Statistics for Lesser Known Chemical Elements (Quiz for April 1)

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Symbol	Hint	Answer	% Correct
Af	Named for the day of its discovery, the first day of April.	April_Fools! ...ium	100%
Q	Discovered in a meteorite by astrophysicist Brian May and named for the band for which he played lead guitar.	Queenium	100%
Sw	Discovered at CERN by a team from ETH Zurich and named for their country.	Switzerlandium	100%
Tp	Discovered at the Eindhoven University of Technology and named for the country's national flower.	Tulipium	100%
Vu	Discovered on and named for Mr. Spock's home planet. Used in the production of rubber.	Vulcanium	100%
Bt	Useful in crime fighting and an integral item in the Cape Crusader's utility belt.	Batmanium	92%
Bu	Discovered by Homer Simpson at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Named for the owner of the plant. Responsible for a new species of three-eyed fish.	Burnsium	92%
Ox	Its existence was postulated by Steven Hawking. Discovered after his death, it was named for his alma mater.	Oxfordium	92%
Uk	Discovered at the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Named after its country.	Ukrainium	92%
Wa	Discovered at the Hanford nuclear processing site and named for its state on the Pacific coast.	Washingtonium	92%
Pi	Discovered at Carnegie Mellon University and named after its city.	Pittsburghium	85%
Sk	Discovered in Krakow at AGH University of Science and Technology. It was named in honor of Marie Curie. However, they used her Polish maiden name.	Skłodowskium	38%