Statistics for Elements by Discoverer

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Discoverer	Year of Discovery	Answer	% Correct
Henry Cavendish	1766	Hydrogen	100%
Marie & Pierre Curie	1898	Radium	100%
Daniel Rutherford	1772	Nitrogen	92%
William Ramsay	1894	Argon	85%
William Ramsay	1898	Neon	85%
Carl Scheele	1772	Oxygen	85%
Martin Klaproth	1789	Uranium	85%
Carl Scheele	1774	Chlorine	77%
Humphry Davy	1811	Flourine	77%
Pierre Janssen/Norman Lockyer	1868	Helium	77%
Glenn Seaborg	1941	Plutonium	77%
Marie & Pierre Curie	1898	Polonium	77%
Humphry Davy	1807	Potassium	77%
Humphry Davy	1807	Sodium	77%
William Ramsay	1898	Xenon	77%
William Ramsay	1898	Krypton	69%
Humphry Davy	1825	Bromine	62%
Friedrich Wohler	1828	Beryllium	54%
Hennig Brand	1669	Phosphorus	54%
William Gregor	1791	Titanium	54%
Carl Scheele	1774	Barium	38%
Carl Scheele	1781	Tungsten	38%
Martin Klaproth	1789	Zirconium	38%
Carl Scheele	1778	Molybdenum	31%
Edwin MacMillan	1940	Neptunium	31%
Ernest Lawrence	1936	Technetium	23%