Discoverers of Elements Quiz

Can you name the people who discovered all 118 elements?

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Element	Discoverer
Hydrogen	Henry Cavendish
Helium	Norman Lockyer
Lithium	August Arfwedson
Beryllium	Nicolas Vauquelin
Boron	Claude L. Berthollet \| Antoine de Fourcroy \| Antoine Lavoisier \| Louis G. de Morveau
Carbon	Unknown
Nitrogen	Daniel Rutherford
Oxygen	Wilhelm Scheele
Fluorine	Wilhelm Scheele
Neon	William Ramsay \| William Travers
Sodium	Andreas S. Marggraf
Magnesium	Joseph Black
Aluminium	Andreas S. Marggraf
Silicon	Antoine Lavoisier
Phosphorus	Hennig Brand
Sulfur	Unknown
Chlorine	Wilhelm Scheele
Argon	William Ramsay \| Lord Rayleigh
Potassium	Andreas S. Marggraf
Calcium	Joseph Black
Scandium	Fredrik Nilson
Titanium	William Gregor
Vanadium	Andrés M. del Río
Chromium	Nicolas Vauquelin
Manganese	Wilhelm Scheele
Iron	Unknown
Cobalt	George Brandt
Nickel	Fredrik Cronstedt
Copper	Unknown
Zinc	Unknown
Gallium	Paul-Émile L. de Boisbaudran
Germanium	Clemens A. Winkler
Arsenic	Jabir ibn Hayyan
Selenium	Jacob Berzelius \| Gottlieb Gahn
Bromine	Jérôme Balard \| Carl Löwig
Krypton	William Ramsay \| William Travers
Rubidium	Robert Bunsen \| Robert Kirchhoff
Strontium	William Cruikshank
Yttrium	Johan Gadolin
Zirconium	Heinrich Klaproth

Element	Discoverer
Niobium	Charles Hatchett
Molybdenum	Wilhelm Scheele
Technetium	Carlo Perrier \| Emilio Segrè
Ruthenium	Karl Claus
Rhodium	William H. Wollaston
Palladium	William H. Wollaston
Silver	Unknown
Cadmium	Samuel L. Hermann \| Johan C. H. Roloff \| Friedrich Stromeyer
Indium	Ferdinand Reich \| Theodor Richter
Tin	Unknown
Antimony	Jabir ibn Hayyan
Tellurium	Franz-Joseph M. von Reichenstein
Iodine	Bernard Courtois
Xenon	William Ramsay \| William Travers
Cesium	Robert Bunsen \| Robert Kirchhoff
Barium	Wilhelm Scheele
Lanthanum	Gustaf Mosander
Cerium	Jacob Berzelius \| Wilhelm Hisinger \| Heinrich Klaproth
Praseodymium	Carl A. von Welsbach
Neodymium	Gustaf Mosander
Promethium	Charles D. Coryell \| Lawrence E. Glendenin \| Jacob A. Marinsky
Samarium	Paul-Émile L. de Boisbaudran
Europium	Eugène-Anatole Demarçay
Gadolinium	Jean C. G. de Marignac
Terbium	Gustaf Mosander
Dysprosium	Paul-Émile L. de Boisbaudran
Holmium	Marc Delafontaine \| Jacques-Louis Soret
Erbium	Gustaf Mosander
Thulium	Teodor Cleve
Ytterbium	Jean C. G. de Marignac
Lutetium	Georges Urbain \| Carl A. von Welsbach
Hafnium	Dirk Coster \| George von Hevesy
Tantalum	Gustaf Ekeberg
Tungsten	Wilhelm Scheele
Rhenium	Otto Berg \| Ida Noddack \| Walter Noddack
Osmium	Smithson Tennant
Iridium	Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils \| Smithson Tennant
Platinum	Unknown
Gold	Unknown

Element	Discoverer
Mercury	Unknown
Thallium	William Crookes
Lead	Unknown
Bismuth	Unknown
Polonium	Marie Curie \| Pierre Curie
Astatine	Raymond Corson \| Ross MacKenzie
Radon	Robert B. Owens \| Ernest Rutherford
Francium	Marguerite Perey
Radium	Marie Curie \| Pierre Curie
Actinium	Friedrich O. Giesel
Thorium	Jacob Berzelius
Protactinium	Kazimierz Fajans \| Oswald H. Göhring
Uranium	Heinrich Klaproth
Neptunium	Hauge Abelson \| Edwin M. McMillan \| Emilio Segrè
Plutonium	William Kennedy \| Edwin M. McMillan \| Glenn T. Seaborg \| Arthur C. Wahl
Americium	Albert Ghiorso \| Ralph A. James \| Glenn T. Seaborg
Curium	Albert Ghiorso \| Ralph A. James \| Leon O. Morgan \| Glenn T. Seaborg
Berkelium	Albert Ghiorso \| Glenn T. Seaborg \| Gerald Thompson
Californium	Albert Ghiorso \| Glenn T. Seaborg \| Kenneth Street Jr. \| Gerald Thompson
Einsteinium	Albert Ghiorso
Fermium	Albert Ghiorso
Mendelevium	Gregory R. Choppin \| Albert Ghiorso \| George Harvey \| Glenn T. Seaborg \| Gerald Thompson
Nobelium	E. D. Donets \| V. A. Ermakov \| V. A. Shchegolev
Lawrencium	Albert Ghiorso \| Almon E. Larsh \| Robert M. Latimer \| Torbjørn Sikkeland
Rutherfordium	Albert Ghiorso \| Ivo Zvara
Dubnium	V. A. Druin \| Albert Ghiorso
Seaborgium	Albert Ghiorso
Bohrium	Gottfried Münzenberg
Hassium	Peter Armbruster \| Gottfried Münzenberg
Meitnerium	Peter Armbruster \| Gottfried Münzenberg
Darmstadtium	Sigurd Hofmann
Roentgenium	Sigurd Hofmann
Copernicium	Sigurd Hofmann
Nihonium	K. Morita \| Yuri Oganessian
Flerovium	Yuri Oganessian
Moscovium	Yuri Oganessian
Livermorium	Yuri Oganessian
Tennessine	Yuri Oganessian
Oganesson	Yuri Oganessian