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Fabrux
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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. ------------------ "Incest! A game the whole family can play!" -Jonah Rapp
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Jeff Raven
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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 ------------------ Intelligence, Integrity, Responsibility. Vote Bush/Cheney 2000
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Fabrux
Member # 71
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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.------------------ "Incest! A game the whole family can play!" -Jonah Rapp
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TSN
Member # 31
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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
------------------ "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
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Fabrux
Member # 71
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You have 2 wrong, Tim.------------------ "Incest! A game the whole family can play!" -Jonah Rapp
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TSN
Member # 31
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I hope you're not counting "tungsten" as wrong...------------------ "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
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Fabrux
Member # 71
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No, but I do wish you had given the appropriate name for the puzzle.------------------ "Incest! A game the whole family can play!" -Jonah Rapp
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Sol System
Member # 30
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Tungsten, by the way, is never wrong. So says his business card, anyway.------------------ love's function is to fabricate unknownnness -- E. E. Cummings **** Read chapter one of "Dirk Tungsten in...The Disappearing Planet"! And party everyday.
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Xentrick
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35- (TSN got this one) "Wolfram," symbol W13- 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 ;-)
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TSN
Member # 31
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Bah! There's no such element as wolfram. It's tungsten now, dammit! Tungsten! *L*------------------ "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
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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
Member # 239
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Would water & gin be Hydrogen? ::giggles::------------------ "...you know, Omega, there's a phrase you might want to look up. It goes something like "paranoid arrogant fuckwit who has more chance of ejaculating to the moon than he has of ever convincing a girl that he's a viable prospect for marriage." -PsyLiam, September 16, 2000 10:23 PM.
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Fabrux
Member # 71
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Finally! Someone got that one And Xentrick, you got 3 wrong. ------------------ "Incest! A game the whole family can play!" [This message has been edited by Fabrux (edited October 01, 2000).]
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Fructose
Member # 309
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this puzzle get cheesier all the time...------------------ It doesn't matter if you don't know what you're doing as long as you look good doing it.
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Jeff Raven
Member # 20
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Its not bohrium, its neilsbohrium....------------------ Intelligence, Integrity, Responsibility. Vote Bush/Cheney 2000
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Fabrux
Member # 71
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Oh whatever.------------------ "Incest! A game the whole family can play!" -Jonah Rapp
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TSN
Member # 31
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And, last I heard, it hadn't been officially accepted as the name of that particular element, anyway.------------------ "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
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Jeff Raven
Member # 20
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Well, both my Physical Chemistry and my Inorganic Chemistry books have it listed as 'neilsbohrium'------------------ Intelligence, Integrity, Responsibility. Vote Bush/Cheney 2000
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TSN
Member # 31
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Have they got the other ones, too? Rutherfordium, hahnium, seaborgium, meitnerium, uh... I think there's another one...?------------------ "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
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Jeff Raven
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104- Rf Rutherfordium 105- Ha Hahnium 106- -- No element found yet 107- Ns Nielsbohrium 108- Hs Hassium 109- Mt MeitneriumAs they're listed in my chem books ------------------ Intelligence, Integrity, Responsibility. Vote Bush/Cheney 2000
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TSN
Member # 31
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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... ------------------ "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
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Fabrux
Member # 71
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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
------------------ "Incest! A game the whole family can play!" -Jonah Rapp
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