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Chemistry trivia questions about acids, bases, compounds, polymers, alloys, elements, reactions and lab equipment, from easy to legendary.
Chemistry prompts ask for acids and bases, compounds and polymers, metal alloys, solvents, minerals and salts, lanthanides and actinides, functional groups, named reactions, laboratory equipment, analysis techniques and famous chemists.
Water, salt and sulfuric acid float on the tip. Named reactions, rare earth elements and the indicators chemists use at the bench are where the deep answers live.
All 27 chemistry prompts
Together they accept 827 answers. Each page shows the common answers and how deep the prompt goes.
- Name an acid36 answers
- Name a chemical base30 answers
- Name a chemical compound39 answers
- Name a polymer34 answers
- Name a piece of chemistry laboratory equipment39 answers
- Name a chemical analysis or separation technique35 answers
- Name an organic functional group38 answers
- Name a type of chemical reaction37 answers
- Name a named chemical reaction40 answers
- Name a solvent37 answers
- Name an amino acid34 answers
- Name a metal alloy38 answers
- Name an element that is a gas at room temperature11 answers
- Name a metallic chemical element48 answers
- Name an element in periodic-table group 17 or 1813 answers
- Name a lanthanide15 answers
- Name an actinide15 answers
- Name a hydrocarbon30 answers
- Name an alcohol compound31 answers
- Name a sugar or sugar alcohol31 answers
- Name a fatty acid25 answers
- Name a mineral36 answers
- Name a chemical indicator24 answers
- Name a substance that is a gas at room temperature and standard pressure32 answers
- Name an inorganic salt28 answers
- Name a chemical bonding or intermolecular interaction type23 answers
- Name a chemist28 answers
Tips for rare chemistry answers
- Use the periodic table: groups and rows you rarely think about are full of rare answers.
- Named reactions and techniques often carry the chemist’s name.
- Lab equipment goes far beyond the beaker and the test tube.
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