salt

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3. Sea or salted water

A) Seawater

B) Brine

C) Saline

D) Saltwater

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4. What country invented high octane gasoline in 1930

A) Russia

B) United States

C) Germany

D) France

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5. Which substance used as a bleach, can also be used as the oxidizing agent in rocket fuel

A) Sodium hypochlorite

B) Hydrogen peroxide

C) Potassium permanganate

D) Ozone

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6. What is added to soap to make it clear

A) Water

B) Glycerin

C) Alcohol

D) Fragrance oil

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7. What is the atomic mass of molybdenum

A) 92.00

B) 93.80

C) 95.94

D) 99.00

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8. Which element, discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie, did she name after the country of her birth

A) Francium

B) Ruthenium

C) Polonium

D) Americium

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9. The ore bauxite is the chief commercial source of which element

A) Iron

B) Magnesium

C) Titanium

D) Aluminium

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10. What type of scientific equipment was named after the german Bunsen

A) Beaker

B) Bunsen stove

C) Test tube

D) Burner

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11. What was invented by James Dewer in 1872

A) Vacuum or thermos flask

B) The electric light bulb

C) The telegraph

D) The phonograph

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12. Na is the chemical symbol for which element

A) Nitrogen

B) Potassium

C) Sodium

D) Calcium

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13. What type of solution is made when a base dissolves in water

A) Acidic

B) Alkaline

C) Neutral

D) Saline solution

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14. What is the atomic number for thalium

A) 80

B) 81

C) 83

D) 79

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15. To coat metal with a protective layer by electrolysis

A) Electroplating

B) Galvanize

C) Anodize

D) Electropolish

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16. What is the deleterious gas in the air, which is exhaled by humans called

A) Carbon dioxide

B) Carbon monoxide

C) Oxygen

D) Nitrogen

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17. On the PH scale what does PH stand for

A) Potential Hydrogen

B) Power of Hydrogen

C) Potential Hydronium

D) Pressure of Hydrogen

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18. Azote is the old name for what element

A) Oxygen

B) Argon

C) Hydrogen

D) Nitrogen

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19. Which chemical element takes its name from a German word for goblin

A) Nickel

B) Copper

C) Cobalt

D) Zinc

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20. Which element has the lowest boiling point

A) Hydrogen

B) Helium

C) Neon

D) Oxygen

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21. Irish-born English scientist, who was an early proponent of the scientific method and a founder of modern chemistry

A) Francis Bacon

B) Isaac Newton

C) Boyle

D) Henry Cavendish

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22. By What Name Is "Calcium Oxide" More Commonly Known

A) Quicklime

B) Lime

C) Calcium carbonate

D) Slaked lime

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23. Cinnabar is an ore of which metal

A) Gold

B) Mercury

C) Lead

D) Copper

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24. What is the common name for solid carbon dioxide

A) Dry ice

B) Liquid nitrogen

C) CO2 snow

D) Frozen carbon dioxide

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25. What is the atomic number for palladium

A) Forty four

B) Forty five

C) Forty six

D) Forty seven

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26. It is the region where most of electrons are apt to be found

A) Electron cloud

B) Nucleus

C) Orbital

D) Electron shell

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27. NaOH Is The Chemical Symbol For What

A) Sodium chloride

B) Potassium hydroxide

C) Sodium bicarbonate

D) Sodium Hydroxide Or Caustic Soda

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28. Air is 21% oxygen, 78% ______, and 1% other gases

A) Argon

B) Nitrogen

C) Neon

D) Carbon dioxide

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29. What's the common name for hydrogen hydroxide

A) Hydrogen monoxide

B) Water

C) Hydrogen dioxide

D) Aqua

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30. What is the name of the tar like substance derived from petroleum

A) Tar

B) Bitumen

C) Asphalt

D) Pitch

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31. The ore pitchblende is the major source of which element

A) Uranium radium

B) Radium

C) Thorium

D) Polonium

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32. What is the element symbol for hydrogen

A) H

B) He

C) O

D) N

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33. Which metal, with the Atomic Number 3, is the lightest known solid element

A) Lithium

B) Beryllium

C) Sodium

D) Magnesium

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34. What links Humphry Davie, Michael Faraday, Madam Curie

A) They all contributed to the study of electricity

B) Poisoned by chemicals work

C) They all invented a safety lamp

D) They all won Nobel Prizes

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35. What makes a solution saline

A) Sugar

B) Vinegar

C) Water

D) Salt

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36. The process in which a solid changes directly to a gas is

A) Melting

B) Evaporation

C) Deposition

D) Sublimation

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37. What Is Measured By The Gay Lussac Scale

A) Acidity

B) Alcohol

C) Vapor pressure

D) Boiling point

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38. What is the main ingredient in glass

A) Sand

B) Water

C) Limestone

D) Soda ash

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39. Alphabetically what is the first element in the periodic table

A) Aluminium

B) Americium

C) Argon

D) Actinium

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40. The human body contains enough of what to make 2,200 match heads

A) Calcium

B) Iron

C) Phosphorous

D) Potassium

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41. Which chemical element is named after the Greek word for 'green'

A) Chromium

B) Oxygen

C) Chlorine

D) Neon

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42. Name the English chemist who first isolated sodium

A) Sir Humphry Davy

B) Henry Cavendish

C) Joseph Priestley

D) Sir Humphry Davie

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43. Gypsum is a hydrated sulphate of which metal

A) Sodium

B) Calcium

C) Magnesium

D) Aluminium

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44. This poisonous gas is in the exhaust fumes from cars

A) Carbon dioxide

B) Sulfur dioxide

C) Nitrogen dioxide

D) Carbon monoxide

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45. What is cl the chemical symbol for

A) Chloride

B) Calcium

C) Chlorine

D) Cobalt

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46. What is the lightest known substance

A) Helium

B) Oxygen

C) Hydrogen

D) Lithium

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47. A carbohydrate consists of carbon, hydrogen, and which other element

A) Oxygen

B) Nitrogen

C) Sulfur

D) Phosphorus

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48. Pitches with what is charcoal and saltpetre mixed to make gunpowder

A) Sulphur

B) Charcoal

C) Potassium nitrate

D) Mercury fulminate

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49. What does "the absent minded professor" teach

A) Chemistry

B) Physics

C) Biology

D) Mathematics

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50. A white mtallic element

A) Barium

B) Magnesium

C) Calcium

D) Aluminum

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