Final Jeopardy: Chemical Element Names (8-22-23)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (8/22/2023) in the category “Chemical Element Names” was:

The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural

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4 Responses

  1. Marc says:

    Europium and einsteinium

  2. Donald watson says:

    Doesn’t Gold begin with 2 vowels. Au

    • Jason says:

      It appears implied to be English. Aurum is Latin. It’s just like we don’t say wolfram, natrium, or kalium.

    • Don the Swan says:

      I thought that too. But I think the question applies to the element name, not its symbol. So the first two letters of gold are actually “go” and not AU.