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No cheating, or else you'll ruin the <i>element</i> of surprise!

No cheating, or else you'll ruin the element of surprise!

Are These U.S. States Or Chemical Elements?

Na stands for the chemical element sodium.

Chemical Element

State

In stands for both the state of Indiana and the chemical element Indium.

Both

Cf stands for the chemical element Californium.

Element

Lu stands for the chemical element Lutetium.

WV stands for the state of West Virginia.

Pa stands for both the state of Pennsylvania and the chemical element Protactinium.

Ge stands from the chemical element Germanium.

Knowing the U.S. States and periodic table of elements isn't for everyone! At least you give it a shot.

Welp, maybe you're just out of your element

To be fair, some of these were a little tricky. There's always room to improve, though. Maybe you'll do better next time?

You're not an award-winning chemist or cartographer, but you didn't do so bad

How else would you possibly know so much about geography AND chemistry? Congrats on being super smart and acing this quiz!

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