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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Europium and einsteinium
Doesn’t Gold begin with 2 vowels. Au
It appears implied to be English. Aurum is Latin. It’s just like we don’t say wolfram, natrium, or kalium.
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.