KAPNAYAN 2011: The Chemistry Quiz Show

KAPNAYAN 2011: The Chemistry Quiz Show
EASY #1 :Bromic acid, is a bromine oxyacid. Its salts, the bromates are
powerful oxidizing agents in the solid state and are used in special
pyrotechnical mixtures. It is an unstable and colorless acid that is a strong
oxidizing agent used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and dyes. Write
the chemical formula of bromic acid. (10 seconds)
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EASY # 2: Gas molecules move at high velocities at room temperature.
However, it is observedthat when someone standing at one end of a
large room opens a bottle ofvinegar, it takes several minutes for a
person at the other end to smell it. Which is responsible for the slow
transport of the gaseous vinegar molecules from one end to the
other? (10 seconds)
A. The increase in the airspace occupied by the vinegar molecules.
B. The vinegar molecules in air are slower to reach than other sensory processes.
C. Attractive forces between the air and vinegar.
D. Random collisions between the air and vinegar molecules.
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EASY # 3: Methane and ethane are both made up of carbon and hydrogen. Methane can
be produced by mixing 12.0 g of carbon in every 4.00 g of hydrogen resulting into a mass
ratio of 3:1 while ethane needs 24.0g of carbon for every 6.00 g of hydrogen with a mass
ratio of 4:1. Which law is being demonstrated here? (10 seconds)
A. Constant composition
B. Multiple proportions
C. Conservation of matter
D. Conservation of mass
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EASY # 4: Nitric acid is one of the most important inorganic acids in manufacturing
industry. It is used in the production of fertilizers, dyes, drugs and explosives. The starting
materials are ammonia and molecular oxygen that are heated in the presence of platinum-
rhodium catalyst to about 800°C. Name this industrial process of nitric acid production. (10
seconds)
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EASY # 5: The ability to predict precipitation reaction is useful in medicine for this may help
in the prevention of some internal ailments. For instance, the formation of kidney stone is
the result of precipitation of ions into insoluble salts. The main salt forming the kidney
stone is believed to have been derived from vegetables such as rhubarb and spinach that
reacts with other ions to form this insoluble salt which can gradually build up in the kidneys.
Name this salt. (10 seconds)
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EASY # 6: The pH of 1.0x10-8 M hydrochloric acid solution is ____. (10 seconds)
A. less than 7
B. equal to 7
C. greater than 7
D. all of the above
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AVERAGE # 1: What is the wavelength of a photon (in nanometers) emitted during a transition
from the ni = 6 state to the nf = 2 state in the hydrogen atom? Use the following constants for
calculation: (30 seconds)
Rydberg constant = 2.18 x 10-18 J

Planck’s constant = 6.63 x 10-34 J
Speed of Light = 3.00 x 108 m/s
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AVERAGE # 2: The 0.040-M solution of a weak monoprotic acid has a pH of 2.61. Calculate
the acid dissociation constant, Ka of the acid. (60 seconds)
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AVERAGE # 3: This mixture is made by mixing freshly concentrated nitric acid and
concentrated hydrochloric acid usually in a molar ratio of 1:3, respectively and is called
“royal water” in Latin word. It is highly corrosive, fuming yellow or red solution. Also called
as nitrohydrochloric acid, this mixture can dissolve the so-called royal metals such as gold and
platinum. What is this solution called? (10 seconds)
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AVERAGE # 4: It is a circular laboratory apparatus that is made of heavy glass. There is
usually a removable platform on which the sample to be stored is placed for cooling. An inert
solid such as silica gel is also placed inside to prevent the sample from absorbing moisture.
Name this laboratory apparatus. (10 seconds)
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AVERAGE # 5: This is the simplest of the organic acids. A colorless liquid with an irritating
odor, it boils at 100.7°C (213° F) and freezes at 8.4°C (47.1° F). It is prepared commercially
by reacting sodium hydroxide and carbon monoxide at high pressure and temperature. It is
widely used in the chemical industries and in dyeing and tanning. In nature, this acid occurs in
the poisons of stinging ants and other insects and in stinging nettles. Name this acid. (10
seconds)
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AVERAGE # 6: A certain element has three known isotopes. The isotopic masses (amu) and
percent abundances are: 159.37 (30.60%); 162.79 (15.79%); and 163.92 (53.61%). What is the
atomic weight in atomic mass unit (amu) of the element? Show your final answer to the nearest
hundredths. (30 seconds)
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AVERAGE # 7: The Haber process, also called Haber-Bosch process is the nitrogen fixation
reaction of nitrogen gas, over an enriched iron and ruthenium, catalyst, which is used to produce
ammonia. The Haber process is important in the production of ammonia in an industrial scale and
sustained Germany to continue the production of explosives even though their supply of nitrates
from Chile was cut-off. Give the complete names of the two scientists who developed the Haber
process which were later awarded Nobel Prizes in 1918 and 1931 respectively. (10 seconds)
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AVERAGE # 8: Which of the following statements relating to Bohr’s model of the hydrogen atom
is incorrect? (10 seconds)
A. The lowest energy orbit of has quantum number n=1

