Question about elements, silly questions?

Question

We had an element treasure hunt for physics today and I couldn't find some of the answers. Anyone know any of the answers?

2. Which element is commonly used in making light.
3. Which 3 elements would you find in a chest full of buried pirate treasure (f you're lucky)? ( I have gold and silver , but what is the 3rd?)
12. Which chemical symbol described the state of your head when your teacher asks you a question unexpectedly ?
15. identify the elements with the longest and shortest names.
16. Find the element that has the largest number of protons (It is not Uuo, UUh, or etc because those haven't been discovered).
Which element is named for the person most involved in our ability to blow things up?

Any help is greatly appreciated thanks!

I think the last question may be Alfred Nobel, Nobelium?

Answer 1

2. Tungsten (W) is the material used for the filament in a light bulb. Neon (Ne) lamps are very common.
3. Gold, Silver, and Platinum are the normally coveted metals.
12. Ununhexium (Uuh)
15. Just go to the periodic table and count the letters for each element: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table
However Neon (Ne) is pretty short. The longest name will probably be one of the rare earths at the bottom of the chart.
16. Ununbium (Uub) was first created on February 9, 1996
Ununoctium (Uuo) was first detected on October 16, 2006, researchers working at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia, announced in Physical Review C that they had indirectly detected a total of three nuclei of ununoctium-294.
17. Nobelium; you are right.

Answer 2

2. Neon
3. Gold, Silver, Platinum

12. Lead
15. Tin and Darmstadtium
16. Darmstadtium 110
Einsteinium

Answer 3

2) Neon (Ne) although Xenon (Xe) is also widely used.
3) Gold (Au), Silver (Ag), and Platinum (Pt).
12) Erbium (Er)
15) Tin (Sn) and Rutherfordium (Rf)

Nobelium, Alfred Nobel invented TNT

Answer 4

2- hyrdrogen is used in nuclear fusion in the sun to produce light and heat
3- carbon=diamonds, platinum=platinum
12-look at a periodic table of elements
15-gold? and probably something like californium or some 115+

einstenium, which is inaccurate. if you were going off your question, it should be called openheimernium

Answer 5

element of surprise.

Answer 6

i think 2 is hydrogen and neon

Answer 7

2. neon? or maybe phosphorus?
3. gold, silver, platinum
12. erbium (ER...)
15. gold, iron, zinc, etc. don't know for the longest (check the source)
16. (IDK on this one)