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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Okay, folks, here's a little puzzle I did in Chemistry class today. You are allowed to use the periodic table, but those who know it really well shouldn't need to look anything up (I know I had to)

Here's the puzzle: Elemental Puzzle

Enjoy! I'll let this run a week and post the responses and the winner next Friday.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
 
You asked for it... Chemistry major to the rescue!

1. well driller's decision
Boron
2. to press laundry
Iron
3. policeman
Copper
4. mother's sister's cash
Antimony
5. where dishes are washed
Zinc
6. foolish prisoner
Silicon
7. original natives of North America
Indium
8. water and gin

9. shown the way
Lead
10. I sit down to dinner

11. a Ford product
Mercury
12. popular flowering house plant

13. have the sniffles
Cesium?
14. a United States citizen
Americium
15. don't take any wooden...
Nickel
16. Good...; a person who helps
Samariu,
17. ...pop

18. a lisping child's term for listening
Lithium
19. technician
Technetium
20. Lone ranger's horse
Silver
21. to endure or tolerate an injury
Barium


Omit Endings

22. the surface you walk on at home
flour-ine
23. leg joint above the calf
Ne-on
24. a spice

25. a blitz by police
Rad-ium
26. ...on the Range
Holm-ium
27. ...of Arabia
Lawrenc-ium
28. dull chemistry lecture
Bor-on
29. Golden Gate Bridge site
Californ-ium
30. ...bladder or ...stones
Gall-ium
31. European Country
Franc-ium
32. another European Country
German-ium
33. repair clothes
Mend-elevium
34. 50 %
Haf-nium
35. larger than a coyote

36. God of the Lower World (most remote planet)
Pluto-nium
37. God of the Sea (also a planet)
Neptun-ium
38. the continent east of us
Europ-ium
39. playing a part or role
Actin-ium
40. to brown a roast

41. girl's names
Selen-ium


Clue (-ium endings interpreted as him)

42. doctors do this
Helium
43. doctors do this too
Curium
44. funeral homes do this
Barium
45. cowboys do this to horses
Rhodium
46. "...anything to keep him quiet" says mother to father

47. grab him
Hassium(has him)
48. I get him off my back
Iridium

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Other than the ones you didn't answer, you have 3 wrong, Jeff. You'll have to wait a week to see which. Oh, and you can only post responses once.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
I haven't looked at any other answers. Some of these seem like they're really stretching, but, then, maybe I just got them wrong...

1. well driller's decision
boron

2. to press laundry
iron

3. policeman
copper

4. mother's sister's cash
antimony

5. where dishes are washed
zinc

6. foolish prisoner
silicon, promethium

7. original natives of North America
indium

8. water and gin


9. shown the way
lead

10. I sit down to dinner
iodine

11. a Ford product
mercury

12. popular flowering house plant
gadolinium, germanium

13. have the sniffles


14. a United States citizen
americium

15. don't take any wooden...
nickel

16. Good...; a person who helps
samarium

17. ...pop
sodium

18. a lisping child's term for listening
lithium

19. technician
technetium

20. Lone ranger's horse
silver

21. to endure or tolerate an injury
sulfur

22. the surface you walk on at home
flourine

23. leg joint above the calf
neon

24. a spice
aluminum

25. a blitz by police
radon, radium

26. ...on the Range
holmium

27. ...of Arabia
lawrencium

28. dull chemistry lecture
boron

29. Golden Gate Bridge site
californium

30. ...bladder or ...stones
gallium

31. European Country
germanium

32. another European Country
francium

33. repair clothes
sodium

34. 50 %
hafnium

35. larger than a coyote
tungsten

36. God of the Lower World (most remote planet)
plutonium

37. God of the Sea (also a planet)
neptunium

38. the continent east of us
europium

39. playing a part or role
actinium

40. to brown a roast
cerium

41. girl's names
molybdenum, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, vanadium

42. doctors do this
helium

43. doctors do this too
curium

44. funeral homes do this
barium

45. cowboys do this to horses
iridium

46. "...anything to keep him quiet" says mother to father


47. grab him
cesium

48. I get him off my back

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
You have 2 wrong, Tim.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
I hope you're not counting "tungsten" as wrong...

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"If the rope is a quarter of a Zeuslength in size, then the Defiant shalt most naturally be seven times the thirty-second part of a Zeuslength?"
-Boris Skrbic, 27-Sep-2000
 

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
No, but I do wish you had given the appropriate name for the puzzle.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
 
Tungsten, by the way, is never wrong. So says his business card, anyway.

