ART QUIZ COMPETITION FINALE (CHEMISTRY)

1. What is the common name for acetylsalicylic acid? Ans: Aspirin

2. How does the candle flame look like in zero gravity? Ans: It is spherical
3. Which acid is used for the production of explosives? Ans: Nitric Acid
4. What makes depleted uranium a good material for making ammunition? Ans: Its high
density
5. Where was the chemical element Scandium discovered? Ans: Sweden
6. Which chemical element has been named after the sun? Ans: Helium
7. The densest substance in the universe is the? Ans: Neutron star
8. Powdered cobalt glass, called smalt, has been historically important as a pigment in
painting and pottery. Smalt is coloured using cobalt ions derived from cobalt oxide.
What is the colour of smalt? Ans: Deep powder blue
9. If a gun bullet was made out of gold, what properties would it have? Ans: It would be
armour piercing
10. What is the relative abundance of an isotope? Ans: it is the percentage of that isotope
that occurs in nature
11. Which alcohol causes blindness when consumed? Ans: Methanol
12. Which element has the symbol Cm? Ans: Curium
13. Methanol is highly poisonous. Compared to ethanol, is it more or less sedative? Ans:
less sedative
14. What gave the name to the chemical element, Indium? Ans: Indigo dye
15. In 1714, the mercury-in-glass thermometer was invented. Who invented it? Ans:
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
16. The bitterest chemical compound known is? Ans: Denatonium benzoate
17. Which old household appliances are the most dangerous for the environment? Ans:
refrigerators
18. LSD is a psychedelic drug known for its psychological effects, which include altered
awareness of the surroundings, perceptions, and feelings as well as sensations and
images that seem real though they are not. What is the full meaning of LSD? Ans:
Lysergic acid diethylamide
19. What element is represented by the symbol Er? Ans: Erbium
20. Elements found in group 6 (or 16) of the periodic table are known as the oxygen
family. Which other name is given to these elements? Ans: Chalcogens
21. Pnictogens refer to elements in what group of the periodic table? Ans: 5 (or 15)
22. The existence of different physical forms of an element is known as? Ans: Allotropy
23. Antimony is a lustrous grey metalloid found in nature mainly as the sulphide mineral,
stibnite. What is the chemical symbol used to represent antimony? Ans: Sb
24. The name given to a series in the periodic table that encompasses the metallic
chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103 is? Ans: Actinide or Actinoid
series
25. Give the chemical symbol used to represent the element actinium. Ans: An
26. According to IUPAC, an element whose atom has a partially filled d sub-shell, or
which can give rise to cations with an incomplete d sub-shell, is known as? Ans: a
transition metal
27. A form of magnetism whereby certain materials are weakly attracted by an externally
applied magnetic field, and form internal, induced magnetic fields in the direction of
the applied magnetic field is known as? Ans: Paramagnetism
28. The kind of hybridisation present in the bonds formed by the carbon atom in a
methane molecule is known as? Sp3 hybridisation
29. Syngas or Synthesis gas is a fuel mixture primarily composed of? Ans: Hydrogen,
carbon monoxide (and carbondioxide)
30. What is the bond angle formed when a carbon atom is bound to three atoms to give an
s.p2 hybridised structure? Ans: 120 degrees
31. The densest naturally occurring element, with a density of 22.59 g/cm3, is? Ans:
Osmium
32. The most prevalent and important alkaloid in opium, making up 12 to 16 percent of
the total is what compound? Ans: Morphine
33. Titanium, Zirconium, Hafnium and Rutherfordium belong to what group in the
periodic table? Ans: 4
34. Give the IUPAC name of iso-octane. Ans: 2,2,4-trimethylpentane
35. The only woman to win a nobel prize in two different fields of science is? Ans: Marie
Curie
36. How many elements can be found in the periodic table? Ans: 118 as of 2016
37. In gas chromatography, what is used as carrier gas and make up gas? Ans: Nitrogen
38. CNG is a fuel which can be used in place of gasoline, diesel fuel and propane. CNG
combustion produces fewer undesirable gases than the fuels mentioned above. What
is the full meaning of CNG? Ans: Compressed Natural Gas
39. An advantage of the synthetic rubber formed from styrene and butadiene over natural
rubber is that? Ans: It deteriorates more slowly
40. Give two gases that can be used for the fountain experiment. Ans: Ammonia and
Hydrogen Chloride gas
41. In the contact process for the production of concentrated sulphuric acid, what is the
preferred catalyst for the reaction? Ans: vanadium pentoxide (V2O5)
42. Oleum is an important intermediate in the manufacture of sulphuric acid due to? Ans:
Its high enthalpy of hydration
43. The Haber process, also called, the Haber-Bosch process, is an artificial nitrogen
fixation process and is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia
today. It is named after its inventors. Who are the inventors of the Haber-process?
Ans: Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch
44. In 1863, a german chemist, Julius Wilbrand prepared an explosive compound of
nitrogen, TNT, what was its original use? Ans: As a yellow dye
45. He was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is credited as being the
father of the atomic bomb for his role in the Manhattan project, the World War II
undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons used in the atomic bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Who was he? Ans: Julius Robert Oppenheimer
46. A standard measure of the performance of an engine or aviation fuel is? Ans: Octane
rating or Octane number
47. The catalyst used in the Haber process is what? Ans: Iron
48. Producer gas is a fuel mixture of flammable gases and non-flammable gases. What are
the flammable gases present in producer gas? Ans: Carbon monoxide and Hydrogen
49. Cocaine is a strong stimulant, mostly used as a recreational drug. It is commonly
snorted, inhaled as smoke or injected into the vein. What is the chemical formula of
cocaine? Ans: C17H21NO4
50. Three useful products of the electrolysis of brine are? Ans: Chlorine, Sodium
hydroxide and Hydrogen.