Quiz: The biggest chemistry news of 2019
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Are you a news hound? Do you love chemistry? If so, take this quiz to test how well you paid attention to some of the top stories in chemistry this year.
In June, researchers doubled the hydrogen output of a water-splitting electrolyzer using a neodymium magnet. What percentage of the world’s hydrogen is currently made from the electrolysis of water?
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64%
24%
44%
4%
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Benzyl chloride
Pseudoephedrine
Ephedrine
Safrole
In November, two chemistry professors were arrested on charges of making methamphetamine. Which methamphetamine precursor was detected in a laboratory at their university?
03
Arsenic
Strychnine
Cyanide
Thallium
In February, a student was charged with poisoning his roommate. Which poison was the student alleged to have used?
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93
97
95
99
In October, three researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work developing lithium-ion batteries. One of them, John Goodenough, became the oldest Nobel laureate to date. How old was he upon winning the award?
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Polyethylene
Poly(tetrafluoro-ethylene)
Poly(ethylene terephthalate)
Poly(vinyl chloride)
In March, a study revealed that contaminated stir bars could inadvertently catalyze reactions. What polymer are stir bars usually made from?
In November, astrobiologists discovered a complex, biologically essential sugar in meteorite samples. Which sugar did they identify?
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Xylose
Mannose
Ribose
Glucose
In April, drugmaker Amgen revealed the structure of a compound that covalently inhibits a mutated version of the protein KRAS. The candidate molecule is entering clinical trials. Which disease does Amgen hope the drug will help treat?
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Parkinson’s disease
Colon cancer
HIV
Alzheimer’s disease
In June, scientists reported that an over-the-counter allergy drug could make resistant bacteria vulnerable to antibiotics in lab-based tests. Which of the following allergy drugs showed this behavior?
Sodium cromoglycate
Beclomethasone
Loratadine
Cetirizine
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