Question | Answer |
Room 6. Great Job! The first clue for room 6: The sixth room you are transported to is on the first floor of the castle. It is made of a silver-gray metallic solid. Taking a knife out of your backpack, you are able to cut a piece of this alkali metal off with the blade because the substance is very soft. | Room6-Clue1
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Clue 2 - Filling a small glass beaker with water from your canteen, you drop the substance in to observe its reaction with water. It floats on the water for a few seconds, then there is a small explosion as sparks are sent off. | room6-Clue2
| Clue 3 – This element is found in table salt. | Room6-Clue3
| Clue 4 - The scientific name for table salt is sodium chloride. | Room6-Clue4
| Room 7. Great job! The first clue for Room 7: Next you are transported to a room with bright, white, waxy walls. When you turn off the lights, the entire room glows in the dark | Room7-Clue1
| Clue 2- This metal reacts by gaining 3 electrons. | room7-clue2
| Clue 3 - The holograph tells you, “This element occurs in teeth and bones as calcium phosphate.” | Room7-clue3
| Clue 4 - This element has 15 protons. | Room7-Clue4
| Room 8. Great job! Your first clue for room 8: You are now in a room made of a shiny, silver element is next to the secret staircase of the castle. The image of Mendeleev reappears to say, “When this element reacts it gains or shares 4 electrons.” | room8-clue1
| Clue 2 - “This element appears here in its pure form. If combined with traces of other elements, it becomes a semiconductor that is use in circuits of electronic devices such as calculators.” | room 8-Clue2
| Clue 3 – “It and oxygen are the two elements that make up sand but not diamonds.” | Room8-Clue3
| Clue 4 - This element has 14 electrons. | room8-clue4
| Room 9. Great job! Next clue for Room 9: The ninth room is composed of a gas that has no color, taste, or odor. A transparent image of the chemist tells you, “This element is diatomic.” | Room9-Clue1
| Clue 2- “This element makes up 80% of normal air.” | Room9-clue2
| Clue 3 - “An atom of this element has 2 electrons in its first shell and 5 electrons in its second shell.” | Room9-Clue3
| Clue 4 - This element is what you get when oxygen loses a proton. | Room9-Clue4
| Room10- Great job! Next clue for Room 10: The next room you are transported to is made of a soft, white metal. It can be shiny but corrodes and turns white in the presence of air. | Room10-Clue1
| Clue 2- This Room is on the second floor of my castle. | Room10-Clue2
| Clue 3- This element has two electron orbitals (shells) and one valence electron. | Room10-clue3
| Clue 4- This element is the least reactive in its family. | Room10-Clue4
| Room 11. Great job! Next clue for Room 11: Next, you are transported to a room in the corner of the Castle Mendeleev. The room is made of a thick, unreactive gas. | Room11-Clue1
| Clue 2 - Mendeleev flickers into view to tell you, “This element is used to fill light bulbs.” | Room11-Clue2
| Clue 3 - The atoms of this element have 8 electrons in their third and final shell. | Room11-Clue3
| Clue 4- This element has 18 electrons. | Room11-Clue4
| Room 12. Great job! Next clue for Room 12: After escaping from the last room you materialize in a room made of a solid substance. Mendeleev’s image appears in front of you and says, “This element is the basic unit for all living things.” | Room12-Clue1
| Clue 2 - “Without it, jewelers would go broke, gas stations would go out of business, and every breath you exhale would be incomplete.” | Room12-Clue2
| Clue 3- "This element is used in radioactive dating." | Room12-Clue3
| Clue 4 - “The element has 6 neutrons and an atomic mass of 12.” | Room12-Clue4
| Room 13. Great job! Next clue for Room 13: The next room you enter is filled with a gas. The gas is colorless and nonreactice. | Room13-Clue1
| Clue 2 - Mendeleev appears, telling you, “When electricity is run through it, the gas emits a brilliant orange-red light when contained in a discharge tube.” | Room13-Clue2
| Clue 3 – “Las Vegas wouldn’t be the same without this element.” | Room13-Clue3
| Clue 4 – “This element has 10 electrons and 10 neutrons.” | Room13-clue4
| Room 14. Great job! Next clue for Room 14: This room is made of a light gray metal. Again, the image of Mendeleev speaks, “This element is so strong, hard, and elastic that it is used in alloys to reinforce other metals. Its melting point is nearly 1300oC.” | Room14-Clue1
| Clue 2 – It is part of the Alkaline Earth Metals Family. | Room14-Clue2
| Clue 3 – It reacts by losing two electrons. | Room14-Clue3
| Clue 4 - It has 4 protons. | Room14-Clue4
| Room 15. Great job! Next clue for Room 15: The next room is made of a hard, black, shiny material and then suddenly it changes to a brown powder. The old chemist appears and says “This does not conduct heat or electricity well. It can withstand really high heats and is used in making scientific glassware." | Room15-Clue1
| Clue 2 - The holograph of the chemist tells you the atoms of this element have 2 electron shells. | Room15-Clue2
| Clue 3 – This element is a metalloid on the second floor of the castle. | Room15-Clue3
| Clue 4 - This element has a rounded atomic mass of 11 and 6 neutrons. | Room15-Clue4
| Room 16. Great job! Next clue for Room 16: The sixteenth room you enter is made of a greenish-yellow gas. The image tells you, “Be very careful, this element is the most reactive of the nonmetals.” | Room16-Clue1
| Clue 2 – It also reacts with hydrocarbons to form Teflon, the nonstick coating in frying pans. | Room16-Clue2
| Clue 3 - “The atoms of this halogen combine with sodium to help reduce tooth decay.” | Room16-Clue3
| Clue 4 - This element's atoms have 9 protons. | Room16-Clue4
| Room 17. Great job! Next clue for Room 17: Next you have been transported to a room on the first floor of the Castle Mendeleev that is made of a white solid. This solid can be shined and is malleable. It is fairly reactive but it does not have to be kept in oil to keep it from reacting. | Room17-Clue 1
| Clue 2 - The holograph of Dmitri Mendeleev reappears, shifting before you like a milky ghost, speaking to you once more. “This element burns brilliantly in air. The atoms of this element form positive ions by giving up two electrons.” | Room17-Clue2
| Clue 3 – “This element is widely used in aerospace industries in alloys with other metals. It makes a very strong lightweight ladder with aluminum. | Room17-Clue 3
| Clue 4- This element has 12 electrons. | Room17-Clue4
| Room 18. Great job! Next clue for Room 18: You finally find yourself in the second tower of the Castle Mendeleev. The room is made of a transparent gas. | Room18-Clue1
| Clue2 - It is the most abundant element in the universe. | Room18-Clue2
| Clue 3 - This element is the simplest and lightest of all the elements. | Room18-Clue3
| Clue 4 - This element usually has no neutrons. | Room18-Clue4 |