Honestly, I meant for my question to be taken more as an answer, instead of me asking for clues... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
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Honestly, I meant for my question to be taken more as an answer, instead of me asking for clues... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
That No googling rule can make things tricky ! :eek2: ..Oh so you have a 'junior chemist' ruler too huh ? :D, or are you even more geeky than me ?Quote:
Originally Posted by RIOT
..I tried to reel it off to check, the periodic table that is, but its twenty er um a lot years, ago, since I wanted to know that for O level chemistry, I can manage, hydrogen ,helium, lithium, berilium, boran, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminium, silicon - & though I did pretty good ! ... you'd have to know all the way to 26 by heart to be certain as fe (ferrous so iron so steel or near enough) is that .. & right up to 80 to find hg (mercury - why the hell is it called hg then ?) to be absolutely certain !
I believe your geekhood is therefore to be 'truely' repected :devil:
Actually, I was betting on it being a trick question. It seemed like too much math to work through, so the correct answer had to be simpler... :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
Even though I took AP Chemistry in High School, that was back in '98, so I don't remember too much off the top of my head about the densities of the elements... :p
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Originally Posted by RIOT
Sorry if I misread that then. ;)
I do indicate when questions are of the "ask a clue" variety. They're usually worht much more at the start though.
No harm done... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
I still got my 3 points... :thumbs:
I still don't now why mercury is called hg though :D, even if I do accept that it was always going to be a trick question ;)
It is a symbol based on the Latin: hydrar***** (liquid silver).
Google is still allowed for non-MindTrap questions. :D
Now he tells us... :flame:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
As long as it doesn't help you solve a pending question, duh. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by RIOT
Submitted by RIOT:
What is the next number in the series?
35, 79, 1113, 1517, 1921, _____
__________
2325, by adding 4 to the first half digits and the last half digits.
Blah, I blew it! I was out a day, and there was no game another day!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
2223Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
If u look at it this way:
3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,.................23,25
**Edit** - I mean:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
2325