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :
 
35- (TSN got this one) "Wolfram," symbol W

13- sniffles? Polon-ium

28- dull lecture? Bohr-ium

41- (already answered) can include my aunt's name: Beryll-ium

46- keep him quite? [guessing] selenium = sellen him= selling him {?} -or- "tit" anium ;-)
 

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Bah! There's no such element as wolfram. It's tungsten now, dammit! Tungsten! *L*

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"If the rope is a quarter of a Zeuslength in size, then the Defiant shalt most naturally be seven times the thirty-second part of a Zeuslength?"
-Boris Skrbic, 27-Sep-2000
 

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
 
Would water & gin be Hydrogen? ::giggles::

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Finally! Someone got that one

And Xentrick, you got 3 wrong.

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[This message has been edited by Fabrux (edited October 01, 2000).]
 

Posted by Fructose (Member # 309) on :
 
this puzzle get cheesier all the time...

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
 
Its not bohrium, its neilsbohrium....

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Oh whatever.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
And, last I heard, it hadn't been officially accepted as the name of that particular element, anyway.

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"If the rope is a quarter of a Zeuslength in size, then the Defiant shalt most naturally be seven times the thirty-second part of a Zeuslength?"
-Boris Skrbic, 27-Sep-2000
 

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
 
Well, both my Physical Chemistry and my Inorganic Chemistry books have it listed as 'neilsbohrium'

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Have they got the other ones, too? Rutherfordium, hahnium, seaborgium, meitnerium, uh... I think there's another one...?

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"If the rope is a quarter of a Zeuslength in size, then the Defiant shalt most naturally be seven times the thirty-second part of a Zeuslength?"
-Boris Skrbic, 27-Sep-2000
 

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
 
104- Rf Rutherfordium
105- Ha Hahnium
106- -- No element found yet
107- Ns Nielsbohrium
108- Hs Hassium
109- Mt Meitnerium

As they're listed in my chem books

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Ah, hassium... I thought it started w/ an 'h'...

And I've usually seen the name "seaborgium" for the one you say isn't discovered. And I was under the impression those had all been found...

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"If the rope is a quarter of a Zeuslength in size, then the Defiant shalt most naturally be seven times the thirty-second part of a Zeuslength?"
-Boris Skrbic, 27-Sep-2000
 

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Here are the answers:

1. well driller's decision - boron, B
2. to press laundry - iron, Fe
3. policeman - copper, Cu
4. mother's sister's cash - antimony, Sb
5. where dishes are washed - zinc, Zn
6. foolish prisoner - silicon, Si
7. original natives of North America - indium, In
8. water and gin - hydrogen, H
9. shown the way - lead, Pb
10. I sit down to dinner - iodine, I
11. a Ford product - mercury, Hg
12. popular flowering house plant - germanium, Ge
13. have the sniffles - gold, Au
14. a United States citizen - americum, Am
15. don't take any wooden... - nickel, Ni
16. Good...; a person who helps - smarium, Sm
17. ...pop - sodium, Na
18. a lisping child's term for listening - lithium, Li
19. technician - technetium, Tc
20. Lone ranger's horse - silver, Ag
21. to endure or tolerate an injury - sulfer, S
22. the surface you walk on at home - flourine, F
23. leg joint above the calf - neon, Ne
24. a spice - erbium, Er
25. a blitz by police - radium, Ra; radon, Rn
26. ...on the Range - holmium, Ho
27. ...of Arabia - lawrencium, Lr
28. dull chemistry lecture - bohrium, Bh; boron, B
29. Golden Gate Bridge site - californium, Cf
30. ...bladder or ...stones - gallium, Ga
31. European Country - germanium, Ge; francium, Fr
32. another European Country - scandium, Sc; polonium, Po
33. repair clothes - mendelevium, Md
34. 50 % - halfnium, Hf
35. larger than a coyote - wolfram (tungsten), W
36. God of the Lower World (most remote planet) - plutonium, Pu
37. God of the Sea (also a planet) - neptunium, Np
38. the continent east of us - europium, Eu
39. playing a part or role - actinium, Ac
40. to brown a roast - cerium, Ce
41. girl's names - molybdenum, Mo
42. doctors do this - helium, He
43. doctors do this too - curium, Cm
44. funeral homes do this - barium, Ba
45. cowboys do this to horses - rohdium, Rh
46. "...anything to keep him quiet" says mother to father - tellerium, Te
47. grab him - cesium, Cs
48. I get him off my back - iridium, Ir

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-Jonah Rapp
 



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