B. The highest energy orbits are furthest from the nucleus
C. In a transition from the n=3 to the n=1 level light is emitted.
D. The greater the energy difference between two levels, the longer the wavelength of
the light absorbed or emitted.
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AVERAGE # 9: Aluminum is an amphoteric element. This means that that it can act either as
an oxidizing or as a reducing agent. Is this true or false? (10 seconds)
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AVERAGE # 10: What is the designation of a subshell with n = 5 and l = 1? (10 seconds)
A. 5s B. 5f C. 5l D. 5p
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DIFFICULT # 1: The rate constant for a certain reaction is 2.0 x 10 -2 L2M-2s-1, the overall order
of the reaction is _____. (30 seconds)
A. zero
B. 3/2
C. third
D. first
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DIFFICULT # 2: Commercial concentrated aqueous ammonia is 28% NH 3 (MW = 17.04 g/mole)
by mass and has a density of 0.90 g/mL. Calculate the molarity of this solution? (30 seconds)
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DIFFICULT # 3: The concentration in %W/V of NaCl solution that was made by dissolving 15.0 g
of sodium chloride in enough water to make 300.0mL of solution is ______. (60 seconds)
A. 50.0% (W/V)
B. 5.00% (W/V)
C. 0.356% (W/V)
D. 35.6% (W/V)
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DIFFICULT # 4: Lysozyme is an enzyme that breaks bacterial cell walls. A solution containing
0.150 g of this enzyme in 210 mL of solution has an osmotic pressure of 0.953 torr at 25 oC. If the
gas constant is 0.0821 (L-atm)/ (mol-K) and that 1 atm is equivalent to 760 torr, what is the molar
mass of lysozyme? (60 seconds)
FINAL ANSWER
DIFFICULT # 5: These are the group of atoms within a larger molecule that has a characteristic
chemical reactivity and determines the chemical reaction of an organic compound. (10 seconds)
A. polymer
B. functional group
C. isomer
D. radical
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DIFFICULT # 6: What is the molecular formula of caffeine, a stimulant found in coffee that
contains 49.5% C, 5.15% H, 28.9% N, and 16.5% O by mass, and the molar mass is about 195
g/mol? The atomic massesare: C=12.01, H=1.01, N=14.01, and O=16.00. (60 seconds)
FINAL ANSWER
DIFFICULT # 7: Which of the following isotope has a half life of 5730 years and is used
extensively to date artifacts that are made of organic material? (10 seconds)
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DIFFICULT # 8: When a sample of aqueous hydrochloric acid was neutralized with aqueous
sodium hydroxide in a calorimeter, the temperature of 100.0 g of water surrounding the reaction
increased from 25.0oC to 31.5oC. If the specific heat of water is 1.00 cal/(g oC), calculate the
quantity of energy in calories involved in this neutralization reaction. (60 seconds)
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DIFFICULT # 9: Automobile air bags use the decomposition of sodium azide, (NaN 3) as their
source of gas for rapid inflation in the following chemical reaction:
2NaN3 (s) → 2Na (s) + 3N2 (g)
What mass in grams of NaN3 is required to provide 40.0L of N2 at 25oC and 763torr? Atomic
mass: N = 14.00; Na = 23.00. Show your final answer to the nearest hundredths. (60
seconds)
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