NerdTests.com Quiz: Are you a chemist?

A little test to show if you are a chemistry nerd, just a plain chemist, an organic chemist (The lowest form of chemist there is) or not a chemist at all. Using anything but your brain for the test would make me lose all my respect for you (if I had any way of finding out, I mean). Just dont cheat!

What is chemistry?

The study of elements, molecules, reactions and dynamics
Something you use to make bombs
The secret to home brewing
Boring

What is the element with the element with the highest electronegativity?

Oxygen
Chlorine
Flourine
Sodium

How many oxidation steps does manganese have?

1
3
4
6
5

What is an sp3 hybridisation?

An element with 1 s electron and 3 p electrons
The generally accepted explanation for carbon-hydrogen bonding in a fully saturated alkane
A term used in IR spectroscopy
Who cares?

Is this the actual explanation, or just some bogus the organic chemists made up?

Obviously its the right explanation. Why else would it be so commonly used?
Its not, but noone can explain it in a better way
Its not. The organic chemists are just not smart enough to figure it out the right way - unlike the physical chemists

Which is the element of lowest number, without a stable isotope?

Uranium
Technetium
Radon
Actinium

Photoionization of nitrate with UV light produces peroxynitrate amongst others.

Yes
No
What?

What element is K?

Kalium
Krypton
Calcium
Potassium

If I wanted to dissolve gold, I would have to use...

Nitric acid, its the acid used to dissolve all noble metals
Sulfuric acid, since its the strongest acid
Hydrochloric acid, since chloride ions bind the gold ions
A mix of nitric and hydrochloric acid

10)

How many forms does pure carbon have?

3 forms. Solid, liquid and gas.
3 forms. Graphite, diamond and fullerene
2 forms. Graphite and diamond
1 form, like any other element. Duh.

11)

Which is the best area of chemistry? This is just a statistical question and will not influence your score.

Organic chemistry
Inorganic chemistry
Theoretical chemistry
Physical chemistry
Analytical chemistry
Environmental chemistry

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