Chemical Element Symbols

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There are always rounds on Pointless concerning these, and the contestants are, on the whole, useless at them.
Are the (non-scientific) public really so unaware of them? I mean, it's something we all learnt at school and I can't believe people can't hazard a guess at what carbon or hydrogen might be. But having always been a scientist it's just something I take for granted.

Anyway, here's the kind of thing they had to guess at this week. Can you non-geeks get them?

Film titles:


Sulphur hydrogen rhenium potassium

Polonium cobolt hydrogen oxygen nitrogen tantalum sulphur

Carbon hydrogen, iodine, carbon, silver, oxygen

Titanium tantalum nickel carbon

What is carbon or hydrogen?
 
Why do scientists always whinge on because people don't care about their job? Should people who are not mechanics learn how to build an engine?
 
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