Elements that Beat Iron

For each selected category, name an element that ranks higher than iron.

All elements considered unless metal or transition metal is specified

Metalloids are not considered metals in this quiz

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Last updated: March 22, 2021

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Rank	Hint	Answer
6	Most abundant in Milky Way	Hydrogen \| Helium \| Oxygen \| Carbon \| Neon
2	Most abundant metal in Earth crust	Aluminium
5	Metal with earliest evidence of human use	Gold \| Copper \| Silver \| Lead
5	Most common metal in human body	Calcium \| Potassium \| Sodium \| Magnesium
2	Most reactive four-letter element	Zinc
=2	Element with fewest letters	Tin
2	Earliest use in a Marvel super hero name	Gold (Golden Girl, 1948)
4	Highest Scrabble score beginning with i	Iridium \| Indium \| Iodine
3	Most abundant in Mars crust	Silicon \| Oxygen
11	Highest tensile strength	Iridium \| Rhenium \| Osmium \| Tungsten \| Rhodium \| Vanadium \| Cobalt \| Tantalum \| Manganese \| Chromium
11	Metal with highest specific heat capacity	Lithium \| Sodium \| Magnesium \| Aluminium \| Potassium \| Calcium \| Scandium \| Titanium \| Vanadium \| Manganese
3	Rarest ore in Minecraft (JE 1.17)	Gold \| Copper
21	Transition metal with highest boiling point	Rhenium \| Tungsten \| Rutherfordium \| Tantalum \| Osmium \| Neobium \| Molybdenum \| Hafnium \| Iridium \| Zirconium \| Technetium \| Ruthenium \| Platinum \| Rhodium \| Vanadium \| Yttrium \| Titanium \| Palladium \| Cobalt \| Nickel
6	Lightest transition metal	Scandium \| Titanium \| Vanadium \| Chromium \| Manganese
8	Most guessed on Periodic Table Quiz	Hydrogen \| Oxygen \| Helium \| Carbon \| Gold \| Silver \| Nitrogen
3	Lightest element that shares no letters with its chemical symbol	Sodium (Na) \| Potassium (K)

Level 57

Mar 22, 2021

Nice! But isn't diamond ore rarer than iron?

Level 84

Mar 22, 2021

Thanks! Diamond isn't an element.

Level 57

Mar 22, 2021

Oh yeah nvm

Level 55

Nov 16, 2022

But it's essentially pure carbon, so wouldn't Carbon technically be the rarest ore in Minecraft?

Level 84

Nov 16, 2022

Level 54

Mar 22, 2021

Excellent!

I actually started a quiz about carbon a bit more than a year ago, but I was blocked around 11 questions. You make me wanting to finish this "old" draft, now.

Nominated, and I hope you will get featured soon on this quiz!

Level 84

Mar 22, 2021

Thanks. Cool, look forward to taking the carbon quiz :)

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