[MarkL]

One question is totally unfair. Unless you have read the novel Finnegan's Wake, you will have no idea what the correct answer is.

I just figured that the classical atomic model had been developed by the year listed, so I figured it had to be "quark."

On the other hand, I gave up on chemical engineering when I hit organic chemistry, and screwed up the CH4 question. I also found myself yelling "NO!" when I clicked on next after selecting "carbon" to have an atomic weight of 8, when I realized it was 12...

I got a 36/50.

Mark

[JRandomFreeper]

I'll be honest... I had to count on my fingers to figure out CH4. Quadtane would have given it away. I guess that's why they use greek.

/johnny

[coloradan]

I have never read Finnegan’s Wake, but I have read descriptions of Gell Mann’s choice of the word from a quote, “three quarks for muster mark,” which is the only line in the book that I know. But it’s enough for the question.

[dr_lew]

I also found myself yelling "NO!" when I clicked on next after selecting "carbon" to have an atomic weight of 8, when I realized it was 12...

The hint was "What element, whose atomic number is 8 ..."

[reg45]

The question was about atomic “number” of 8, not atomic weight. Atomic number is number of protons. Atomic weight is protons plus neutrons.